Here's a Shocker: He's Stiffing the Staff
Source: DAILY KOZ
Reuters is reporting the single least-surprising piece of campaign news this season:
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has run an unusually cheap campaign in part by not paying at least 10 top staffers, consultants and advisers, some of whom are no longer with the campaign, according to a review of federal campaign finance filings.
Those who have so far not been paid, the filings show, include recently departed campaign manager Paul Manafort, California state director Tim Clark, communications director Michael Caputo and a pair of senior aides who left the campaign in June to immediately go to work for a Trump Super PAC.
While this should surprise precisely no one whos paid the least bit of attention to Himselfs business career, it is far from the norm in the business of running political campaigns, particularly those playing in the biggest of big leagues.
Among the stiffees listed are Manafort, Rick Wiley, Barry Bennett, Rick Gates and the latest hand on the good ship Himself, Ms. Conway.
Read more: http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/9/2/1566127/-Here-s-a-Shocker-He-s-Stiffing-the-Staff
I can picture him saying "I'm not paying you because you failed to increase my poll numbers."
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Response to Spitfire of ATJ (Original post)
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LuvNewcastle
(16,862 posts)anywhere near the assets he claims to have. All he is is a bullshitter. He's lied so much about himself through the years that he probably believes his own bullshit now. Billionaire, my ass! Show me some figures from a reputable source. He calls everyone else a loser and a failure, but I think he's the biggest failure of them all.
benld74
(9,911 posts)And he immediately increased the $$$ being charged!!
Lining his pockets comes easy
Grifter
Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)Couldn't you just see his mind working that way? I mean, its not like other GOP candidates in recent election cycles haven't used the earlier parts of campaigns simply to raise money for themselves. He just took it to the next level.
csziggy
(34,139 posts)He's doing it to skim off money.
I can only hope the people he burns will be so pissed off at the GOP they will stop participating in politics forever!
Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)One fair size party for the MRA-Libertarians.
One very substantial party for the right wing conservative Christians.
One tiny little leftover party for the sane, non-bigoted Republicans.
csziggy
(34,139 posts)I suspect the GOP will split into ultra right wingers and moderates. Then I wouldn't be surprised if the centrist Democrats split from the liberal/progressives and merge with the moderate GOP. The right wing nuts are too crazy to sustain an organization so they will be left out in the cold, bringing us back to a two party system, social liberals and fiscal conservatives.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)that is where the money is.Under campaign rules, any SuperPac money can be moved around until it is untraceable, essentially.
That is how/why Palin has her SuperPac to this day.
tavernier
(12,410 posts)why would it make big news?
He must have told them that there will be a yuuuge bonus for them on election night.
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)world wide wally
(21,758 posts)They are too busy blaming Hillary for what the FBI said wasn't a crime but it sure is suspicious
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I have no love for his staff, but for god's sake do the right thing for once.
Spitfire of ATJ
(32,723 posts)TonyPDX
(962 posts)mackdaddy
(1,530 posts)He screwed hundreds of workers and small contractors on his NJ Casinos work. Trump U was a complete scam.
I can not understand why anyone would ever trust him with anything.
ansible
(1,718 posts)He's not just being stingy, he really doesn't have the money to pay them and gambled on being a president as a means to get out of whatever money problems he has.
truthisfreedom
(23,160 posts)What a turd.
kimbutgar
(21,237 posts)The grifter grifted his campaign staff and they got stiffed by the 4 times bankrupt con man.
Couldn't happen to a better much of people. Fools who supported and helped Cheeto. Lol lol lol...
Kennah
(14,349 posts)6chars
(3,967 posts)he just got something for nothing!
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)and when asked, he or she will just say: I signed nondisclosure agreement and agreed to say nothing. What do I think of Mr. Trump? Nothing.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)treestar
(82,383 posts)I guess the free market is not something he believes in after all.
no_hypocrisy
(46,252 posts)must have some good secrets because he's supposed to have been paid severance since he was allegedly fired from the Trump Campaign.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,228 posts)I wouldn't be surprised if some agreed to work for free in exchange for positions in his administration when he wins. Not that he'll win, but I imagine some of his underlings are just as arrogant as he is.