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You can be sure whatever the law allows he is going to take advantage of regardless of what you think of it. He is not paying big money to accountants to sit around.
Not Entirely Self-Funded Trump repeated his claim that he is a “self-funder” when it comes to funding his campaign. Not completely, he isn’t.
Trump’s presidential campaign received $19.4 million in 2015, according to Trump’s year-end filing with the Federal Election Commission in January. Trump loaned his campaign $12.6 million of that amount, and he made additional in-kind contributions of $219,000. So, nearly 66 percent of the campaign’s money has come from Trump. The other 34 percent, or $6.5 million, has come from individual donors. FactChecking the Ninth GOP Debate
6.5 million compare to the Hillary and Jeb Super Pac is nothing.
The hatred continues....it would be beneficial if you people would learn the difference between "self funded" and "money from unions, special interests, lobbyists, etc".
Of course he has regular people giving him money...he's got merchandise, for example.
This should really irritate the snot out of the anti-Trump crowd...dude is fricken brilliant:
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Mr. Trump’s campaign spent just $12.4 million in 2015, according to disclosures filed with the Federal Election Commission, millions less than any of his leading rivals for the Republican nomination. More than half of Mr. Trump’s total spending was covered by checks from his supporters, who have thronged to his stump speeches and bought millions of dollars’ worth of “Make America Great Again” hats and T-shirts.
About $2.7 million more was paid to at least seven companies Mr. Trump owns or to people who work for his real estate and branding empire, repaying them for services provided to his campaign.
...Mr. Trump is in effect taking millions of dollars out of one pocket and depositing it into another...
...Virtually all of the money Mr. Trump himself has put into the campaign was lent, rather than donated outright, meaning that he could potentially sell enough hats and T-shirts to pay himself back down the road.
The hatred continues....it would be beneficial if you people would learn the difference between "self funded" and "money from unions, special interests, lobbyists, etc".
Of course he has regular people giving him money...he's got merchandise, for example.
I guess you missed my links above your post. You call Berkshire Hathaway, Meridian Capital, Golden Bay Investments LTD and the dozens of other banks and corporations on the list "regular people"? Please I'll clue you in, they aren't donating to his campaign because they think he's such a nice guy. Trump is a businessman, he's in bed with banks and corporations FAR more than any politician to ever run for office. The Trump fans who think he's somehow cleaner than the other candidates just because he doesn't have a SuperPac giving him large chucks of money are delusional.
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Get over it! Trying to nitpick every little word. For months you guys were hung up on "thousands and thousands" while losing sight of his main point that there were Muslim celebrating on 9/11. I don't care if there two and half.
And 'you guys' in your blind bromance are losing sight of the very real point that there is a yuuuuge difference between two and a half and "thousands and thousands" and substituting one for the other is nothing but a bold faced, fear-mongering LIE!
He HAS no point in saying what he did.
BTW, he claimed he watched people jumping from the WTC from his midtown apartment and then claimed he saw those "thousands and thousands" in Jersey City. With all aviation, all tunnels, all bridges shut down, just HOW did he get to the other side of the Hudson River.
The thought of Trump as CinC is scary, that his supporters are so willing to accept his lies is more so. And we sure as hell don't need another administration that plays so fast and loose with the facts that 4,000 or 2 1/2, WMDs or no WMDs, it's just all the same.
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He is self funded and that means special interest doesn't influence him.
No, self funded means someone uses nothing but their own $$$, his ability to gather support through lies is really quite impressive. And they say he's not a typical politician.
You mean he is supposed to reject money. This is not lying.
He just complained a couple of days ago that he isn't given enough credit for self funding his own campaign. You know, as in after he knew he was getting lovely large chunks of money from other people. I believe he even threw the word completely in there. That is lying. But, I guess this is like everything else when it comes to Trump, his followers either deny it even in the face of evidence or think it is somehow different when he does it.
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No, self funded means someone uses nothing but their own $$$, his ability to gather support through lies is really quite impressive. And they say he's not a typical politician.
What a ridicules argument and definition of self funded. I provide a link on "Self Funded Health Insurance" to prove my point.
The employer can set the premium rates based
on their claims history and adjust the plan in
other ways to cut costs. If claims are lower than
anticipated, the employer can invest any savings
and earn interest. In the event that claims are
higher than usual, stop-loss insurance coverage
can pay for excess costs.
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I'll clue you in, they aren't donating to his campaign because they think he's such a nice guy. Trump is a businessman, he's in bed with banks and corporations FAR more than any politician to ever run for office. The Trump fans who think he's somehow cleaner than the other candidates just because he doesn't have a SuperPac giving him large chucks of money are delusional.
