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Politics : The Donald Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: RMF who wrote (5531)	1/2/2016 6:06:09 AM
From: GROUND ZERO™	6 Recommendations Recommended By Honey_Bee John locogringo lorne MJ and 1 more member Respond to of 73582

Clearly, you completely missed the point, and you also sound a little bitter... if you are unable, actually unwilling, to see the many reasons for Donald's popularity, then I seriously doubt any post I offer here to you would help you see what millions of others see very clearly... he is saying what everyone else is thinking... A poster boy??? Screwed around in real estate??? What mind boggling, petty, disrespectful, and asinine comments... You have the commonplace and conventional snobbery of the typical and workaday Washington insider... post to others here if you like, but I'm finished with you... GZ

To: RMF who wrote (5531)	1/2/2016 9:45:33 AM
From: joefromspringfield	4 Recommendations Recommended By GROUND ZERO™ Honey_Bee Investor Clouseau locogringo Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 73582

"I just don't see what you like about Trump. I think he's the "poster boy" for immaturity. As far as a business man, I don't see him a great success there. If he had just invested his inheritance in index mutual funds and not screwed around with real estate he'd be worth 5X's what he is now." Time to run the numbers. Trumps father passed away in 1999 with an estate of $300 million. Estate taxes would probably take half of that so we are down to $150 million. It is split by his five children. Donald would get $30 million in 1999. In declaring as a candidate he disclosed $10 billion. The vanguard total stock market index is up 100% over the last 15 years. The numbers debunk your assumption. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Trump As for Bill Cosby. If this case has to stand on its own merits without being able to bring up other incidents I think he will be acquitted.

To: RMF who wrote (5531)	1/2/2016 11:06:58 AM
From: Honey_Bee	3 Recommendations Recommended By Fintas John locogringo Respond to of 73582

IN EDIT: Just in the nick of time to edit, I subsequently read JoefromSpringfield's analysis that proves this assertion by RMF is a crock of bull! RMF said: If he had just invested his inheritance in index mutual funds and not screwed around with real estate he'd be worth 5X's what he is now. Excuse me, that assertion needs to be backed up with some cold, hard facts. Your claim is almost too ridiculous to take seriously, but let's do it for the sake of argument. Now you want us to believe if he had put his money in index mutual funds, his net worth would be 5X what it is now. I will believe you if you can answer these question with proof: How much money did Donald Trump inherit and what year did he get it? What has the US Total Stock Market Index done over that time frame? What is his net worth now? What would his net worth be if it was 5X greater?

To: RMF who wrote (5531)	1/2/2016 11:37:40 AM
From: MJ	4 Recommendations Recommended By Honey_Bee joefromspringfield lorne Oblivious Respond to of 73582

Mututal funds???? What a joke! You don't get it! The Trump family of several generations are workers, designers, builders. That is what families did after immigrating to America. They came, they saw, they built! One might say and they "sawed" and built.. My husband and I reviewed our mutual funds and sold all but one years ago. The one's we sold went bankrupt. The Trumps are where they are in life because of their hard work. Never hurts to have some inheritance and at the same time protect it. This election is about physically protecting America and building and rebuilding. I will be voting for Trump and his VP because I want to know that my offspring and those 30 first cousins children and their children live in an America that is safe-------that is just one branch of the family. mj