Posted on 09/25/2016 10:31:19 PM PDT by Helicondelta
First, corruption. Donald Trump can say, “Hillary, I’ll take it at your word that when you and your husband left the Oval Office, you were – as you put it – “broke.” I want to know, the American people should know, how it is that you and your husband have since earned over $230 million? Since you left graduate school, the two of you have either been running for office or been in office.
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I dont tout Rudy because he’s from NYC and a personal favorite.
I truly think he is a VERY bright man and he’s been helping Trump prepare for the debate for a month.
Trump is bright to begin with. Sparring with Rudy will leave no stone unturned and I expect a magnificent showing.
Trump can beat her about the head with her own heavy luggage. And where has she been for decades as we slid into decline and debt.
Get er out!
Trump’s best statement to use:
‘I honestly don’t get. Everyone knows the Clintons from their 8 years in office. They know how they operate, how slimy they are, and they get out of office, after earning $400,000 + each year, claiming to be broke. Spending on what, I don’t know, we paid for all their vacations and I guess dates in the White House... Some big cigar budget maybe?
‘Then they rake in a quarter of a billion dollars doing I don’t think anyone really wants to know what, making private wall street speeches, hobknobbing with rich backers, fixing the DNC so that she’ll win, and people are honestly buying her latest story that she’s going to tax the rich who made her rich.
‘There’s nothing that’s happened for the last 8 years that she can apparently find fault with, she SAYS she wants to double down on all of that and raise taxes - I don’t know, does anyone really believe she wants to tax all those rich people who gave her money to avoid higher taxes? I just don’t get it, maybe she really does believe the American people are idiots. I don’t, I think they’re smart, and I really think that they’re smart enough to lie to the pollsters about who they’re really voting for.’
[how it is that you and your husband have since earned over $230 million?]
Thing would change if politicians would have to turn over their campaign stash to their respective parties when leaving office. It was never intended to be a retirement fund.
Trump should initiate a physical challenge to her.
Go to a nearby airport and have them bring out one of the “air stair” truck mounted boarding things—one of the tall ones used to service 747’s (like AF-1) and 757’s (like Trump-1).
Simple challenge—both climb up, then climb down the stairs. One of them is going to be doing it routinely for AF-1 departures and arrivals unless she bans the press if elected. Trump can bound up and down with his energy and fitness.
One reason why the GOP had a great opportunity to take control of Congress in 1994 was that there was a flood of retirements among Democrats who had been there for ages. They wanted to get out while they were still allowed to keep their excess campaign funds.
Alberta's Child is correct.
After disappointing performances in the Iowa and New Hampshire Caucuses, Republican presidential candidates Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina have already called off their campaigns. This weekend, former Florida governor Jeb Bush also decided to bow out. But what happens to all the leftover campaign funds—Bush had raised more than $150 million, the most of any GOP candidate—when the low-polling candidates drop out?
One thing's for sure: Upset candidates can't console themselves by putting the dough toward a new yacht and sailing off to recuperate. The Federal Election Commission has strict rules about what federal candidates can and can't do with leftover campaign money, and the biggest directive is that they can't pocket it for personal use.
Here's what a campaign committee is allowed to do with any lingering cash: it can donate the funds to charities or political parties; it can contribute $2000 per election to other candidates; and it can save the money in case the candidate chooses to run again. However, those regulations don't apply to the relatively new super PACs (Political Action Committees); this is only the second election where they have played a role, and there are currently no rules to stipulate what happens to that money beyond that it cannot go to fund another federal candidate. Much of that money tends to be returned to its original donors, used to wrap up the failed campaign, or donated to back a state-level candidate. The goal, however, is always to spend all of that money.
Running a campaign is an expensive proposition—Barack Obama spent nearly $750 million on his 2008 White House bid, and in 2012 he spent $985 million on reelection while challenger Mitt Romney spent $992 million—and insufficient cash is often a reason campaigns go belly up.
As for winning (or sometimes losing) politicians, they'll often put their leftover funds toward their next race. If they choose not to run, they have to abide by the same FEC rules. Wonder why this law is in effect? Until 1993, U.S. Representatives who took office before January 8, 1980, were allowed to keep any leftover campaign cash when they retired, but a study showed that a third of Congress kept and spent millions in campaign donations on personal items like clothing, jewelry, artwork, personal travel, and dry cleaning. Embarrassed, Congress passed a law negating this custom for the House; the Senate already had provisions in place so this wouldn't happen.
In reality though, officials can usually find a way to make that cash still work for them (and state laws differ from federal ones). After Christie won reelection as New Jersey's governor in 2014, his campaign was granted permission to use some of its remaining war chest to cover the legal fees Christie incurred during the Bridgegate scandal. And this was well before he dropped $26.7 million on his failed presidential bid.
Thanks for the article. I’m behind the times. :)
Too much information anymore for anyone to keep up with everything, but you are more than welcome. I too learn things, as well as, updated on things myself which is why I enjoy coming here. In fact it gave me the opportunity to refresh information that I knew to be the case but was really unsure when the change had taken place. No telling what I have swapped out though to have that refresh occur!!!
QUIT IT. Mr. Trump knows what to say.
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