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To: Salamander
"......Among people who have done business with Trump are many who feel they have been abused by him. Tama Starr, president of the sign-design company Artkraft Strauss (which lowered the Times Square silver ball that marked New Year's Eve for decades), has written about what she calls "the ugly art of Trump's deals." She and others have told me that it's common for Trump to pay 80 percent of a project, withhold the remainder of what is owed by claiming dissatisfaction with the work, and then force creditors to either give up on payment or engage in expensive litigation that might cost more than the money owed.

Donald Trump's big talk, braggadocio, and boldness have carried him far. But "gravity" - the wearing off of his freshness, the cumulative weight of his excesses, and voters taking a closer look at him before they actually cast a ballot - might well bring Trump down to earth, as Cruz recently suggested in a speech to a group of donors. Even Superman became weak and vulnerable when exposed to kryptonite, and in Trump's case, the equivalent could be exposure to a political environment in which his 91 percent name ID is "trumped" by voters' decision to finally compare him with other lesser-known candidates." Source

11 posted on 12/16/2015 1:03:32 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

If frogs had wings, they wouldn’t bounce their arses so much.

/if/might/may

[and he’s not Superman, he’s Batman]


12 posted on 12/16/2015 1:05:51 AM PST by Salamander (It's your world, but it's my street....)
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To: Cincinatus' Wife

“She and others have told me that it’s common for Trump to pay 80 percent of a project, withhold the remainder of what is owed by claiming dissatisfaction with the work”

If that were true then vendors and subcontractors would do one of two things

1. Refuse to bid on his jobs
2. Inflate their estimates by 20%

No large construction company could consistently try to cheat subcontractors out of 20% of the contract and stay in business.

I think Tama Starr just did substandard work


20 posted on 12/16/2015 1:31:08 AM PST by Fai Mao (I've been wrong before)
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