Seriously, geron? You had to go back a year, just to dig this piece of cr@p up?
What laws did Trump break?
How much extra course fees does the Trump name bring in, compared to no name?
How much revenue does Trump bring to the city, via business groups playing golf, as part of their meeting and convention schedule?
Honestly, you sound like a jealous and scorned ex.
If Trump was a committed conservative, he would not get deals like this from liberal politicians.
Imagine if Rush Limbaugh wanted this deal....there would be protests and Bloomberg wouldn’t even take his call.
None as best I can tell. Ok, so Trump got a "sweetheart" deal. How many taxpayer dollars were involved?
Better yet, how many dollars will be going back into NYC's coffers as a result of this deal?
How many people will be employed during the construction and then once the course opens?
These things are never a zero-sum game and it's very deceiving for people to simply argue "Look at the deal Trump got!" without going a step further to see what the full economic benefits are for the city of New York and the taxpayers.
Where I live, we had a very large K-Mart store close down about two years ago now and it sat there empty. While it was empty, there were no sales tax revenues being generated for our town, and people lost their jobs, resulting in a loss of taxes, and income taxes to the State while also diminishing the economic draw (read that: people who come into our town to shop.)
Lo and behold some 6 months ago our town managed to make a deal with another retailer to take over the space and (hopefully) attract new customers and business.
The new store opened up about two months ago now. It's been WILDLY successful since opening and has exceeded sales tax projections and created some very much needed new part time jobs in our area.
Naturally some people complained about the tax breaks the retailer received to come into our town and open for business. Well, those complaints are being answered in hard dollars coming back to our town via sales tax revenue. In its first two months, the new retailer's sales tax collections were over TEN TIMES that of the KMart that proceeded it. Same retailer is drawing people from well outside our town to come into it and shop. This retailer sells everything from farming related equipment to handguns, rifles, ammunition, bow & arrows, a huge fishing section, a huge selection of premium tools and more.
They've been a great addition to our town and we're glad to have them. With the sales tax projections being generated, we may actually see our first property tax DECREASE in the 23 years I've lived in this house. That would be awesome.
Geritol and Above My Gay Parade don’t like Trump apparently.