Back up bro. You are trying to say he leaned on no one. That is where you are wrong. Admit it. Theres a fat editorial about it out there how much he gained from his father's business. And I did give him credit for working hard. And I also said most of us work hard. Most of us also didnt start with a business framework and significant scratch, though. There are millions out there working their asses off multiple jobs and raising a family that are getting shit on. It's a piss poor perspective to equate relative success directly and solely to the vague "hard work".
Trump may have had some seed money from his father, but just look at what he did with it. It was hard work on his behalf.
He could have lost it all.
I really get tired of all the wealth envy.
My dislike of trump has nothing to do with wealth envy. I think you all have the wealth envy and are thereby giving him the free pass on poor behavior and attitude.
I respect plenty of self made wealthy people who have worked hard and not been rebuffed by the law and allegations of misconduct at every turn. I am however not supportive of supply side trickle down economics further enriching these few successful people at the detriment of everyone else. Hyper concentrated wealth and power is damaging to our economy and society and shouldnt be helped by the government. That shouldnt be mistaken for me saying I want their money, or they need to be punished or robbed. If they are receiving favors that hurt competition, ending the favor train isnt a punishment. It's a correction of bad policy back to true competition that is supposed to overwhelmingly benefit the consumer.
Let me know when the laws have been broken, and not just rumors and whispers of impropriety.
How is wealth and (power?) damaging our economy? You can take all the money from the wealthy, and it wouldn't add a dime to your pocket.
Hyper concentrated wealth and power akin to an oligarchy where they pull the strings with privileged access to legislative process making elections a sham. Where corporate funded and biased opposition research buries the negative externalities of their cost cutting business ventures.
What good is 30k a year and limited savings in our society when someone has half a trillion and can wield that to bend markets and policy to their whim? When they are able to do this, competition dies, the voice and wellbeing of the working class is minimized, and it is all done legally because the legislative and judicial processes have been compromised.
Have you ever played a video game that is pay-to-win and not paid yourself? It's not so fun. Same thing, though.
Laws are broken all the time. Fraud is rampant. Look at Paul Manafort, he had been riding free for awhile UNTIL the Mueller investigation. Law language can be changed, oversight diminished, and enforcement ignored. Law can and is crafted with loopholes sometimes for those that can afford them.
Anti trust law has been on the shelf for awhile. The tech and media giants have little competition and no one has stopped the mergers and acquisitions. We are at a point where there are 4 or fewer massive competitors in some of these trillion dollar indistries and the government is seriously considering mergers.... One think I like that trump has done was threaten blocking some mergers, but I think he was doing it out of spite instead of in favor of maintaining a competitive free market.
