2016 Presidential Race Topic

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I mean, if the awesome businessman bar is set at "didn't lose everything," then yeah, Trump's a fuckin rock star.
9/4/2015 1:12 AM
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PARIS AND NICKY HILTON
9/4/2015 4:30 AM
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IS IT NAME YOUR FAVORITE FAUX-CELEB FRIDAY!?!?!?!?
9/4/2015 8:54 AM
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Slightly...if you use the Forbes estimate instead of the Bloomberg estimate. If you use the Bloomberg estimate he under performed.
9/4/2015 10:28 AM
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Yeah. The return after taxes is still higher.
9/4/2015 11:13 AM
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From the Vox piece:

But if you compare Trump's performance since 1982, when the stock market started to take off after the early-'80s recession, it looks pretty abysmal. Forbes estimated that Trump was worth $200 million that year. If he'd put that money in an index fund that year at a 0.15 percent fee, he'd have $6.3 billion today after dividend taxes, almost certainly more than he actually does. This jibes with analyzes prior to Dáte's which have found that Trump has underperformed compared with the market since 1988; an AP analysis found that if he'd put his money in an index fund that year, he'd have $13 billion today; the S&P calculator similarly suggested he'd have $11.3 billion, after fees and dividend taxes.
9/4/2015 11:40 AM
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But the exact numbers aren't the point. The point is that after decades of touting his business acumen, his ability to negotiate tough deals and spot good investments, and after spending this entire campaign season arguing that he's qualified for the presidency based on his skills in the market, Trump nonetheless has an investment record that at best roughly matches and at worst underperforms the market. He did only as well or possibly worse than a retiree with a Vanguard 401(k) did.
9/4/2015 11:42 AM
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Good lord.    Once, BL and I killed threads via monotoneous boredom.   Then tec/BL did it.  Now it's moy/BL.     Anyone see a constant?
9/4/2015 12:00 PM
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Posted by moy23 on 9/4/2015 11:56:00 AM (view original):
OK you win. Trump is a ****** businessman... But he'll make a great President!!!
If he's a ****** businessman and has no political experience, what makes you think he'll be a great president?

(I'm still hoping he gets the GOP nomination)
9/4/2015 12:27 PM
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Hugh Hewitt (conservative radio host, and questioner for the 2nd GOP debate) asked Trump foreign policy questions. It did not go well.
9/4/2015 1:14 PM
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HE SOUNDED LIKE SCOTT WALKER WITHOUT THE KOCK BROTHERS WHISPERING IN HIS EAR. " AHHHHH-DUH"
9/4/2015 1:58 PM
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LIER!!!!!!    YOU WERE WATCHING RERUNS OF PARIS HILTON'S REALITY SHOW!!!!!


9/4/2015 2:42 PM
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