I may be wrong but it looks to me that, if we had actually enforced the laws that were on the books in 2016 (with a few exceptions), we could have made out a lot better than we did. Our laws weren't bad but they were attacked/ignored, en masse. Blindsided, we froze. We doubted. We diddled around.
Oh, thank goodness!
Does any of the above strike you as the hallmark of an honest man? A Jesus? A doctor? A misunderstood genius? A family man? Someone you would entrust your home--nay, your whole COUNTRY--to? NO? Me, either. The law should not have ignored his criminal behavior. He should have been jailed years ago.
Ah, that makes sense. Fingers crossed.
IT's pretty close, isn't it? Scary.
Did he die?
How can we stoop so low? One in my family was just naturalized. This makes me nauseous.
Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Hillman Prizes. #Hillman26
The Bonwit/Taj ventures were not part of the behavior (sexual assault, fraud, etc.) involved in his more recent activities. They were just seen as "the price of doing business" when a human steamroller (who didn't pay his own taxes) makes $$$ off tax payers. They were just hints about his character.
According to Wikipedia:
The Taj Mahal was also subject to the highest federal fine ever levied against a casino at the time: a $10 million civil penalty assessed by the U.S. Treasury in 2015 for "willful and repeated" money laundering violations dating back to 1998.
Wadda guy.
Approximately 3,000 workers were laid off, leading to a surge in unemployment benefit claims. And...thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/preside...
Bonwit was demolished in 1980. The work crew consisted of over 200 undocumented Polish immigrants who worked 12-hour shifts w/o proper safety gear and, in many cases, received little to no pay. Settlement for $1.375 for workers reached after 15 yrs of litigation.
What are laws for, anyway?
While construction of Trump's Taj Mahal was privately funded, by mid-2000s, his casinos (incl the Taj) owed NJ nearly $30m in overdue taxes and interest. After Gov. Chris Christie took office in 2011, the state agreed to settle the $30 million debt for just $5 million.
What are laws for?
The buck should have stopped here:
It took 15-18 years for Trump to pay workers who demolished the Bonwit Teller building. Workers filed a lawsuit in 1983 for unpaid wages, and a class-action settlement was reached in 1998, with the case officially closing in 1999.
Time Mag
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Ayup.
Even-handed law enforcement could have saved us a whole lot of misery, decades ago. Punishment should have been instituted for the first tax evasion, first housing bias case, the Bonwit Teller fiasco or Taj Mahal. What are laws for? What are trials for? What are prison sentences for? Why have jails?
Picky, picky!
Trump interim report card
Iran war: D
Economy: D-
Overall average: D
Pending assignments: Epstein files+, ICE murders, ballroom and other pipe dreams, healthcare reform plan (overdue since 2017), election fraud cases, finalized conviction/sentencing for 37 felonies (due upon completion of term).
So, it's kind of like this:
Iran war: D
Economy: D-
Overall average: D
Pending assignments: Epstein files+, ICE murders, ballroom and other pipe dreams, healthcare reform plan (overdue since 2016), election fraud cases, finalized conviction/sentencing for 37 felonies (due upon completion of term).
BREAKING: Trump's approval rating drops to 33% in a new AP-NORC poll
32% approval on Iran
30% approval on the economy
apnews.com/article/trum...
When is a beach more than a beach? When it can control international trade, without firing a shot. Worth its weight in American dollars and EU euros. The Iranians aren't stupid.
Hilarious.
Republican senators seem to have very limited vocabularies. In fact, some only know the words "what about," "Obama," and "Biden." Maybe they need to go back to school.
If not for Trump, what's the emoluments clause for? What's impeachment for? What's the 25th Amendment for? What's section 3 of the 14th Amendment for? What are checks and balances for?
The baddies are cherrypicking the Constitution the same way they do the bible: for their own benefit.
How do you clean up a risk pool? Let highest bidders shoot fish in a barrel, so to speak?
Are we talking about the same RFK/jr??? I have a hard time understanding anything coming out of HIS voice!
Ha!
I wonder what he thought the State Department was there for? Embassy parties?
The town I live in was part of Deerfield, founded in 1677. Greenfield broke away years before Lexington/Concord fired the 1st shots against the British. About 25,000 men died in the ARW. All of this is to say I don't want to hear any more PATRIOT crap from MAGAts, whose states were never involved.