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(52,243 posts)
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 07:34 PM Oct 2016

donnie lost a billion dollars. now he wants to bring those business skills to the entire country.

thanks but no thanks, donnie!


just for comparison, the entire nasa budget in 1995 was $1.5 billion.

he single-handedly lost an amount equal to 60% of the entire nasa budget!

just think what he could lose if he was in charge of a multi-trillion dollar budget!

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donnie lost a billion dollars. now he wants to bring those business skills to the entire country. (Original Post) unblock Oct 2016 OP
But just think: We'll lose all our money but we won't need to pay income tax for 20 years! . . . Journeyman Oct 2016 #1
Yes - this is exactly what should be focused on!!! bagelsforbreakfast Oct 2016 #2
Sounds like the start of a good ad. LAS14 Oct 2016 #3
Let's put this on a different level, daily Old Terp Oct 2016 #4

Journeyman

(15,033 posts)
1. But just think: We'll lose all our money but we won't need to pay income tax for 20 years! . . .
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 07:44 PM
Oct 2016
(I'm sure there are some minds to which such a plan will appeal.)
 

bagelsforbreakfast

(1,427 posts)
2. Yes - this is exactly what should be focused on!!!
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 07:48 PM
Oct 2016

It's a given he'd evade taxes - BUT - his business genius would drive us to 2008 part 2! MELTDOWN CITY! Even Republicans should be able to understand this (at least the ones with money - not the Joe Plumber types).

Old Terp

(464 posts)
4. Let's put this on a different level, daily
Mon Oct 3, 2016, 08:22 PM
Oct 2016

On average, he lost more than 2.5 million dollars each day for that year. I doubt that this was real money out of his pocket, but taxes on one day would have funded many projects, a week would equal block grants to states for various programs, and on and on.

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