Trump cheats at golf - the ONE and ONLY politics thread

I suspect @Starman's doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about. It may well be that his employer was required to offer him health insurance if he worked full-time, but that in all likelihood reflected either a state or contractual (e.g., union) requirement. The governing federal law at the time was ERISA (of 1974) and it only touched on health care (primarily situations involving health benefits promised to retirees). When ERISA was passed Hawaii had just passed a plan that required employers to provide health insurance, and to keep that law in effect Hawaii had to convince Congress/the White House to pass an ERISA exception for its law.

It wasn't until COBRA (of 1985) that the federal government got pretty heavily involved in employer-provided health insurance.

 

When Trump said that not paying taxes ‘makes me smart,’ undecided voters in N.C. gasped

 

But the owner/president of his company had to be an evil right-wing lunatic right?

 

Classy bunch over at Breitbart.

 

I sure hope Lester Holt corrects him.

 

The GOP nominee for President of the United States has been sued more than 3,500 times by vendors and contractors who claimed he stiffed them. And those are the ones he wasn't able to bully out of litigation.

 

A. Not true

2. What was the outcome of these suits?

 

Isn't he the incompetent, know-nothing dum-dum who let Hillary off the hook?

 

We need to have more second chance programs. I’m glad that we’re ending private prisons in the federal system; I want to see them ended in the state system. You shouldn’t have a profit motivation to fill prison cells with young Americans. So there are some positive ways we can work on this.

Yeah, Hillary's really offended by the idea of private prisons:

As immigration and incarceration issues become central to the 2016 presidential campaign, lobbyists for two major prison companies are serving as top fundraisers for Hillary Clinton.

Corrections Corporation of America and the Geo Group could both see their fortunes turning if there are fewer people to lock up in the future.

Last week, Clinton and other candidates revealed a number of lobbyists who are serving as “bundlers” for their campaigns. Bundlers collect contributions on behalf of a campaign, and are often rewarded with special favors, such as access to the candidate.

Richard Sullivan, of the lobbying firm Capitol Counsel, is a bundler for the Clinton campaign, bringing in $44,859 in contributions in a few short months. Sullivan is also a registered lobbyist for the Geo Group, a company that operates a number of jails, including immigrant detention centers, for profit.

As we reported yesterday, fully five Clinton bundlers work for the lobbying and law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld. Corrections Corporation of America, the largest private prison company in America, paid Akin Gump$240,000 in lobbying fees last year. The firm also serves as a law firm for the prison giant, representing the company in court.

Akin Gump lobbyist and Clinton bundler Brian Popper disclosed that he previously helped CCA defeat efforts to compel private prisons to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests.

Hillary Clinton has a complicated history with incarceration. As first lady, she championed efforts to get tough on crime. “We need more police, we need more and tougher prison sentences for repeat offenders,” Clinton said in 1994. “The ‘three strikes and you’re out’ for violent offenders has to be part of the plan. We need more prisons to keep violent offenders for as long as it takes to keep them off the streets,” she added.

Private Prison Lobbyists Are Raising Cash for Hillary Clinton

 

I'm guessing he knows whether or not Stop & Frisk is unconstitutional, as Holt tried to tell Trump.

 

And, when questioned about the accusations, the GOP's nominee for President of the United States responded:
“Let’s say that they do a job that’s not good, or a job that they didn’t finish, or a job that was way late. I’ll deduct from their contract, absolutely,” Trump said. “That’s what the country should be doing.”

USA TODAY exclusive: Hundreds allege Donald Trump doesn’t pay his bills

So where's your evidence that it's "not true"?

Feel free to do your own legwork on the outcome of more than 3,500 lawsuits.

 

USA TODAY Network: Dive into Donald Trump's thousands of lawsuits

Not 3,500 vendor / contractor suits, but over 4,000 in total on both sides of the court.