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Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
Mon Mar 12, 2018, 07:22 PM Mar 2018

Help me write 5 questions to ask trump that ANY business owner would know the answers to.

i.e.

Trump knows nothing, absolutely nothing about business at all let alone the hotel business or the restaurant business or the golf course owning business.

I am absolutely certain were I to be able to ask him 5 questions, him not knowing in advance what they are, that any small businessperson would know the answers to, that he would not know the answer to any of them.

I will start:

1. What figure does the "gross profit" represent in a profit and loss statement?


need 4 more


I think when I say small business owner which I did before I edited this, that is incorrect, I should say any person who knows business, as opposed to some details that a CEO might not know or be expected to know like the poster below asked. Great questions though

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Help me write 5 questions to ask trump that ANY business owner would know the answers to. (Original Post) Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 OP
What is the employer's share of social security and medicare? Sanity Claws Mar 2018 #1
Good. I can see an excuse why a CEO would not know these figures, I am thinking of broad Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #2
Even a CEO should know that Sanity Claws Mar 2018 #5
OK, yes... Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #6
Is a strong dollar good or bad for American companies who export their products? Doodley Mar 2018 #3
LOL still cant get over that one, but it is proof that my exercise with him would be successful Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #4
+1 dalton99a Mar 2018 #9
What is the future value of your loan? n/t aggiesal Mar 2018 #7
What specifically are payroll taxes? Eliot Rosewater Mar 2018 #8

Sanity Claws

(21,849 posts)
1. What is the employer's share of social security and medicare?
Mon Mar 12, 2018, 07:26 PM
Mar 2018

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What is the current income cap for social security withholding? $128,400 (current); 127,200 for 2017

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)
2. Good. I can see an excuse why a CEO would not know these figures, I am thinking of broad
Mon Mar 12, 2018, 07:27 PM
Mar 2018

questions that any businessperson would know.

I think when I said small business owner I screwed up, let me fix that

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