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RockaFowler

(7,429 posts)
Fri Sep 2, 2016, 10:05 AM Sep 2016

One secret of Trump's low-cost campaign: Free Labor

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-trump-staff-idUSKCN1181CV?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=Social


Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has run an unusually cheap campaign in part by not paying at least 10 top staffers, consultants and advisers, some of whom are no longer with the campaign, according to a review of federal campaign finance filings.

Those who have so far not been paid, the filings show, include recently departed campaign manager Paul Manafort, California state director Tim Clark, communications director Michael Caputo and a pair of senior aides who left the campaign in June to immediately go to work for a Trump Super PAC.

The New York real estate magnate and his allies have touted his campaign's frugality, saying it is evidence of his management skills. His campaign's spending has totaled $89.5 million so far, about a third of what Democratic rival Hillary Clinton's campaign has spent.

But not compensating top people in a presidential campaign is a departure from campaign finance norms. Many of the positions involved might typically come with six-figure annual paychecks in other campaigns.



Just like his normal business dealings. Stiff everyone you can . . . Such a smarmy bastard
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One secret of Trump's low-cost campaign: Free Labor (Original Post) RockaFowler Sep 2016 OP
And a good chunk that he has spent is paying himself TexasBushwhacker Sep 2016 #1
He wants to be Deadbeat-in-Chief nt TeamPooka Sep 2016 #2

TexasBushwhacker

(20,196 posts)
1. And a good chunk that he has spent is paying himself
Fri Sep 2, 2016, 04:15 PM
Sep 2016

He just upped the campaign's rent at the Trump Tower from $35K to $170K in July after he started accepting donations to his campaign.

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