Hostages, Revolutions and Critics

Mr. Trump, You obviously do not know enough information and facts regarding AIG, otherwise you would not compare them to Bernie Madoff. And isn't some of President Obama's cabinet previous AIG, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, Wall Street Board members or CEOs of these companies?! So why are they now Cabinet members? Seems to me the GREED, ARROGANCE went from Wall Street to Pennsylvania Avenue - from the small houses to the White House!

Thank you, Colleen

It will get better...

But, maybe staying positive does not win. Shaking things up and then see what may happen. A lesson learned in the "art of war" and in the boardrooms. It's a interesting period of history...

Dear Fellow Trump Blogsters:

I have never gone first but here goes... When you talk about people who have no guilty conscience I think of the latest shooting at the Nursing Home in N.C. recently. These persons on Wall Street must have absolutely no fear to rape the buying public and then just walk down the street like nothing happened. With all the violence in this country, I would be afraid someone would "John Lennon" me if I were one of those barrons, and did what they appear to be doing and have done from way down here in St. Pete. Honestly, I know how they sleep at night for I have done things of which I am not proud. But to leverage our consumer debt on the backs of infants the way they have is just unforgiveable! We are in for tough times ahead because of these GREEDY Lenders, and they are still living the high life - it seems. I know that 9/11 was a terrible loss (not just to persons; but for the financial community in general in NYC . . . ) but --- to think that illegals in this country can pay for our loss knowing the prejudice that lives in Americana has got to be the most fool hardy idea I have ever heard! I would expect that kind of idea from a vagrant on the street, but NOT from a Wall Street Wizard! They are supposed to have some thing called "class" - or maybe that's just what I get for thinking!

Yours Truly Mr. Donald Trump,
JGD SP FL USA 33705

Over the years Mr Trump has been known to be flamboyant and pushing the edge of taste. He has been the target of many criticisms, some deserved, some not. But Mr Trump is the only "real deal" successful person willing to put their name out there to actually help real people, such as endorsing Trump University. And when all the know it alls on the talking head news shows were still pushing buy, buy buy, it was Mr Trumps(and Mr Kiyosaki) who were warning be prepared. In a world of nameless multinationals devouring the wealth of us peasants, at least someone is willing to make a statement. When are we going to get an audit on where all that finance bailout money has gone? If you think there is unhappiness now, wait till people find out that BILLIONS of their tax money has gone to bail out unethical banksters and foreign hedge funds without any questions, while our home grown cornerstone industries like GM and Chrysler are pushed to their knees and beg.

"happy is the person who is generous with his loans, who runs his business honestly. A good person never fail;he will always be remembered. He is not afraid of receiving bad news; his faith is strong, and he trust in the lord. He is not worried or afraid; he is certain to see his enemies defeated. He gives generously to the needy, and his kind never fails; he will be powerful and respected."

Mr Trump
I believe there is merit in the negative comments. As someone's Mother probably has said... learn from what is said behind your back, to your face ,wherever. Empires have been taken down not by the vote at the board table but by the person not invited to the table.
The courses offered talk about the business features but what about the other side of success.? How do yo manage to stay on the up and up ...would your employees "bossnap"you or hold a parade in your honor? Being tough is not always the only way to run a business. Any thoughts on why CEOs like you are not on the end of the AIG rope.
Ms Moran

Relating to the 'bossnapping' in France, we are currently experiencing anarchy in the UK (no, the Sex Pistols aren't playing a reunion gig!!). The G20 summit is about to get underway and protestors are venting their frustration brought on by incompetent City firms. They are attempting to disrupt the City and in particular are targeting people who work in the finanical sector. The police presence is high and I can only wonder how much money the government has pumped into this operation. All because a few too many people got greedy and left the nation in an exposed positon. The sad thing is that in creating turmoil, the very people protesting will ultimately be the ones who suffer. I am clutching at the few remaining stands of positivity by building a business that will rise out of this weak economy and prosper in the years to come.

David J Lowe - founder of moonlitauthor.com (launching 2009)
twitter: @davidjlowe

We need to remember that this "crisis" started with the sub-prime mortgage debacle. And is flowing upward. What is not only annoying, but downright scary as hell, is the fact that people are so quick to blame the banks and Wall Street for this mess, and in doing so, are screaming for even MORE federal intervention. Fact: The banks were coerced into making the same sub-prime mortgages that started this mess. Forced by none other than the likes of Barney Frank, Chris Dodd and Maxine Waters. These same scumbags are sitting on Capitol Hill, talking about how evil the banks are and how irresponsible it was to make loans to all those people that the banks knew couldn't afford the house they were buying. When the banks were told essentially that if they didn't make the loans, there would be consequences. Franklin Raines should be forced to give back his $90 mill in bonuses considering these bad loans were made under his watch. I am sick and tired of these blatant socialists and fascists (yes the right word. check the dictionary if you are confused) getting away with chipping away at our personal and economic freedoms. What saddens me is that this great country of ours has apparently gotten so lazy, that we are deciding it is okay to give up the systems that made us great just so long as we don't need to take responsibility for ourselves. Obama, Pelosi, Reid and their cohorts are going to destroy this nation as we know it, unless we can get a major shift in power back in the Congress in 2010. And then lets hope that the damage isn't to far gone.

And Mr. Trump, with all due respect, as I am sure you are aware those AIG bonuses were wrote into the bailout contract last year. And the players on the Hill knew that. Other than being "retention" bonuses what specifics do we really know. Like say for example, did an AIG executive agree to work for $1 (yes one dollar) for the year instead of taking his normal salary. Isn't only fair that he get that bonus, if for no other reason, making that initial sacrifice for the good of the company. As matter of fact, at least one did. He also posted his resignation letter in a MAJOR newspaper. Were these retention bonuses to say, retain people, during the bailout so as to try to keep performers on to try to bring AIG out of the brink? And now, Obama is talking about capping salaries for execs of companies that accept federal monies. (That is fascism, by the way, for those that did not look in the dictionary)One figure I heard, was $400,000 a year, or no more than the President of the United States makes. Yeah, that's good idea. That will definitely bring top talent to the company, or get talent to stay. Especially, when they know they could go to either an unsubsidized American company or even to a foreign company and make 3x that, or more.
We have gone from God bless America to God, please save America.....

Mr. Trump

Thank you for touching on political psychology today. We are in a very interesting, and precarious time. With the huge differences in standards of living in the world, many countries such as France are becoming positioned for uprisings, coups, and revolutions. Even our own country has factions working behind the scenes to cause chaos and anarchy. I think of Africa, France, and of course any war torn places.

When people can't meet their basic human needs, things have to change. This why it is so important to also make sure that programs and services are in place to meet the needs of the masses. In the USA, we do this through donations, volunteers, and not-for-profits. We have a better standard of living than many places, but we could do even better.

I think that as a nation, we need to include service learning and volunteerism in education starting in pre-school. Teaching youth to think of others is the first step in helping them to make unselfish decisions. I also think that we need to include international philanthropic and humanitarian projects as part of childrens education. I think our Churches need to develop and expand mission efforts. I think our local community clubs and organizations should all include local as well as international service projects. I think our Chambers of Commerce should be active in helping establish foreign markets and relationships. I think businesses should partner with people in other countries. We can all benefit from communication in better understanding, and in the sharing of ideas. Money exchanged is a trade. Ideas exchanged grow and multiply.

You also touched on values and conscience. I guess there are many ways we can work to help develop this in our people. In your businesses, having a clear mission and vision that inspires and is highly visible, posters with values, effective employee reviews that emphasize core values, and exemplary leadership all can contribute. At home, of course teaching and inspiring your family with you beliefs will contribute. In your community, speaking up and taking action when you see something that needs correcting will help, and encouraging others to make good choices. I think our media has the power to tremendously influence us by the messages conveyed. We are all either part of the problem or part of the solution based on the little choices we make each moment.

Most people don't care about anyone but their self. They are taught this by example, when you see all the theift by big buisness, bonuses, golden parachutts, retirement packages, government theft overpayment for $500 hammers, Ford Expeditions sent to Iraq without spare tires, so if you have a flat leave the vehicle, torch it and get a new one. It is all for greed. The people at the top are trying to enslave the world through debt. Why else would they continue to try to own everything. When is enough enough. Never when the very few want to rule the world. This is not the world that we want. Its very easy to fix what is wrong but the true rulers of the world would not like it at all. They have worked very hard to get the world into the problems we all face today. These are false problems created by the money institutions. Why do we need a federal reserve? We don't, if the government took over the control of their own money, got rid of the federal reserve, and false deficit we and our enslaved children, owe to the bankers of the world. All that money and hard work to pay that debt could be used for much better purposes than to make the rich richer. The government stands behind and backs the dollar why shouldn't the government own its own money? Because special interest groups have changed things their way, instead of the peoples way. All the tax money paid just to service this debt is ubsurd. Think of how much better off we would all be. All this money could be used for education, health care for everyone, new and better infrastructure and many more public services. There is no reason anyone has to be hungary, especially when we export so much food. There is no reason to have to pay for fuel except for greed of the Power Elite who want more. Wouldn't it be better if we ran off of Hydrogen? Hydrogen can be made very simply by adding electricy to water it creats hydrogen gas and oxygen gas the biproduct that comes out the tail pipe is water and oxygen, the process of creating the hydrogen creates ozone. The people in power have been keeping this from the public they have known about this for well over 50 years. Imagine how this would help the enviorment. Also you could run a generator for free produceing electricity for everyone for free. Why pay for something you don't have except for greed. Wars are fought over oil. Wars are fought over religion, another way to controll the masses. By creating new Hydrogen industries and moving ahead it would create millions of jobs plus we could export the technology to the rest of the world, making it better for everyone on the planet, and let the USA once again lead the world into a better place to live. There is to much theift in the world by power elite with no retribution, its easy to get away with this and much more when you have to much. Who needs more than a billion dollars or even one tenth that amount to live well extremely well? Hard work deserves good pay but too few live too well off of the hard work of so many, without working at all but charge interest for something they get for free.

Well, not surprising to hear these things in these times. Just a reflection of our time. Well well.

But hey! When you think of all these rats who got us into this crap, it feels good to know that the most powerfull country in the world is lead by a good solid person.

Even if Obama would make the wrong moves, it will never get as bad as with Geroge Bush, because I have reasons to suspect he was not a good person.

One thing that ALWAYS goes ahead of good business, is beeing a good person.

Example: On 50 cents show 'The Money and the Power' there was a challenge in the 1st episode which was for both teams to race through The Bronx attached to eachother in chains. After a while, they knocked over an elderly lady. Some yelled that they must stay and help, others not. See what I mean? I mean, If you were to die today and look back on your life, what would have been most important to you? Helping others or yourself? Who are you if you don't help other people? Nothing. Yes actually you are something, ****.