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There are campaign laws & I assume that the campaign
Posted on: September 6, 2016 at 22:35:23 CT
JeffB MU
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is either complying with them or will be punished for not doing so.
He is not just "pocketing" campaign money.
Do you have any links showing how much he has paid in, or that he is only loaning to his campaign?
Where is the campaign money coming from? Early on he was saying that he was turning down offers for some big donations.
Some comes from the government, but I doubt they're running the campaign on that alone. If he is going mostly on government money & isn't giving any of his own how would any loans he is making to the campaign be paid back?
As far as using his own lodging instead of those of competitors I don't personally think there is anything inherently wrong with that. If the going rate at his place would have been $40,000 but he charged $400,000 to his campaign for exactly what anyone else could have gotten for $40,000 or some other substantially lower amount I think they could and should come down on him for that.
If it's a matter of him picking his place which is a lot more luxurious and they could have done it cheaper elsewhere, I don't see that as necessarily problematic either. I'm sure Hillary's campaign could be nitpicked over a lot of choices as well... why steak dinners as a fancy restaurant for benefactors when she could have had it at McDonalds just down the street? What about her taking private jets instead of flying coach? What about her flying by private jet 20 miles to a birthday party with the Rothschilds?
It looks to me like you are making a mountain out of an anthill.
He is not just "pocketing" campaign money.
Do you have any links showing how much he has paid in, or that he is only loaning to his campaign?
Where is the campaign money coming from? Early on he was saying that he was turning down offers for some big donations.
Some comes from the government, but I doubt they're running the campaign on that alone. If he is going mostly on government money & isn't giving any of his own how would any loans he is making to the campaign be paid back?
As far as using his own lodging instead of those of competitors I don't personally think there is anything inherently wrong with that. If the going rate at his place would have been $40,000 but he charged $400,000 to his campaign for exactly what anyone else could have gotten for $40,000 or some other substantially lower amount I think they could and should come down on him for that.
If it's a matter of him picking his place which is a lot more luxurious and they could have done it cheaper elsewhere, I don't see that as necessarily problematic either. I'm sure Hillary's campaign could be nitpicked over a lot of choices as well... why steak dinners as a fancy restaurant for benefactors when she could have had it at McDonalds just down the street? What about her taking private jets instead of flying coach? What about her flying by private jet 20 miles to a birthday party with the Rothschilds?
It looks to me like you are making a mountain out of an anthill.
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There are campaign laws & I assume that the campaign - JeffB MU - 9/6 22:35:23