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Trump U Preyed Upon People
Former Trump University Workers Call the School a ‘Lie’ and a ‘Scheme’ in Testimony
In blunt testimony revealed on Tuesday, former managers of Trump University, the for-profit school started by Donald J. Trump, portray it as an unscrupulous business that relied on high-pressure sales tactics, employed unqualified instructors, made deceptive claims and exploited vulnerable students willing to pay tens of thousands for Mr. Trump’s insights.
One sales manager for Trump University, Ronald Schnackenberg, recounted how he was reprimanded for not pushing a financially struggling couple hard enough to sign up for a $35,000 real estate class, despite his conclusion that it would endanger their economic future. He watched with disgust, he said, as a fellow Trump University salesman persuaded the couple to purchase the class anyway.
“I believe that Trump University was a fraudulent scheme,”
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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“I believe that Trump University was a fraudulent scheme,”
Without a doubt.
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"You don't sell products, benefits or solutions -- you sell feelings"
From the Trump University sales "Playbook", 2009.
Sounds a lot like the Trump Presidential election playbook of 2016.
No?
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Thank goodness we have a system to judge this in a court of law and not on the internet.
If the allegation are true then there will be a financial judgement applied.
If Mr. Schnackenberg believed that Trump University was a fraudulent scheme why was he working for them?
Something does not add up.
"You don't sell products, benefits or solutions -- you sell feelings"
The exact same thing Hillary is doing. But we know if Hillary does it is Great.
But Trump... bad boy! 
“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” former vice president Biden said during a campaign event in Texas on Monday. "All men and women created by — you know, you know, the thing.”
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Common Sense wrote:
Thank goodness we have a system to judge this in a court of law and not on the internet.
If the allegation are true then there will be a financial judgement applied.
If Mr. Schnackenberg believed that Trump University was a fraudulent scheme why was he working for them?
Something does not add up.
"You don't sell products, benefits or solutions -- you sell feelings"
The exact same thing Hillary is doing. But we know if Hillary does it is Great.
But Trump... bad boy!
I've noticed that, whenever Trump's behavior is called into question, that you immediately attempt to change the subject to Hillary Clinton.
Why?
If you support Trump, should you not be able to defend his behavior, and to argue that his behavior is good?
Is changing the subject the best one can do when defending Trump?
What do you think about Trump U and his apparent predatory behavior towards working people?
And, it's OK, we can discuss this on the internet. It's entirely appropriate. After all, We haven't waited for the courts to rule before discussing what other candidates may or may not have done.
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That Trump "University" is defunct says volumes about its merit pretty much like Mr Trump himself and his traveling side-show.
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