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posted by martyb on Monday November 13 2017, @02:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the cleaning-up dept.

Claiming a shortage of workers for the hospitality industry, Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club has requested and obtained permission to hire 70 foreign workers. The claim of a shortage of available workers is disputed:

'"We currently have 5,136 qualified candidates in Palm Beach County for various hospitality positions listed in the Employ Florida state jobs database," CareerSource spokesman Tom Veenstra said Friday.'

70 is a slight increase over last year, when 64 foreign workers were hired.

"Making America Great Again" by hiring foreigners? Perhaps what is required is higher pay, not foreigners.


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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Monday November 13 2017, @06:49PM (1 child)

    by bob_super (1357) on Monday November 13 2017, @06:49PM (#596370)

    Step 1: read the comment you're replying to.

    President Trump, since Jan 20th, has said many times that the Trump hotels and the Mar-a-Lago resort are fantastic places. You can find that information.
    You contend that he has no business relationship whatsoever with the Trump organization. Taking that at face value, I'm asking why he would give them free advertising. Famous people get paid for endorsements, so giving that for free is a bad business decision.

    Does that make sense? Can you get out of your bubble of stories you tell yourself about other people, and understand what you are being told?

    The fact that you are absolutely delusional about Trump's continuous relationship with, and influence on, his companies, doesn't even factor in this.

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  • (Score: 2) by linkdude64 on Monday November 13 2017, @09:35PM

    by linkdude64 (5482) on Monday November 13 2017, @09:35PM (#596480)

    President Trump, since Jan 20th, has said many times that the Trump hotels and the Mar-a-Lago resort are fantastic places. You can find that information.

    The moment you, the democratic party, or the MSM can prove that he is directly profiting from saying so, and that he is not simply speaking his honest belief, is the moment I will admit I was wrong. If anything, he has tarnished the Trump image by outright insulting some of the most powerful people and organizations in the world. Hillary got $1.2bn in campaign donations because she played by the book. Trump got $500m because he appealed to "poor stupid rednecks." Profit and brand image was very obviously not a sole motive from the start.

    The fact that you are absolutely delusional about Trump's continuous relationship with, and influence on, his companies, doesn't even factor in this.

    Nobody would hire an Ad Agency who lambasted them and their products, would they? Trump made the company so they share a name, he's the President, so the company's image correlates with his popularity. His much more frequently inflammatory actions and statements toward the MSM, who controls the radiowaves he is "advertising" on, if anything, supports the opposite position.