They're a bunch of ingrates. They just don't understand how much of
a privilege it was that we even bothered to hire them to work for us.
Posted on 03/30/2008 6:45:32 AM PDT by george76
Hillary Rodham Clinton’s cash-strapped presidential campaign has been putting off paying hundreds of bills for months — freeing up cash for critical media buys, but also earning the campaign a reputation as something of a deadbeat in some small business circles.
A pair of Ohio companies owed more than $25,000 by Clinton for staging events for her campaign are warning others in the tight-knit event production community — and anyone else who will listen — to get their cash upfront when doing business with her. Her campaign, say representatives of the two companies, has stopped returning phone calls and e-mails seeking payment of outstanding invoices. One even got no response from a certified letter.
Their cautionary tales, combined with published reports about similar difficulties faced by a New Hampshire landlord, an Iowa office cleaner and a New York caterer highlight a less-obvious impact of Clinton’s inability to keep up with the staggering fundraising pace set ...
It’s not just the size of Clinton’s debts that’s noteworthy. It’s also that her unpaid bills extend beyond the realm of high-priced consultants who typically let bills slide as part of the cost of doing business with powerful clientele whose success is linked to their own.
Some of Clinton’s biggest debts are to pollster and chief strategist Mark Penn, who’s owed $2.5 million; direct mail company MSHC Partners, which is owed $807,000; phone-banking firm Spoken Hub, which is waiting for $771,000; and ad maker Mandy Grunwald, who’s owed $467,000.
word is getting around that Clinton’s campaign does not promptly pay those who labor to make her events look good, said an employee of the event production company Forty Two of Youngstown, Ohio.
“I feel insulted by the way that the campaign treated this company and treated us personally,”
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
I always heard it was, from photographers doing State and Local campaigns.
"We might not get paid. If they lose, we will NEVER get paid."
I just don’t have any sympathy for IDIOTS who do business with any pols, without 100% cash, upfront. NO SYMPATHY!
Does a political campaign fall into a special category for reporting non-payment of debt? The reason I ask, is that, back in the day, we were vendors who did most of our sales at trade shows. We were repeatedly warned that we could not publish *rat lists* of deadbeats.Evidently, we could then be sued for slander/libel. So, we would make up flyers stating:”Before doing business with Company X, please see us at Booth 123”. That was legal.
In trying to collect, it is difficult if business is done across State lines. I had one attorney I contacted over a deadbeat, laugh at me. He said:”You did business at a trade show?” Well, yes; that is the standard of conduct in the industry. That particular deadbeat was characterized by a collection agency as “a pro” and uncollectible. We sued in small claims and they ignored it. So, we sent letters to the state revenue agency involved and told them that since this inventory had not been paid for, the company in question may have taken an illegal business deduction. Last we heard, the deadbeat went out of business.
Certainly the Clintons are professional deadbeats. Hope they are sued into penury.
Are these the people who invented the Hillary Nutcracker action figure?
It's all the little people that will be zapped.
Leni
It sure seems like a lot of public schools are owed money from the Clinton Campaign. “No Debt Left Behind”?
Do you think any of the MSM talking heads would dare ask Hillary about these debts?
Hillary: No problem. Tell him to put it on my tab.
Waiter: I want to talk to you about that. It ain't just this one. It's seven big ones you owe me. I don't mean to be out of order...
Hillary: It's good you don't like to be out of order, Sonny. Embarrassing me in front of my friends, like I'm a deadbeat. You're a mutt. You know the money we spend in this f---ing...
If I was her vendor, I’d send the following:
“Dear Hillary: You are indebted to my production company for the sum of $xxxxxx.xx. I’d like this debt paid by this coming Friday. Should you choose not to pay, I plan to file suit in state court in Indiana, have myself appointed as process server and personally serve you with the complaint at your first “town hall” meeting in front of TV coverage cameras. I will have my 15 minutes of fame, and you, well . . . , you get the picture.”
I remember hearing a story from a printer in Ark. right before Bill Clinton’s Gov. race. She claimed (during impeachment times) that she was one of a few who had “screwed” Bill Clinton.
She delivered some printed stuff for the election and demanded payment and they tried to put her off, she demanded to see Bill Clinton and then when she got to him demanded payment on delivery.
He said why are you asking me for this and she said it has your name right here on the printing. She did get paid. Not a screwing, just paid for work that she provided. But I’m sure the Clintons thought that they were screwed by having to pay so quickly.
I think the poster who stated they were “always for the little guy” but then don’t pay them so they can eat tomorrow was profound. Very sad.
Hillary rode them hard and put them away wet and dirty.
Deal with the devil and you may get the pitchfork
Aetna Healthcare 228,841.30
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield 62,744.52
So, the folks who want to manage healthcare for the entire country can't even pay the insurance bills for their campaign? OK.
I will never do business with pols or lawyers, they will screw you every time.
I thought this was fairly typical of many political campaigns.....
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Yes, pretty common. Those who don’t ask for payment upfront are likely to get stiffed completely or put at the back of the line. It’s also a way to make a contribution to Hillary and calling it a bad debt for those who wish to make an illegal contribution.
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