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To: from occupied ga
Looted ehough from the taxpayers to last him the rest of his life?

Sorry bro but Dave Bing does not deserve such an ignorant comment from you or anyone else. He is a man of integrity and honesty and made his fortune thru hard work, he doesn't have to "loot" from anyone. He may be a Democrat but he deserves respect for all he's accomplished on his own, for all he's given back to the community and he definitely gets it from me.

"Aged 22 with an NBA contract worth $15,000, Bing was rebuffed by the National Bank of Detroit on getting a mortgage to finance a home. This led Bing to work at the bank during the offseason, holding jobs in the teller, customer relations and mortgage departments.

Immediately after retiring, he worked at a warehouse of the steel processing company Paragon Steel and was paid $35,000. He left after two years, after stints in the company's shipping and sales operations.

In 1980, Bing opened Bing Steel with four employees in a rented warehouse from $250,000 in loans and $80,000 of his own money. Losing all his money in six months, the company shied away from manufacturing to focus on being a middleman.

With General Motors as their first major client, the company turned a profit in its second year on revenues of $4.2 million. By 1984, Bing was awarded by President Ronald Reagan the National Minority Small Business Person Of The Year. By 1985, Bing Steel had expanded to two plants with 63 employees posting revenues of $40 million.

Bing Steel would transform itself to the Bing Group, a conglomerate with headquarters located in Detroit's North End. The company, among other things, supplies metal stampings to the automobile industry.

At the 1990 NBA All-Star Game, Bing received the Schick Achievement Award for his work after his NBA career."

63 posted on 05/14/2013 12:50:27 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (This space for rent)
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To: Hot Tabasco
Sorry bro but Dave Bing does not deserve such an ignorant comment from you or anyone else.

No doubt he's learned to pick up a turd by the clean end, and he's the first honest democrat mayor of a large city in the last 40 years. In fact he must be a regular saint the way the droolers here rush to attack anyone who suspects that you can't roll in the feedlot and get up without crap on your clothes. Funny how it's always the same cast of nimrods here who are willing to libel their fellow freepers

Maybe it's a touch of racism too
but run to defend a democrat. One can't help wonder what their DU handles are. Oh and BTW I'm not your "bro"
97 posted on 05/15/2013 4:03:32 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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