[linuxlizard]

>Yeah, I wonder how the EU will deal with people who use that law to hide evidence of their misdeeds...

Here in the US, we elect them to public office.

[PaulHoule]

The other day I was testing out an input form with an autocomplete which led me to this group

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Solutions_for_Winning...

which was run by politician Newt Gingrich which he had let go bankrupt and get evicted from its offices in 2011 so he could run for president in 2012 and I must say it boggles my mind that he didn't think this would have an effect on "do I trust this guy to be President?" or even "do I want to donate to his campaign?"

[eadmund]

> which he had let go bankrupt and get evicted from its offices in 2011 so he could run for president in 2012

Right now, at least, the Wikipedia article states that the law required him to leave the organisation. It doesn’t sound like it was insolvent when he left, just that without him it found it hard to get additional donations. It also sounds like it was evicted after it was dissolved, many months after he terminated his relationship with it.

Lacking any other details, it sounds strange to blame him for what happened after his required-by-law departure.

[tacocataco]

Bankruptcy is just a smart business decision for the privileged.

For the working class, it is a moral failure. Or in the case of student loans not allowed.