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But if you guessed the last scenario sounded like a Ponzi scheme, you’re right, at least according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The other two scenarios are completely real, operated or supported by President Donald Trump’s family members pitching the new “Patriot Economy” to fellow Trump supporters. “},{“_id”:”D7ODHSPQCRFVBGSR7SL66NPT34″,”additional_properties”:{},”type”:”text”,”content”:”It’s a genius marketing ploy when you think about it. Patriotic spending has been around as long as countries with consumers have existed. “},{“_id”:”I4IYUBIX3VBH7IWCKNVZEWT44Y”,”additional_properties”:{},”type”:”text”,”content”:”But the 77 million loyal Trump supporters represent a unique opportunity. They are devoted to all things Trump and told by the president over and over that corporate America and rich elites are against them. With words like “patriot,” “woke” and “America First,” companies are finding more and more ways to appeal to those Trump supporters. 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Some 300 people ponied up at least $140 million in hard-earning savings — an average of a whopping $466,000 per investor.”},{“_id”:”TXW2PYE7WBHNTKZTLQD4VICBJQ”,”additional_properties”:{},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Yet federal regulators are accusing First Liberty of fleecing its loyal followers by using “devices, schemes and artifices to defraud” its investors. “},{“_id”:”ETHGCNQQ4JHANJEFWDHOR5LLD4″,”additional_properties”:{},”type”:”text”,”content”:”If what they allege is true, First Liberty cared more about padding their wallets with millions of illegally obtained dollars than its flag-waving, God-fearing investors.”},{“_id”:”IO5RO372LRDI5C6JNFLL43PHYM”,”type”:”raw_html”,”content”:””},{“_id”:”JTTJWPGZM5DLNEQOYT3NKELECQ”,”additional_properties”:{},”type”:”text”,”content”:”It’s a stretch to liken risky investments to raising the flag at Iwo Jima. 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Frost was a Pat Robertson aide during the televangelist’s 1988 run for president and has been on the ground floor for the party’s conservative/religious lurch to the right.”},{“_id”:”KLRWX54YGVGEVFWXTGM4UAGW5I”,”additional_properties”:{},”type”:”text”,”content”:”His son, Brant Frost V (it’s like a lineage of dukes), continued the tradition as a GOP leader in Coweta County, even volunteering with the U.S. Senate campaign for former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore in 2017. “},{“_id”:”O2HUH3BGJVH5FLYHLMHAEZ2DGE”,”additional_properties”:{},”type”:”text”,”content”:”You remember Moore? He’s the candidate who was so far out there that a Democrat won in ‘Bama.”},{“owner”:{“id”:”ajc”},”workflow”:{“status_code”:4},”auth”:{“1″:”6a0f80301d7ff3b07e2ab4b28a5904d362ca1f1b61d74c64b7f3a4cb55239e72″},”caption”:”Brant Frost V, son of First Liberty Building & Loan owner Brant Frost IV, volunteered for the U.S. Senate campaign for former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore (center) in 2017. 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