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today than they were back and so it's clear all of these corporations understand that a cost of doing business is buying and building support in washington d.c. and that includes staffing up with former members of congress put them on your payroll you want to hire a chief of staff from a powerful senator or committee. member get their chief of staff put them on your payroll as a lobbyist this is what washington does. by partisan basis in fact i think it's the only point of true bipartisanship in d.c. is corporate influence over government let me ask you this question and it seems to me as an observer that the cost of lobbying which is legalized corruption in america is pretty cheap like $400000.00 you get a lot changed it could result in a 1000000000 or $2000000000.00 and your bottom line should america at least have the decency of raising the cost of corruption i think so i think you're absolutely right that it should cost a little more to buy off your local member of congress or the present united states i am actually shocked at how inexpensive it is for corporations to buy their wa
today than they were back and so it's clear all of these corporations understand that a cost of doing business is buying and building support in washington d.c. and that includes staffing up with former members of congress put them on your payroll you want to hire a chief of staff from a powerful senator or committee. member get their chief of staff put them on your payroll as a lobbyist this is what washington does. by partisan basis in fact i think it's the only point of true bipartisanship...
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just a fraction of their total advocacy budget lobbying is only those direct expenditures that corporations and others spend to meet with federal officials in the executive branch or with congress that doesn't include their ad budgets their grassroots spending or their political contributions to either political action committees or contributions directly to candidates or old the dark pools of money because of citizens united so corporations continue to set the agenda for most of the issues that americans face every day you know alan i was amazed 1008 during that crisis the citibank came in and other lobbyists in the industry came in to write the response to it you know the same like there was no government officials anywhere around there were you shocked by that or were thoughts on that citibank was also responsible for getting rid of the volcker rule which was part. of following up on that on the global financial crash this was a defining issue that still continues to this day we had occupy wall street right across the river here in manhattan we are in brooklyn it was mostly people from b
just a fraction of their total advocacy budget lobbying is only those direct expenditures that corporations and others spend to meet with federal officials in the executive branch or with congress that doesn't include their ad budgets their grassroots spending or their political contributions to either political action committees or contributions directly to candidates or old the dark pools of money because of citizens united so corporations continue to set the agenda for most of the issues...
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, his judges that put their thumbs on the scale always supporting corporate interests, corporations over workers, always supporting wall street over consumers. and as we know, down the hall where senator mcconnell's office s. almost every day he walks down here to try to confirm far-right extremist judges, always young judges that do that same thing, that put their thumb on the scales of justice, always supporting corporations over workers. and as i said, last year we got an initial draft of president trump's agreement, another betrayal. his first nafta draft was nowhere near the good deal that the president promised. he had negotiated pure and simple another corporate trade deal. meant nothing for workers and it was a sellout to drug companies. in fact, the white house, madam president, the white house looks like a retreat for wall street executives except on tuesdays and fridays when the white house looks like a retreat for drug company executives. it took us, it took senator wyden and speaker pelosi and unions months and months and months working together to improve this deal. the pre
, his judges that put their thumbs on the scale always supporting corporate interests, corporations over workers, always supporting wall street over consumers. and as we know, down the hall where senator mcconnell's office s. almost every day he walks down here to try to confirm far-right extremist judges, always young judges that do that same thing, that put their thumb on the scales of justice, always supporting corporations over workers. and as i said, last year we got an initial draft of...
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units into corporate rentals. as we saw at 2100 market street, these sites are perfect for development. they offer boutique living service rather than apartments. they minimize risk by signing with a company like sander as the master tenant, property manager, who in turn maximizes profits by inflating temporary rents. and equally important to housing considerations are the jobs created. the cleaner, the 24-hour concierges for these hotels. unfortunately, with these types of jobs, the work is low-paying, temporary, and lacking benefits. can a person working this type of job be involved in her daughter's school, take part in her community, and work only one job to pay the bills? our members are paid living wages, receive healthcare, and have dignity and respect on the job. who benefits from corporate rentals? it's not the housekeeper who has worked at the convention center hotel for 20 years or the teacher who is new to the city and can't afford the $6,500 per month rent. this closes a loophole that has benefitted w
units into corporate rentals. as we saw at 2100 market street, these sites are perfect for development. they offer boutique living service rather than apartments. they minimize risk by signing with a company like sander as the master tenant, property manager, who in turn maximizes profits by inflating temporary rents. and equally important to housing considerations are the jobs created. the cleaner, the 24-hour concierges for these hotels. unfortunately, with these types of jobs, the work is...
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, his judges that put their thumbs on the scale always supporting corporate interests, corporations over workers, always supporting wall street over consumers. and as we know, down the hall where senator mcconnell's office s. almost every day he walks down here to try to confirm far-right extremist judges, always young judges that do that same thing, that put their thumb on the scales of justice, always supporting corporations over workers. and as i said, last year we got an initial draft of president trump's agreement, another betrayal. his first nafta draft was nowhere near the good deal that the president promised. he had negotiated pure and simple another corporate trade deal. meant nothing for workers and it was a sellout to drug companies. in fact, the white house, madam president, the white house looks like a retreat for wall street executives except on tuesdays and fridays when the white house looks like a retreat for drug company executives. it took us, it took senator wyden and speaker pelosi and unions months and months and months working together to improve this deal. the pre
, his judges that put their thumbs on the scale always supporting corporate interests, corporations over workers, always supporting wall street over consumers. and as we know, down the hall where senator mcconnell's office s. almost every day he walks down here to try to confirm far-right extremist judges, always young judges that do that same thing, that put their thumb on the scales of justice, always supporting corporations over workers. and as i said, last year we got an initial draft of...
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one is i believe we have a broken government that has been purchased by corporations. job one is to get the government back off, by and for the people. as somebody for spend 10 years fighting and beating those corporations, i know that we can do it, and we need to d.c., including having 12 year term limits for congresspeople and senators. secondly, we absolutely have to deal with our climate crisis. i have said it is my number one priority and i declared a state of emergency on day one. do it from the standpoint of environmental justice. create millions and millions of , but weing union jobs have to do it come we have to get on it on day one. if we do those two things, take back our government so we can get the progressive policies that americans want, and control our climate crisis, then i think we will be in a great position. if we don't, we will be in a lot trouble. host: focusing on the first point of euros on fighting corporate corruption in particular how do you think your background as an investor as an entrepreneur helps you do that best? guest: let me say this
one is i believe we have a broken government that has been purchased by corporations. job one is to get the government back off, by and for the people. as somebody for spend 10 years fighting and beating those corporations, i know that we can do it, and we need to d.c., including having 12 year term limits for congresspeople and senators. secondly, we absolutely have to deal with our climate crisis. i have said it is my number one priority and i declared a state of emergency on day one. do it...
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the government serving the people, not the government corporations. if we do that, we are going to get a foot of a health care as a right for every single american. we are going to get quality public education -- we are going to get affordable health care as a right for every single american, a quality public education, and a living wage, so that a family can live on one wage. it is all within our capabilities in our power if the government serves the people and not the corporations. that is the issue in front of us. if the people speak they are done well going to get their way, and i am going to make sure that happens. anyone who stands in our way will get voted out of office. host: tom steyer's website is >> c-span, your unfiltered view of government. in 1979 andable brought to you today by your television provider. coming up tonight on c-span, next, pete buttigieg holds a town hold event and i what you'd that is followed by andrew yang's rally. after that, representative tulsi gabbard speaks with voters in claremont, new hampshire. next, candidate
the government serving the people, not the government corporations. if we do that, we are going to get a foot of a health care as a right for every single american. we are going to get quality public education -- we are going to get affordable health care as a right for every single american, a quality public education, and a living wage, so that a family can live on one wage. it is all within our capabilities in our power if the government serves the people and not the corporations. that is...
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to me, it was clear that congress rushed to enact a $1 trillion corporate tax cut for business when corporations already making record profits and wall street already at record levels. >> how far can we go with this kind of income and on the - - inequality? that's the question. >> absolutely. it explains why to many folks in congress is doing nothing to raise the minimum wage because they are listening to their corporate donors. >> want to talk about these policy ideas but i just want to emphasize to our viewers that i at least got so much out of this book from your stories. and i think it's a great part of the book. really the bulk of the book is telling stories of workers today. but also, throughout american history. so i want to ask you, don't you think that a lot of the stories you tell from 100 years ago say, really have a lot of relevance to today? why don't you talk about the uprising of the 20,000 for example tell us about that story. i thought that one had a lot of relevance to a lot of the struggles workers go through today. and even a lot of the issues people would think, that's actua
to me, it was clear that congress rushed to enact a $1 trillion corporate tax cut for business when corporations already making record profits and wall street already at record levels. >> how far can we go with this kind of income and on the - - inequality? that's the question. >> absolutely. it explains why to many folks in congress is doing nothing to raise the minimum wage because they are listening to their corporate donors. >> want to talk about these policy ideas but i...
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corporate interests. workers were never at the center of these trade agreement. one of my votes in the house was against the north american free trade agreement. i votedtt no for sense because these trade agreements were written by corporations maximize profitspe and to enrich stockholders always at the expense of workers. communities like mansfield ohio and portsmouth ohio in toledo and youngstown. i was talking to a friend of mine and she knows former senator cafaro knows what's happening with these trade agreements. we all know how they undermines communities and always again because these trade agreements were ripped by corporations in secret. because of nafta and these trade agreement and because of trump tax policies where you pay a lower tax rate if m you move overseas than you pay in the united states in spite of ranking member widens chairman wyden's efforts to stop those tax breaks that go to richest people and country but the business model as you shut down production in lima ohio and you shut
corporate interests. workers were never at the center of these trade agreement. one of my votes in the house was against the north american free trade agreement. i votedtt no for sense because these trade agreements were written by corporations maximize profitspe and to enrich stockholders always at the expense of workers. communities like mansfield ohio and portsmouth ohio in toledo and youngstown. i was talking to a friend of mine and she knows former senator cafaro knows what's happening...
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corporations are far outspent.unions and worker groups and that's why the minimum wage is stuck and there is a huge attack on health coverage for all. i think we have to fix or campaign finance system so it isn't so dominated by the rich or the coke brothers networks were corporations. i think there is something really wrong when someone could give 100 million to have a huge voice in the campaign and much more say than a schoolteacher or a nurse or steelworker so that's something we need to do. >> host: i'm going to push you to do a sort of rapidfire here. in the house we passed hr one, which would for example have public financing for campaigns if people gave up for $200 that it would be matched to 6-1 and in some states, cities have done that. so that's one. let me ask you. i counted 17 proposals. i thought it was terrific. and i think that four or five of them are covered by what we are working through in the house right now protecting the right to organize and, or the pro- act, which we have passed through the
corporations are far outspent.unions and worker groups and that's why the minimum wage is stuck and there is a huge attack on health coverage for all. i think we have to fix or campaign finance system so it isn't so dominated by the rich or the coke brothers networks were corporations. i think there is something really wrong when someone could give 100 million to have a huge voice in the campaign and much more say than a schoolteacher or a nurse or steelworker so that's something we need to do....
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because corporations, they fear unions are going to make corporations share more of their profits andprosperity with their workers. they don't want to reduce their profits. for years, the overwhelming idea in corporate america was profit maximization, profit maximization, profit maximization, and unions are there's too much income inequality. unions are the most effective vehicle to reduce income inequality. i think that is a big reason why public approval for unions is increasing. and i say that even though yes corruption has been a problem. yes for 20 years unions did discriminate against african-americans and did not encourage women workers enough. i think that has changed a lot. there is much less corruption. there's still too much in the legacy of discrimination against blacks and asian americans, hispanic americans is behind unions. unions see that a key part of the future american workforce is of women, and workers of color, and union say we bow for everybody. [inaudible] we fight for black workers asian american women workers and explained in the book that unions probably have
because corporations, they fear unions are going to make corporations share more of their profits andprosperity with their workers. they don't want to reduce their profits. for years, the overwhelming idea in corporate america was profit maximization, profit maximization, profit maximization, and unions are there's too much income inequality. unions are the most effective vehicle to reduce income inequality. i think that is a big reason why public approval for unions is increasing. and i say...
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elections by our corporate billionaire class which is why my friends we always need to be watching. if you want to deal with gone. on a city street you want to. show you what you see. this is joyce state. great city slaves systemic deception show which. welcome one and all the watching i robot joining us today we go to discuss not only the 10th anniversary of citizens united but much much more is the wonderful cavalcade of personality immigration attorney alan thank you very much our to america correspondent rachel blevins and ceremony. sports correspondent. thank you all for joining us today well citizens united 10 years old how are we all celebrating this this wonderful gift that's been given to our electoral process because again i think constitutionally it was decided wrong and it's proven to the fact that it's not just about the billionaires in the united states well the companies it's about foreign companies here in the united states who are donating this money to their foreign policies so little bit greater problem than just the amount of money that sort of spent into it not
elections by our corporate billionaire class which is why my friends we always need to be watching. if you want to deal with gone. on a city street you want to. show you what you see. this is joyce state. great city slaves systemic deception show which. welcome one and all the watching i robot joining us today we go to discuss not only the 10th anniversary of citizens united but much much more is the wonderful cavalcade of personality immigration attorney alan thank you very much our to america...
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one is i believe we have a broken government that's been purchased by corporations, and that job one is to get that government back of, by and for the people. and as somebody who spent ten years fighting and beating those corporations, i know that we can do it, and we need to restructure d.c., including having 12-year term limits for congresspeople and senators. and secondly, we absolutely have to deal with our climate crisis. i've said it's my number one priority that i declare a state of emergency on day one. do it from the standpoint of environment justice, create millions and millions of good-paying union jobs. but we have to do it, get on it, and on it on day one. if we do those two things, take back our government so we can get the progressive policies that americans want, and control our climate crisis, i think we're going to be in great position. but if we don't we'll be in trouble. >> focusing on that first point of yours on fighting corporate corruption, how do you think your background as an investor, entrepreneur, helps you do that best? >> let me say this, bill, so you k
one is i believe we have a broken government that's been purchased by corporations, and that job one is to get that government back of, by and for the people. and as somebody who spent ten years fighting and beating those corporations, i know that we can do it, and we need to restructure d.c., including having 12-year term limits for congresspeople and senators. and secondly, we absolutely have to deal with our climate crisis. i've said it's my number one priority that i declare a state of...
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corporations or state created legal fictions. maybe they're good maybe they're bed but to call them persons it is kind of rages so they get got personal rights back about a century ago and that extended through the 20th century. as they give corporations rights way beyond what persons have so if say general motors invests in mexico they get national rights the rights of the mexican business well the notion of person was expanded to include corporations it was also restricted if you take the 14th amendment literally the no undocumented alien can be deprived of rights if their persons. undocumented aliens who are living here and building their buildings clear lawns and so on they're not persons . but general electric is a person. an immortal super powerful person this perversion of the young elementary morality and the obvious meaning of the law is quite incredible. and the 1970 s. the courts decided that money is a form of speech. but reverse value menu on through the years to citizens united which says that the right of free spee
corporations or state created legal fictions. maybe they're good maybe they're bed but to call them persons it is kind of rages so they get got personal rights back about a century ago and that extended through the 20th century. as they give corporations rights way beyond what persons have so if say general motors invests in mexico they get national rights the rights of the mexican business well the notion of person was expanded to include corporations it was also restricted if you take the...
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we know that it was a corporate trade agreement and now workers are at the center. we will be watching the president he needs to ensure that they comply and we strengthen them if we need to. one trade deal democrats fix also won't undo the rest of the economic policies. it's a policy that as i said we haven't raised the minimum wage because the president took overtime pay away from 50,000 by changing their overtime pay. this isn't going to fix all of g that. it isn't going to stop outsourcing when we have their tax plan that gives companies the tax break to send overseas. i'm going to keep fighting the trade policies and tax policies just as we did with the agreement. they are taking another trade deal brought to us by president trump and they made the pro- worker.h more it must be includedlu in every future trade agreements. >> i would like to pose questions to my colleague from ohio wa who's done so much to wk on these issues. i want to thank him for his extraordinary commitment to the rights of workers. essentially they lose their economic heartbeat by trade poli
we know that it was a corporate trade agreement and now workers are at the center. we will be watching the president he needs to ensure that they comply and we strengthen them if we need to. one trade deal democrats fix also won't undo the rest of the economic policies. it's a policy that as i said we haven't raised the minimum wage because the president took overtime pay away from 50,000 by changing their overtime pay. this isn't going to fix all of g that. it isn't going to stop outsourcing...
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corporate mcdonald's actions on that day embodied the marine corps' motto. semper fi, which is latin for always faithful. mr. murphy: it is such an honor to represent nearly 1/3 of all active duty marines who, like corporal mcdonald, are always faithful to their fellow marines, communities, and our constitutions. thank you, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i request to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you, madam speaker. i rise today to recognize specialist joseph raymond of east berlin, pennsylvania, for outstanding achievement during the soldier of the year board for the first battalion, 108th field artillery. specialist raymond's outstanding skills and high level motivation contributed directly to him being selected as the soldier of the year. competing at the 56 striker brigade combat team soldier of the year board. specialist raymond's exceptional performance ref
corporate mcdonald's actions on that day embodied the marine corps' motto. semper fi, which is latin for always faithful. mr. murphy: it is such an honor to represent nearly 1/3 of all active duty marines who, like corporal mcdonald, are always faithful to their fellow marines, communities, and our constitutions. thank you, i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from pennsylvania seek recognition? >> madam speaker, i request to address the house for one...
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no one thinks it has to do with corporation.mericansly, 90% of want background checks on every gun purchase. republicans want background checks on every gun purchase. an ra members want background checks on every gun purchase. if you have to ask why don't we have background checks on gun purchases to keep them out of the hands of people who would be especially dangerous owning guns . the answer is, the gun manufacturers actually control the nra through their money and they don't want background checks on guns. partially because they like to sell guns. they think if we ever start passing things to stop gun violence, we will do things that will affect their bottom line. talk about breaking this corporate stranglehold, structurally we have to do this. or we will never get affordable health care or the quality public education we need, or a living wage, or a right to clean air and clean water. it has to go through dce. as the old saying goes, no turkey has ever voted for thanksgiving. the first thing that has to happen in order to r
no one thinks it has to do with corporation.mericansly, 90% of want background checks on every gun purchase. republicans want background checks on every gun purchase. an ra members want background checks on every gun purchase. if you have to ask why don't we have background checks on gun purchases to keep them out of the hands of people who would be especially dangerous owning guns . the answer is, the gun manufacturers actually control the nra through their money and they don't want background...
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steyer: so corporations can develop national forests. >> and a lot of those corporations have no financial responsibility. mr. steyer: they don't pay for it, they declare bankruptcy after they have taken all of the -- let me say this. just so you know. camped on my honeymoon. i was trying to climb all the 14,000 foot mountains in california. sleeping on the ground is a hell of a lot more fun than sleeping in a five-star hotel. national parks are the crown jewels of american society that we will protect. i am not a climate person without loving the outdoors. i get this whole thing. i had nine groomsmen in my wedding, including my two brothers. if you wonder about why i care about open spaces and preserving nature, what i would love to do when i get some time off, i'm going into the woods, i am going up to the fjords in scandinavia to kayak around because i want to know what is happening. that is what i care about. >> 1, 2, 3. >> thank you. mr. steyer: what is your name, sir? >> calvin. mr. steyer: calvin, nice to meet you. >> i have a question. what is your policy on energy and oil? mr. ste
steyer: so corporations can develop national forests. >> and a lot of those corporations have no financial responsibility. mr. steyer: they don't pay for it, they declare bankruptcy after they have taken all of the -- let me say this. just so you know. camped on my honeymoon. i was trying to climb all the 14,000 foot mountains in california. sleeping on the ground is a hell of a lot more fun than sleeping in a five-star hotel. national parks are the crown jewels of american society that...
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fight harder to beat back the unions and corporations than any other country.hey fire workers, spy on workers. they say no punishment whatsoever and often take years to win back the jobs of those supporting the union. i argue in the book something is broken when corporations can repeatedly break the law and keep out a union and only have a so we need stricter penalties to discourage them from doing that. only one workplace at the time bike industrywide bargaining that gives much more clout than they bargained they have to figure out a way. we have to figure out a way to give the workers more power. they can't unionize because they are independent contractors. they make less than the minimum wage, they have all these drivers driving 60 or 70 hours a week and somebody falling asleep at the wheel during dangerous thing for the city enacted a law that creates the minimum compensation. they say something is broken for tens of thousands of workers and we want to do what we think is fair for both the industry and for the drivers to help ensure they can make a decent l
fight harder to beat back the unions and corporations than any other country.hey fire workers, spy on workers. they say no punishment whatsoever and often take years to win back the jobs of those supporting the union. i argue in the book something is broken when corporations can repeatedly break the law and keep out a union and only have a so we need stricter penalties to discourage them from doing that. only one workplace at the time bike industrywide bargaining that gives much more clout than...
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broken, it hasis been bought by corporations, i am someone who spent 10 years fighting corporations and beating them and trying to push power to americans through more democracy. i am someone who is an outsider, i am not beholden to any interest in d.c., i am for term limits of 12 years for congresspeople and senators, i believe we need new people in charge. [applause] i say to people -- i will interrupt my pitch. six argument for term limits. mitch mcconnell, lindsey graham, chuck grassley. let's have term limits. [applause] i am the person who will make the climate my number one priority and i will use it to rebuild and reimagine america in a good way. i build a business on my own, i know what it takes to grow an economy, i know what it takes to have economic growth and justice. i will take mr. trump down because i am not scared of a bully who is a bag of wind. [applause] >> jim, retired marine. this is the third time we heard you speak. i have been disappointed that the campaign does not seem to have caught fire like i think it should. your message when i hear you is very fired up an
broken, it hasis been bought by corporations, i am someone who spent 10 years fighting corporations and beating them and trying to push power to americans through more democracy. i am someone who is an outsider, i am not beholden to any interest in d.c., i am for term limits of 12 years for congresspeople and senators, i believe we need new people in charge. [applause] i say to people -- i will interrupt my pitch. six argument for term limits. mitch mcconnell, lindsey graham, chuck grassley....
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year, the biggest corporations paid an 11% tax rate.e have a reverse progressive tax code at this point. 10 years ago, warren buffett says he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. it is true today. that's outrageous. the assumption on growth is that it is fairly shared because it has been fairly shared in the united states traditionally but it is not anymore. you know, if you look at the minimum wage in 1980 and tax adjusted -- i mean, inflation-adjusted, you would get $11. that is no increase in wages. that is just inflation. if you included workers' share of productivity gains, it would be $22 as a minimum wage. that's actually what happened in the united states. let's first talk about growth. if we have a good growth and all the increase in income goes to the top 1%, that is not success in my book. 5%,stock market -- 1% or that is not success in my book. they pay negative taxes in my mind because they make statements up audis kickback -- state municipalities kickback to them. you could have a booming stock market. the government
year, the biggest corporations paid an 11% tax rate.e have a reverse progressive tax code at this point. 10 years ago, warren buffett says he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary. it is true today. that's outrageous. the assumption on growth is that it is fairly shared because it has been fairly shared in the united states traditionally but it is not anymore. you know, if you look at the minimum wage in 1980 and tax adjusted -- i mean, inflation-adjusted, you would get $11. that is no...
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corporations.nd the end results cost us some 4 million jobs as part of the race to the bottom. i am sick and tired and will not tolerate, and we will use the power of the federal contracting and all these other countries. systems. if a corporation in iowa vermont or anywhere else wants to shut down, they have another thing going. we need corporate responsibility and need to protect good paying jobs in america and not see them go to china or vietnam or mexico. [applause] brianne: mr. vice president, what's your response? mr. biden: we need corporate responsibility and i agree with that completely. but we also need to have enforcement mechanisms in the agreements we make, enforceable agreements. that's one of the things that has been improved with the trade agreement with mexico. and that's what we should be doing in any agreement we have. but let's get back to the basics here. if we don't set the rules of the road by going out to our partners, instead of poking our eye, excuse me, poking our finger
corporations.nd the end results cost us some 4 million jobs as part of the race to the bottom. i am sick and tired and will not tolerate, and we will use the power of the federal contracting and all these other countries. systems. if a corporation in iowa vermont or anywhere else wants to shut down, they have another thing going. we need corporate responsibility and need to protect good paying jobs in america and not see them go to china or vietnam or mexico. [applause] brianne: mr. vice...
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giant corporations that have swallowed up little baby corporations, small companies, immediate y mediumcompanies and big companies. what used to be big companies. the problem with these giant corporations is they have so much power. power over their employees, power over their customer, power over the communities where they are located and power in washington to keep getting the rules tilted in their direction. we want to have more innovation in this country. we want to have more smaller businesses. we want to have more opportunities to start something up and get it up and growing. we have anti-trust laws that keep these giant corporations from being able to crush out the competition before it ever gets started. to keep them from being able the buy up be companies once they do get a business going. the problem is those aennti-tru laws are not enforced. it's time for a president to have the courage to enforce our anti-trust laws. this is why i'm here. it relates to your issue because it relates to big ag. yes big ag, i am coming for you. yes. big ag, like so many of the other giant corpo
giant corporations that have swallowed up little baby corporations, small companies, immediate y mediumcompanies and big companies. what used to be big companies. the problem with these giant corporations is they have so much power. power over their employees, power over their customer, power over the communities where they are located and power in washington to keep getting the rules tilted in their direction. we want to have more innovation in this country. we want to have more smaller...
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trucks so the national oil corporation is taking this step as a kind of protection legally to. obligations and rights as you know because the national oil corporation is running these oil fields along with western european partners so in order for the national oil corporation to protect itself legally from any terms or conditions or obligations so it has just declared. merger in order to protect itself from any legal obligations from the partners. when i go i hear they're keeping an eye on things for us in tripoli thank you much more and well now let's go to berlin where have some other bar is going to be watching that conference taking place on sunday session is there any kind of unified position amongst the various world leaders who are expected to be there and and what do they realistically expect to come out of this meeting. i said most of the countries attending. this conference in berlin have different say about the future of libya some of the back parties on opposing sides of the conflict which raises questions about whether they would be able to set aside those differen
trucks so the national oil corporation is taking this step as a kind of protection legally to. obligations and rights as you know because the national oil corporation is running these oil fields along with western european partners so in order for the national oil corporation to protect itself legally from any terms or conditions or obligations so it has just declared. merger in order to protect itself from any legal obligations from the partners. when i go i hear they're keeping an eye on...
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time of the time corporations repeat the same mantra sustainability it's very important. transition to sustainable prize board sustainability sustainable amana a more equitable and sustainable world. they claim their production is completely harmless. it. companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away and this is something else this is the point in even us i mean look. since i'm in news and we do mean when i'm stunned seemed to be based on just . we. saw as in strong street sylvia rocky capital holding funeral processions for those killed in front of us or raping looting or general washington insists the strike was to have more planes and to deescalating tensions with tehran. also and on the program a senior police chief ses levels of child criminal exploitation in. victorian era levels naming a stereo and increasingly powerful drugs gangs. unfundable children at risk in armenia to criminal schemes being revealed helping foreigners and legally adopt him .
time of the time corporations repeat the same mantra sustainability it's very important. transition to sustainable prize board sustainability sustainable amana a more equitable and sustainable world. they claim their production is completely harmless. it. companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away and this is something else this is the point in even us i mean look. since i'm in news and we do mean when i'm stunned seemed to be based on...
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to assuage critics as they came under fire today from both sides of the new house of commons the corporation is aiming to demonstrate that it is listening to the whole of britain following the general election campaign when it was accused of glossing over the strong views of leave voters in the north and even of letting its impartiality slip oh no the impartiality slip b.b.c. . write well i've read the tory manifesto that boris johnson wants to try to encourage the b.b.c. to to take more of the government line and to make it more of an organ of the government officially an organ of the government as though it's kind of on officially the the organ of the government and i think for me that is quite important about this is something you and i have observed is something we've said on kai's report we've said it on all sorts of media outlets social media our blog or things like that that we've discussed that is that we have the same problem in america all of the presenters on the mainstream news on the cable news are centered entirely out of new york entirely out of washington d.c. all of the news
to assuage critics as they came under fire today from both sides of the new house of commons the corporation is aiming to demonstrate that it is listening to the whole of britain following the general election campaign when it was accused of glossing over the strong views of leave voters in the north and even of letting its impartiality slip oh no the impartiality slip b.b.c. . write well i've read the tory manifesto that boris johnson wants to try to encourage the b.b.c. to to take more of the...
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but a 2007 break before the latest crash they had literally 40 percent of corporate profits. far beyond anything in the past. back in the 1950 s. as for many years before the united states economy was based largely on production . in the united states as the great manufacturing center of the world. financial institutions used to be a relatively small part of the economy and their task was to distribute unused assets like bank savings to productive activity and buying our way and had on hand a reserve money. holders to monitor on the back of the reserve bank can. call behind providing an. auditing money on bank or of the community by making. money for a manufacturer and i'm even going. to unlock some remodel her car and her money on a good reason why people are always needing more and have immediately available. that's a contribution to the economy. regulatory system was established banks were regulated the commercial investment banks were separated to back for risk investment practices that could harm private people. there had been remember no financial crashes during the per
but a 2007 break before the latest crash they had literally 40 percent of corporate profits. far beyond anything in the past. back in the 1950 s. as for many years before the united states economy was based largely on production . in the united states as the great manufacturing center of the world. financial institutions used to be a relatively small part of the economy and their task was to distribute unused assets like bank savings to productive activity and buying our way and had on hand a...
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and we're not negotiating against those corporations.ve given faction cuts to the richest americans and the biggest corporations for decades. that's all this is. we have corporations who are having their way with the american people and people are suffering. senator warren is right. this is cruelty for money. in order to break this, we'll have to break the corporate stranglehold and solve both the tax and the negotiating problem. that's why i'm for term limits. we need to redo washington d.c. and actually take back the government from the corporations. >> thank you, mr. steyer. vice president biden. >> i would argue that the biggest breakthrough in recent time was us being able to do in our administration what five democratic presidents couldn't get done. that is pass obamacare. it was a big deal. secondly i would argue the way you can control drug prices is you limit what they can charge for those prices. you don't have to pay the price. limit what they can charge. if in fact they charge more than we set the price for, they can -- we ca
and we're not negotiating against those corporations.ve given faction cuts to the richest americans and the biggest corporations for decades. that's all this is. we have corporations who are having their way with the american people and people are suffering. senator warren is right. this is cruelty for money. in order to break this, we'll have to break the corporate stranglehold and solve both the tax and the negotiating problem. that's why i'm for term limits. we need to redo washington d.c....
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we lowered the corporate tax rate to 21%. we now have a corporate tax rate that is competitive with the rest of the world. we lowered corporate tax rates, and that in itself costs less than $100 billion a year to do that. but it stimulates huge economic growth. the businesses in the united states can now thrive, which means they can grow, they can go our and hire people, which we've seen. we've seen record unemployment. we've seen record unemployment rates down to 3.5%. we've seen wage goa. we've seen 3% plus wage growth. most importantly -- the tax law?ou put this all >> a lot of it has to do with the tax law. it has. to we've seen higher-end wage growth at the bottom pay scale than we have at the top. we've seeing the incentives we created in the tax law by lowering the corporate rate, we're seeing that happen. >> brennan: there is a whole debate about the contribution to the deficit. i want to put that aside and i want to focus on something, though, that is really resonating politically. and it is this broader argument tha
we lowered the corporate tax rate to 21%. we now have a corporate tax rate that is competitive with the rest of the world. we lowered corporate tax rates, and that in itself costs less than $100 billion a year to do that. but it stimulates huge economic growth. the businesses in the united states can now thrive, which means they can grow, they can go our and hire people, which we've seen. we've seen record unemployment. we've seen record unemployment rates down to 3.5%. we've seen wage goa....
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corporations. those corporations saw their corporate tax rate go down from 35% to 21%. and because of tax breaks and other loopholes, most corporations pay a whole lot less than that. but a new report from "the new york times" found that some of the world's largest corporations have continued to lobby the treasury department in an effort to get even more concessions as the final rules of that 2000 tax bill are implemented. >> do you remember -- we should put together a video the number of times that you and i had this conversation with lawmakers, usually with republican lawmakers, and they said, well, we're going to bring the tax rate down, but it will be fairer because everybody will pay that 21%. we're going to close all these loopholes. >> they didn't close the loopholes, and there are a lot of corporate leaders at the time that said, yes, lower the tax rate, but it doesn't need to go as low as 21%. now here we are, paying a lot less than that. joining us, one of the reporters behind this "the new york times" piece, jesse drucker. jesse, let's start with the presiden
corporations. those corporations saw their corporate tax rate go down from 35% to 21%. and because of tax breaks and other loopholes, most corporations pay a whole lot less than that. but a new report from "the new york times" found that some of the world's largest corporations have continued to lobby the treasury department in an effort to get even more concessions as the final rules of that 2000 tax bill are implemented. >> do you remember -- we should put together a video the...
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now usually in corporate scandal, the company takes the hit.remain anonymous. does corporate america need to follow baseball's lead we'll be legendary terrain in telluride, the unparalleled landscape of park city, or the famed peaks of whistler, you've faced the hassle of lugging your gear through the airport. with ship skis, you're just a few clicks away from having your skis, snowboard and luggage shipped from your doorstep to your destination. with unrivaled pricing, real time tracking ship skis delivers, hassle free. ship ahead and go catch those first tracks on fresh snow. ship skis. your skis. delivered. major league baseball suspending general manager jeff luhnow and manager a.j. hinch in addition to fining the team and stripping it of its first round draft picks the next couple of years this comes off an investigation of a sign stealing effort in 2017 which was a championship year for the astros. the astros in turn after baseball sanctioned them fired both individuals when corporations misbehave, the stakes can seem costly but individua
now usually in corporate scandal, the company takes the hit.remain anonymous. does corporate america need to follow baseball's lead we'll be legendary terrain in telluride, the unparalleled landscape of park city, or the famed peaks of whistler, you've faced the hassle of lugging your gear through the airport. with ship skis, you're just a few clicks away from having your skis, snowboard and luggage shipped from your doorstep to your destination. with unrivaled pricing, real time tracking ship...
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the question is being green actually just making the mega-corporations wealthier it's a question or short documentary grapples with next their close. descriptions sound up to tell using even for the owners so how to choose the pet food industry is telling us what to feed our pets really more based on what they want to sell us than was necessarily good for the pet turns out may not be. people believe we have animals that have you know diabetes in arthritis they have auto immune disorders they've cut allergies we are actually creating these problems it's a huge epidemic of problems all of them i believe can be linked to very simple problem of diet and some dog owners so heartbreaking stories about their pets streets to larger corporations are not very interested in proving or disproving the value of their food because they're already making it a 1000000000 dollars on it and there's no reason to do that research. this way pog or that feature and look into 2020 what fascinating stories will come our way there are often said on this show that you can't have capitalism without capital capital w
the question is being green actually just making the mega-corporations wealthier it's a question or short documentary grapples with next their close. descriptions sound up to tell using even for the owners so how to choose the pet food industry is telling us what to feed our pets really more based on what they want to sell us than was necessarily good for the pet turns out may not be. people believe we have animals that have you know diabetes in arthritis they have auto immune disorders they've...
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my question is about corporate responsibility. right now we are in a miami, and this is the largest port for human trafficking in the united states. as we speak there are victims flowing in through the miami river. this is a topical conversation. the problem that we find is that even legal labor laws in other countries are really 50 steps $.50 away from being considered to slavery or human trafficking. we have companies like nike who we know are actively and gave it engaging in sweatshop labor which is often complacent in human trafficking. is there a lack of corporate responsibility, legally, from the united states? and, where do you see the areas or the holes in the leaguer system to go after corporations in our legal system to go after corporations engaging in human trafficking. cindy: if i can bring it back to what it was. nike has sweatshops. the nba keeps making she was named after famous guys. this is a never ending cycle. until you, me, and the rest of us say we will not buy the shoe, i do not care if it is named after god
my question is about corporate responsibility. right now we are in a miami, and this is the largest port for human trafficking in the united states. as we speak there are victims flowing in through the miami river. this is a topical conversation. the problem that we find is that even legal labor laws in other countries are really 50 steps $.50 away from being considered to slavery or human trafficking. we have companies like nike who we know are actively and gave it engaging in sweatshop labor...
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time after time corporations repeat the same mantra sustainability area of. transition sustainable transport sustainability stay number man a more equitable and sustainable world. they can. and the production is completely harmless hollow does need the. number of listen it into something companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away there's a 2nd eldest does he want anyone and i mean let's just get this time in and you must let me do on time eamon and i'm studying them in the best understood so going in. medical use don't leave clause leave guarded sadiq audio. when your. call doesn't that it could cause for the look of it is too close was a thought a book a new to this a but. just its course still it's a bit silly to me yet there's. just chill. welcome back to front running 2020 with max and stacy we're talking about this. moment between the u.s. and china well the u.s. catch up can the u.s. even catch up stacy without some kind of industrial policy exactly in order to compete on that sort of scale we need
time after time corporations repeat the same mantra sustainability area of. transition sustainable transport sustainability stay number man a more equitable and sustainable world. they can. and the production is completely harmless hollow does need the. number of listen it into something companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away there's a 2nd eldest does he want anyone and i mean let's just get this time in and you must let me do on time...
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time after time corporations repeat the same mantra sustainability. turkcell are a transition to sustainable transport sustainability. a more equitable and sustainable world. they claim their production is completely harmless. the big. companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away this is something else this let's keep going to an even. understood look who. would. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and you. want to. have to go right to curse which is what the 3 of them. do you get. interested in the war. when. the world is driven by. the day or thinks. week here to ask. why i come back to the kaiser report imax kaiser time out of turn to michael patio of tonto port dot com michael welcome back thank you for having me max and happy new year to you we've got a lot to cover here michael gold rocketed on trump's war in the middle east other than the sort of black swans however what is the case for gold at the moment if any michael well the keys were
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time after time corporations repeat the same mantra sustainability. it's accelerating the transition to sustainable prize board sustainability spain overmanned a more equitable and sustainable well. they claim their production is completely harmless. because. it does not the companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away and this is 2nd eldest as he went on even as i am really in love. with the moon and news limited on time eamon and i'm stunting them in the best understood so going in. the world is driven by shaped by the broker so that there is. no dares thinks. we dare to ask. for descriptions sound up or tell using even for the owners so how to choose the pet food industry is telling us what to feed our pets really more based on what they want to sell us than what's necessarily good for the pet turns out that food may not be as healthy as people believe and we have animals that have you know diabetes in our stratos they have auto immune disorders allergies we are actually creating these problems
time after time corporations repeat the same mantra sustainability. it's accelerating the transition to sustainable prize board sustainability spain overmanned a more equitable and sustainable well. they claim their production is completely harmless. because. it does not the companies want us to feel good about buying their products while the damage is being done far away and this is 2nd eldest as he went on even as i am really in love. with the moon and news limited on time eamon and i'm...
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owed by somebody could ration it's ok so corporations that don't have the cash flow to pay interest on their debt they have to borrow more debt just to service their debt 40 percent max what are we going to do in the next downturn that's why the federal reserve is going to be cutting rates in 2020 they only they only got to 2 and a half to adequately retreat to want to have their their panic about is. a more his inflation rate that they just can't get to 2 percent we have to be at your percent and way above it because we were below it for so many years and you know that's when the mills this is going extinct back you know that's how one percent well of the wealth in this cut in this world now owns 50 percent of the of the well costs that's why the top one percent of the wealthiest people on this planet own 30 percent of the well and their wealth is growing at 5 times their income growth is 5 times that of this 3 when towels in the middle class side times faster and why is that because central banks around the world are in history the middle class by bringing up energy prices why wor
owed by somebody could ration it's ok so corporations that don't have the cash flow to pay interest on their debt they have to borrow more debt just to service their debt 40 percent max what are we going to do in the next downturn that's why the federal reserve is going to be cutting rates in 2020 they only they only got to 2 and a half to adequately retreat to want to have their their panic about is. a more his inflation rate that they just can't get to 2 percent we have to be at your percent...