they were involved, talked to people, brought people into the process, they told them what government was doing in the form of taxes regulation and become better citizens and pay attention. this is the big positive, could this be a game-changer on the elections. steve: when people hear that, they may think this is the government funding politics, somehow. sure, if you believe the government owns your tax money, then that would be your view. from a conservative perspective, it s our money, let us keep the first hundred, $200, to a good steward of our money. steve: do you think this is a good chance of this happening? waiting for tax reform to start. that s the time line and we think this fits in logically to tax reform. steve: isn t the goal of tax reform to take away the distortions for this good thing or that thing? i talked to ken cuccinelli trying to get rid of all tax credits in virginia, he likes this the most. this is for the people. every other tax credit is to favor one
spending and i thought my goodness, the export-import bank, what s a government involved in banking for? i thought it would be in competition with the private sector and i realized it does not compete with the private sector. they only make loans if they a customer cannot get private lending. you mentioned caterpillar, whoever the purchaser is in another country where we want to export caterpillar equipment or any other small business manufacturer, good outside the u.s., we want to get into the markets at 95% of the consumers are outside of the u.s., so if that customer can t get a loan for whatever reason, that s when the export-import bank comes in. and the reality is it does fund itself, there isn t any taxpayer money on it. it runs a profit, a slight profit.
spending and i thought my goodness, the export-import bank, what s a government involved in banking for? i thought it would be in competition with the private sector and i realized it does not compete with the private sector. they only make loans if they a customer cannot get private lending. you mentioned caterpillar, whoever the purchaser is in another country where we want to export caterpillar equipment or any other small business manufacturer, good outside the u.s., we want to get into the markets at 95% of the consumers are outside of the u.s., so if that customer can t get a loan for whatever reason, that s when the export-import bank comes in. and the reality is it does fund itself, there isn t any taxpayer money on it. it runs a profit, a slight profit.
only time the export-import bank can do a loan guaranty is if there are not any financial banks that can fund it. so these days steve: most of the money. most are better than they were in 2008, and 9. steve: most of the money goes to big companies not small ones. that s because steve: the companies make the donations to the politicians like yourself who go in there and then get the taxpayers money rerouted back to the companies who pay them in the first place. like yourself, you took money from boeing for your campaign? yes, that s right, and other companies as well. the reality is steve: yes, over 100 from the export-import bank. who got 100 clients from the export-import bank? what is the allegation here. steve: you? what are you saying, steve. steve: i m saying that what i m saying that your campaign contributions are connected to this argument because that s how this whole system works, isn t it?
understanding that s the piece? they were involved, talked to people, brought people into the process, they told them what government was doing in the form of taxes regulation and become better citizens and pay attention. this is the big positive, could this be a game-changer on the elections. steve: when people hear that, they may think this is the government funding politics, somehow. sure, if you believe the government owns your tax money, then that would be your view. from a conservative perspective, it s our money, let us keep the first hundred, $200, to a good steward of our money. steve: do you think this is a good chance of this happening? waiting for tax reform to start. that s the time line and we think this fits in logically to tax reform. steve: isn t the goal of tax reform to take away the distortions for this good thing or that thing? i talked to ken cuccinelli trying to get rid of all tax credits in virginia, he likes this the most. this is for the people. every