12:17 p.m. there in tehran. fred, thank you. all right. there have been calls to break up big tech companies like amazon, facebook and google. during that debate last night, senator cory booker said there is a problem with corporate consolidation. this is actually an economy that is hurting small businesses and not allowing them to compete. i feel very strongly on the need to check the corporate consolidation and let the free market work. he also said this again, i will single out companies like haliburton or amazon that pay nothing in taxes. right. amazon and haliburton s tax rates are low but not necessarily zero. the wall street journal reported amazon s tax right from 2012 to 2018 was 8%. before the debate, facebook ceo mark zuckerberg rehash his position on government regulation. he said facebook is self-regulating but wants more governments to step in as it grows around the world. here s what he said about
i don t think i disagree. we have a serious problem with corporate consolidation. you see the evidence in how dignitiy is stripped from labor and people who work full time jobs and still can t make a living wage. we see this because consumer prices are being raised by pharmaceutical companies that have holds on drugs. you see that by the fact that this is actually an economy that is hurting 1345 ining small bus not allowing competition. one of the best is corporate consolidation in the ag sector. i feel strongly about the need to check the corporate consolidation and let the free market work. i will tell you this. i live in a low income black and brown community and see every day this economy is not working for average americans. the indicators being used from gdp to wall street s rankings is not helping people in my community. it is about time we have an economy that works for
without any kind of process. why do you disagree? i don t think i disagree. i think we have a serious problem in our country with corporate consolidation. you see the evidence of that in how dignity is being stripped from labor. we have people who work full-time jobs and still can t make a living wage. we see that because consumer prices are being raised by pharmaceutical companies that often have monopolistic holds on drugs and you see that by just the fact that this is actually an economy that s hurting small businesses and not allowing them to compete. one of the most aggressive bills in the senate, to deal with corporate consolidation, is mine about corporate consolidation in the ag sector. i feel very strongly about the need to check the corporate consolidation and let the free market work. i ll tell you this. i live in a low income black and brown community. i see every single day this economy is not working for average americans. the indicators that are being used from gdp to
out with. we are supposed be for a 74% tax rate on the wealthy and for pre college. we must begin impeachment now. one of the most aggressive bills in the senate to deal with corporate consolidation is mine and let the free market work. there is too much consolidation now. the immigrants did not do that to you. the big corporations did that to you. [cheers and applause]. the 1% did that to you. sounded like a campus sit in but it was missing the body odor. the moderators were no different than the candidates. democrats have been talking about the pay gap for decades. what would you do to ensure women are paid fairly? would you support a 70%
the iranians say today is the day where they exceed the limits they re allowed to have low enriched uranium. they are going to massively increase low enriched uranium. they will still remain in the nuclear agreement. they have said they don t want war with the u.s. but they certainly say they are prepared for that. fred pleitgen live for us. thank you. 48 minutes past the hour. there have been calls to break up big tech companies like amaz amazon, facebook and google and during the democratic debate senator bory booker said there is a problem with corporate consolidation. this is actually an economy that s hurting small businesses and not allowing them to compete. i feel very strongly about the need to check the corporate consolidation and let the free market work. he also said this. amazon pay nothing in taxes.