unprompted i was in ukraine for the week. and at w we had a big, a huge amazing show of support. that really has encouraged me and my family. they re always behind me 100 and 10%. we re going to talk over the holidays. and we ll go from there. you know the pushback to those that say if you run for senate in arizona, the democratic nominee, senator sinema, isn t am depend. it would split the vote and hand republicans a seat. what would you say that? that s not how the math works. three years. senator sinema is deeply unpopular with democrats. that s why she s not running. she s lost owl arizona values. she s aligned herself with wall street hedge funds and pharma. what does not popular with democrats. and definitely not with independence. i don t think she s gonna have much of a home with republicans. so, if anything i think it actually helps democrats. it ll put one of us in first place. and her in third place. if she stays in the race, and seconds enough votes, it could swin
little-known internet pioneer to famous tech mogul in the blink of an eye. we continue our conversation with his first big purchase after striking it rich. one of the things that a new billionaire can do is they can buy a sports team. yep. and within months, you kbd and buy the dallas mavericks, nba, professional basketball team for $275 million. yep. and the last i saw, it is valued at $2.7 billion. not bad, is it? so that s like ten times. yeah, that s the way the math works. that s only if you want to sell it, though, and i don t. i m really hoping it becomes a legacy company for my kids. running a sports team in this day and age is not easy with social media. there s as much hate as there is love, if not more. but at the same time, basketball is a sport i m passionate about. i love owning the mavs. i love being part of the team and trying to win and the competitive side of it. so hopefully that carries on to
more women run after the anita hill hearings and after 2016 and the loss of hillary clinton to donald trump in the presidential election. these are pivot points. and critical inflection points for women and women candidates and not just candidates but voters as well. things that might take people off of the political sidelines and put them central into the system and so certainly in the same way that we look back at the me-to movement over the last few years, this is a moment where gender is front and center because millions of women across the country now are grappling with the loss of one health care decision because of this supreme court decision. clearly this is having big ripple effects for november. there is the idea, ali, to decide to run, to put your hat in the race for more women to do that, the more women that do it, the women will get elected because that is how math works. but then there is the discussion surrounding women in leadership, how they are talking about. and th
it is on cracking down on corporate tax cheats. and here is how the math works. for every dollar that we invest in irs enforcement, of the most wealthy americans, and the largest corporations with an army of lawyers and accountants to do their bidding we can recover $5 in taxes that are owed to the rest of us. and ultimately, this kind of investment is going to let us have a more stable tax structure going forward. it s good you have that white board. you can wipe it off. because i want you to fill it out for me again the next time you were here and explain to me how come private equity firms are still allowed to cheat this is tom. but we will save that for another day. i want to take the time i have left to ask you with this bill is going to do to address climate change. absolutely. this bill makes a historically important investment in green energy. and
waiting on answers from. the number one agency that the american people would like to have to have more agents, be more helpful, pick up the phone, build better technology, be more responsive if the irs. so, this is an investment in allowing the iris to modernize and prepare for the wave of anticipated retirements in customer service agents that we are already facing. the oddest piece of this is focused on big corporations. and that is exactly why you are hearing republicans, who are beholden to those big corporations, try to weaken and attack this piece. the reality is, the focus of the bill on the audit piece is on big corporations. it is on cracking down on corporate tax cheats. and here is how the math works. for every dollar that we invest in irs enforcement, of the most wealthy americans, and the largest corporations with an army of lawyers and accountants to do their bidding we can recover $5 in taxes that