Amazon, google, facebook. amazon paid zero in federal taxes last year. if something is going to give, we create a mechanism where amazon is paying more in taxes than you are. and what makes one thing that we can change that? right. the government is working as it s currently designed to work. it doesn t work for everyone. we have massive political donors. we have massive lobbying efforts and they seem to get what they want. that is how our government is currently designed. that is the problem. how are you going to change that? well, i m running for president and you put me in the oval office and then we issue 100 democracy dollars to every american citizen. they can give to any candidate or campaign, that would wash out the lobbyist cash by a factor of six to one and put tax on companies like amazon that should pay for their fair share. all those workers need some place to go. so, we need to rebalance the economy. we need to retake our democracy for the people and that s what t
If i tried to go to the white house counsel s office when i was there and say a cabinet official ought to be able to go to a fundraiser for a super pac. let s sends the health and human services secretary to a fundraiser for the super pac, they would have run me out of the white house on a rail. but this president who supposedly set a new standard is allowing his senior white house staff and cabinet officials to go to fundraisers of the super pacs. megyn: there is no question president bush when you were helping him in the white house met with lobbyists and took lobbyist cash. but the distinction is you didn t promise not to. you want to try and minimize your contact with lobbyists. what is insidious, they don t
interests. they do not run my campaign. they will not run my white house. and they will not drown out the voices of the american people when i m president of the united states of america. here he is ten days later, doubling down. i will take power away from the corporate lobbyists who think they can stand in the way of these reforms. i ve done it in illinois. i ve done it in washington. but by his first full day in office, mr. obama had already started backing off, partly because it s really hard to get things done without washington beltway insiders on board. so he unveiled what you might call a lobbyist unleashes plan. if you are a lobbyist entering my administration, you will not be able to work on matters you lobbied on or in the agencies you lobbied during the previous two years. when you leave government, you will not be able to lobby my administration for as long as i am president. and by and large, he has stuck to those rules and also to his promise not to t
they do not run my campaign. they will not run my white house. and they will not drown out the voices of the american people when i m president of the united states of america. here he is ten days later, doubling down. i will take power away from the corporate lobbyists who think they can stand in the way of these reforms. i ve done it in illinois. i ve done it in washington. but by his first full day in office, mr. obama had already started backing off, partly because it s really hard to get things done without washington beltway insiders on board. so he unveiled what you might call a lobbyist unleashes plan. if you are a lobbyist entering my administration, you will not be able to work on matters you lobbied on or in the agencies you lobbied during the previous two years. when you leave government, you will not be able to lobby my administration for as long as i am president. and by and large, he has stuck to those rules and also to his promise not to take a dime
and folks, it isn t me. i don t take a dime from washington lobbyists and special interests. they do not run my campaign. they will not run my white house. and they will not drown out the voices of the american people when i m president of the united states of america. here he is ten days later doubling down. i will take power away from the corporate lobbyists who think they can stand in the way of these reforms. i ve done it in illinois. i ve done it in washington. but by his first full day in office mr. obama had already started backing off, partly because it s really hard to get things done without washington beltway insiders on board. so he unveiled what you might call a lobbyist unleashes plan. if you are a lobbyist entering my administration, you will not be able to work on matters you lobbied on or in the agencies you lobbied during the previous two years. when you leave government, you will not be able to lobby my administration for as long as i am president.