Tom Steyer in The Atlantic

On Corporations: Corporate corruption has broken our government

The overriding issue today is that the politics of our country, the government, has been taken over by corporate dollars. We have a broken government as a result of corruption from corporations. The only solution to that is retaking the democracy and returning the power to the people. All of the policy [plans in the Democratic primary] that are [being] hotly debated are important, nuanced, thoughtful, smart--but not going to happen. Source: The Atlantic magazine on 2019 Democratic primary Jul 10, 2019

On Principles & Values: Trump is a criminal, nothing at all like me

Q: People have compared you to Donald Trump--another rich white man who talks about populism and is ready to take on members of his own party.

Steyer: He's had a completely different career from me; he has completely different values; he wants completely different things than I want. I consider him to be the most corrupt president and one of the most important criminals in American history. I couldn't imagine someone who I think is less like me.

Source: The Atlantic magazine on 2019 Democratic primary Jul 10, 2019

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