State of New Hampshire Archives: on Corporations

Bernie Sanders: Corporate America & Wall Street won't like President Sanders

Q: Fortune Magazine put you on its cover with the headline "Business Loves Hillary," pointing out your support for many CEOs in corporate America. Eight years later, should corporate America love Hillary Clinton?

CLINTON: Everybody should. I want to be the president for the striving and the successful. I want to make sure the wealthy pay their fair share,

Q: Will corporate America love a President Sanders?

SANDERS: No, I think they won't. So Hillary and I have a difference. The CEOs of large multinationals may like Hillary. They ain't going to like me and Wall Street is going to like me even less. We need an economy that works for the middle class, not just a handful of billionaires, and I will fight and lead to make that happen.

CLINTON: There are currently two hedge fund billionaires running ads against me here in N.H. Now, why are they running ads against me? And the answer is: Because they know I will go right after them.

Source: 2015 ABC/WMUR Democratic primary debate in N.H. Dec 19, 2015

Bernie Sanders: Let's create America that works for all, not handful on top

People are anxious about the fact that they're seeing the new income and wealth going to the top 1 percent. They're saying the rich are getting richer, what are you going to do about it? Somebody like Trump comes along and says, "We hate Muslims, because Muslims are terrorists." I say to those who go to Trump's rallies: He thinks a low minimum wage is a good idea. I believe we stand together to address the real issues. Let's create an America that works for all of us, not the handful on top. Source: 2015 ABC/WMUR Democratic primary debate in N.H. Dec 19, 2015

Hillary Clinton: FactCheck: Yes, hedge-fund billionaires run ads against her

Hillary Clinton said, "there are currently two hedge fund billionaires running ads against me here in N.H. Now, why are they running ads against me? And the answer is: Because they know I will go right after them." Is that true, about the ads?

We checked, and it is. A super PAC called Future45 ran the ad below. Future45 has three known donors: Kenneth Griffin, president of Citadel; William C. Powers, an investor; and Paul Singer, founder of hedge fund Elliot Management. According to Al Jazeera News, Singer has endorsed Marco Rubio for president. Here is our transcript of the ad:

Image: prisoners being held my masked gunmen
Text: "ISIS executes more Christians in Libya"
Voiceover: "How did Libya get so bad?"
Image: Hillary Clinton speaking
Text: "The main architect of US Libya policy"
Voiceover: "Responsible for a disaster; more threats; more war"
Hillary in testimony: "I was responsible."
Text: "Hillary Clinton: At least her RECORD doesn't lie" Source: OnTheIssues FactCheck on 2015 ABC/WMUR Dem. debate in N.H. Dec 19, 2015

Hillary Clinton: Monied interests spending money to defeat me

Q: Could you respond to Sen. Sanders' criticism that you represent the interests of Wall Street and corporate America?

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SANDERS: We do not represent the interests of the billionaire class, Wall Street, or corporate America. We don't want their money. And I am very proud to tell you that we are the only candidate on the Democratic side without a Super PAC. The American people are saying no to a rigged economy.

CLINTON: I did represent New York, obviously. There was no doubt that I took on a lot of what was going down on Wall Street, including calling them out on the mortgage issue, calling for a Consumer Financial Protection Bureau even before we got one created, calling for changes in CEO pay. But I honestly think that the best answer is what's happening in this campaign: The Wall Street interests, the money interests, the Republican political interests are spending a lot of money to try to defeat me. So I just find it kind of a strange argument.

Source: 2016 N.H. CNN Democratic Town Hall Feb 3, 2016

Howard Dean: AdWatch: "Hold corporations accountable"-but gave incentives

AD VIDEO: Dean, dressed business-like, speaks slowly & softly, rather than with passionate populism.

AD AUDIO: Energy companies gouging consumers. Accounting firms cooking the books. They get away with it because they have too much power in Washington. Hard work and the free market made America great. But that doesn't excuse business from its responsibility. It's time to hold corporations accountable. To protect workers' pensions and investors who depend on honest accounting. And it's time Washington worked for people.

ANALYSIS: Dean has proposed stricter disclosure requirements for corporations and closing tax loopholes. The use the headline "Enron Auditor Admits Crime" reflects Dean's constant attacks on Enron as a symbol of corporate greed. But opponents have hammered him for offering tax incentives to lure corporate business to Vermont while he was governor-a program that benefited Enron, although Dean has said it was not tailored to the now-bankrupt energy company.

Source: Washington Post, p. A04, Ad-Watch of N.H. 2004 election Jan 12, 2004

Kelly Ayotte: No tax increases on any business, including overseas jobs

Ayotte favors extension of all Bush tax cuts while Hodes says the tax cuts should end for those making more than $200,000 a year. "It's the wrong philosophy to raise taxes during these difficult, economic times and that's what he would like to do," Ayott said of Hodes.

Hodes said keeping tax cuts for the wealthiest would add $700 billion to the federal deficit.

Ayotte alluded to the comments from some NH economists who warned repealing tax cuts for the wealthy would cost individuals & small-business owners in the state $300 million a year.

Hodes has proposed to end tax breaks for companies that ship jobs overseas, and he accused Ayotte of opposing them by signing a no-tax increase pledge from Americans for Tax Reform. "My opponent, she believes that tax cuts for shipping jobs overseas will create jobs," Hodes said.

Ayotte said she's opposed to tax increases of any kind, "What congressman Hodes says is absolutely false," Ayotte declared. "What I have said is no tax increases on any business."

Source: Nashua Telegraph coverage of 2010 N.H. Senate debate Sep 23, 2010

Maggie Hassan: Business One Stop online; plus just one licensing system

We must continue to reform state government, and this budget moves forward with efforts to make state government more innovative and efficient.

It continues to consolidate the state's office functions, such as accounts payable, and to centralize some of the human resources process.
It remakes the Liquor Commission, moving from a three-member commission to a single commissioner model.
It continues the effort to move our services in support of New Hampshire businesses into a centralized online environment through the Business One Stop.
And it will move all of our boards and commissions to one licensing system, modernizing the system for the agencies and for the public.

Source: 2013 State of the State N.H. Budget Address Feb 14, 2013

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