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<blockquote data-quote="rickyb" data-source="post: 2508627" data-attributes="member: 56035">&quot;AMY GOODMAN: I wanted to turn to Donald Trump speaking last March.DONALD TRUMP: I will call the head of Carrier, and I will say, &quot;I hope you enjoy your new building. I hope you enjoy your stay in Mexico. Here’s the story, folks: Every single air-conditioning unit that you build and send across our border, you’re going to pay a 35 percent tax on that unit.&quot;AMY GOODMAN: In fact, in that same speech, he decried giving tax breaks and said, &quot;We will just tax every air conditioner that you send up from Mexico&quot;—exactly the opposite of what is happening now, Robert.ROBERT WEISSMAN: Right. And, you know, there are a lot of things that could be done, in this particular case, without paying bribes. As you point out, the parent company basically feeds from the Defense Department, so this is a government-dependent company. It’s one of the ones over which the U.S. government has the most leverage, without paying bribes, if it chooses to exert it. And Trump didn’t do that.&quot;From Democracy now december 2nd show.&nbsp; Robert Weissman is president of public citizen.&nbsp; i would start the show from the 13 minute mark.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rickyb, post: 2508627, member: 56035"] [B]"AMY GOODMAN:[/B] I wanted to turn to Donald Trump speaking last March. [B]DONALD TRUMP:[/B] I will call the head of Carrier, and I will say, "I hope you enjoy your new building. I hope you enjoy your stay in Mexico. Here’s the story, folks: Every single air-conditioning unit that you build and send across our border, you’re going to pay a 35 percent tax on that unit." [B]AMY GOODMAN:[/B] In fact, in that same speech, he decried giving tax breaks and said, "We will just tax every air conditioner that you send up from Mexico"—exactly the opposite of what is happening now, Robert. [B]ROBERT WEISSMAN:[/B] Right. And, you know, there are a lot of things that could be done, in this particular case, without paying bribes. As you point out, the parent company basically feeds from the Defense Department, so this is a government-dependent company. It’s one of the ones over which the U.S. government has the most leverage, without paying bribes, if it chooses to exert it. And Trump didn’t do that." From Democracy now december 2nd show. Robert Weissman is president of public citizen. i would start the show from the 13 minute mark. [/QUOTE]

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