State of Arizona Archives: on Corporations

Martha McSally: Weaken Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

Martha McSally: Loosen. Voted for 2017 Financial Choice Act, which would have weakened Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Mark Kelly: No position found.

Deedra Abboud: Corporations great on taking, not giving back

Deedra Abboud: Keep banks out of stock market; no more gambling

Tom O`Halleran: We should have nailed out the American Family, not the rich

Doug Ducey: Former CEO of Cold Stone ice cream franchise

Ducey served as CEO and principal of the Scottsdale-based ice cream franchise business between 1996 to 2007. Between 2001 and 2011, 42% of Cold Stone franchises receiving Small Business Administration loans defaulted. Kahala Corp. acquired Cold Stone in 2008.

Ducey has very much hung his gubernatorial hat on his Cold Stone tenure. [His opponent] wants to put a dent in Ducey's Cold Stone credentials. "Mr. Ducey has so far shared only half-truths about a venture that included failures, lawsuits, allegations of misdeeds and taxpayer subsidies," Smith said.

Fred DuVal: Competitiveness Impact Statement before any new laws

Coming out of the Great Recession, it is clear that we can do more to grow our middle class. In recent years Arizona has started to recover some of the jobs lost, but we haven't recovered enough of them, and the ones we have were largely achieved by adding jobs that don't allow Arizonans to financially support themselves and their families. We can do better. As Governor, Fred will be focused on creating an economy that grows our middle class, instead of shrinking it.

Jan Brewer: Lower barriers to business growth: keep regulations lean

• with multiple license requirements
• multiple tax returns
• multiple tax bases
• and multiple audits
• compliance can be nearly impossible.

David Ruben: Take corporate money out of politics

If we don't remove corporate money from politics, then the country will end up being run by corporations, he said. The whole point of government is to do what the people want, not what the corporations want.

Richard Carmona: Tax cuts for corporations are wrong & unconscionable

We need to rebuild our engine of economic opportunity not just because it's the right thing to do, but because America is at its strongest when it is powered by a vibrant middle class. A vibrant middle class provides an infrastructure of opportunity for all Americans: good paying jobs, educational advancement and above all else, hope and economic security for future generations.

The first step we can take is to stop wasteful spending and ensure that tax dollars are being used smartly and efficiently. And before we even discuss cutting benefits or raising taxes, we should ensure that we all pay our fair share in taxes, including corporations that dodge their tax responsibilities.

Mitt Romney: We should have forced automakers into managed bankruptcies

ROMNEY: Let's go back to the auto industry in 2008. The three CEOs of the three major auto companies got in their private planes and flew to Washington and said, please write us a check. I think they wanted $50 billion. And I wrote an Op-Ed and said, absolutely not. These companies need to go through a managed bankruptcy, just like other industries have. And if they shed the excessive cost that's been put on them by the UAW and by their own mismanagement, then if they need help coming out of bankruptcy, the government can provide guarantees. No way would we allow the auto industry in America to totally implode and disappear. With TARP, there were some pretty high risks that not just Wall Street banks, but all banks would collapse

Ron Paul: Auto bailout was bad because all bailouts are bad

PAUL: First, I don't like the idea that you have good bailouts and bad bailouts. If bailouts are bad, they're bad, and we shouldn't be doing it. But this argument about maybe one that works, you know, the bailing out of GM worked, that's sort of like if a criminal goes out and robs a bank, and he's successful, therefore you endorse what he did, because he's successful. The government is supposed to protect contracts. They're not supposed to regulate contracts and they're not supposed to undermine contracts. And that's what we've been doing. A lot of people will accuse me of advocating a free market, that there's no regulations. Actually, the regulations are tougher, because you have to go through bankruptcy. And it isn't like General Motors would be destroyed. There were good parts of General Motors. But politicians can't figure this out.

Rudy Garcia: Decentralize wealth and curtail corporate subsidies

Improvement of our economy:
• Decentralization of wealth and power.
• Restructuring of our system of taxation.
• Curtailing corporate subsidies.
• Encouraging economic diversity.
• Steady state economics.
• Revamp the SBA to make funds more available for minorities.
• Improving the quality and quantity of the food by returning to grains grown from heritage seeds and we will be able to export more foods, help starving nations and improve our trade deficit.