“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”

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On the recordJune 12, 2013
They avoided $92 billion worth of taxes. Fifty-eight companies accounted for 70 percent of that.
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Jim McDermott
Democratic · Washington
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McDermott discusses the tax avoidance by companies during repatriation.

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