Tom Steyer
π€ SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
That doesn't seem right to me, but there's no sense.
In fact, the head
of the Western States Petroleum Association, WUSPA, which represents all the big oil companies in California, said in a meeting in Sacramento last week that it was the fiduciary duty of the oil companies to extract every penny from us that they could at the pump.
Wow.
So do I feel, that's pretty gross.
Look, I absolutely agree with what you just said.
My whole campaign is about standing up.
California is too expensive for working people to live in anymore.
We need to take on the corporate special interest.
There's only one person taking on the corporate special interest, and they're spending a record amount of money against me.
And I can give you examples of what you're talking about, which is basically corporate welfare.
Yes.
That's what it is.
They're sitting here.
I go around California.
I meet working people.
They work their asses off.
Totally.
They are very high integrity.
They do jobs for more than minimum wage, but not much more, that are incredibly skilled and incredibly demanding.