Tom Steyer
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So let me say this,
I think if you're addicted to money, you are batshit crazy.
I go along with that.
And I think it's critical.
And I think that Catherine and I aren't addicted to money.
In fact, we're addicted to getting rid of it in the ways that have the most positive impact.
And I don't think that's batshit crazy.
And I think it's exactly in line
With the way I was brought up, my mom was a school teacher in Harlem.
And then when she retired from being the public schools, she taught in prison.
My dad was a lawyer.
He worked, he was in the Navy.
And after World War II, they drafted him to be one of the prosecutors of the Nazis at Nuremberg.
My brother's as a career of being an advocate for at-risk kids.
So I believe that I come from a family whose values are very much about giving back.
And that's exactly what my wife, Kat Taylor, and I are doing.
So I think if you're addicted to money, you are batshit crazy.
I think it's a sickness.
And I think you can see it very, very clearly in a lot of these people.
But I also think just as an example, Warren Buffett's giving all his money away.