Tom Steyer : (5) " I think I was on this very straightforward escalator – grammar school, high school, college, get a job on Wall Street, kind of everything leads to the next thing. But at what point do you get to step back and say, ‘I’d like to take a broader view of my time on this planet?’ " - Tom Steyer " We agree that Citizens United is a very bad decision. We don’t believe outspending your opponent is the way to go, since we don’t believe we will ever be outspending our opponents! " - Tom Steyer " The idea of ‘climate’ – in quotation marks – is never going to be the issue. It’s always going to be a local, human issue. And so to the extent that you put ‘climate’ on the ballot, that’s never going to move the needle. " - Tom Steyer " Since the Reagan era, Republicans have prescribed cuts for rich people and corporations as a cure-all. But every time they put their theory into practice, the rich just get richer, and everyone else gets left behind. " - Tom Steyer " Though much about Donald Trump is chaotic and unpredictable, his overall agenda as a businessman and politician is clear and consistent: He wants to make himself more powerful, and he doesn’t care how he does it. " - Tom Steyer