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Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting

Published November 17, 2017 | Video Starts at 23:30

So as governor, what can you actually do about the educational system here and how can you affect change? Yeah, first of all, you're absolutely right. And again to me the casinos, The big casinos in Las Vegas have a real stranglehold [on the legislature]. And how do they do it? They do it by paying off the legislature. And now the SAMS has a chance to pay off the I don't think I'm go to laxallforsale.com sadly I'm running against Adam. (23:30–23:38)

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Asserts that large casinos exert significant influence over the legislative process in Nevada.

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“If [Adam Laxalt] gets elected there will be no change.”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 03:02-24:23
“I was big on the parental choice essays. And what that is is the state will effectively subsidize [private school tuition].”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 03:20-03:31
“All too many of the schools here are substandard and all too many of the teachers don't quite cut the muscle.”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 03:46-03:55
“We passed the law and then we failed to implement [the parental choice essays].”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 04:05-04:10
“I will not sign any law until I have an ESA bill on my desk.”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 04:15-04:21
“We've tripled quadrupled returns in the state portfolio.”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 06:21-06:25
“Unclaimed property... We actually had it down to one day [for processing].”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 06:40-07:02
“We now have the highest number of students who are in college savings.”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 07:24-07:30
“The legislature didn't like that because whether they didn't like me or they didn't like us doing something they didn't like.”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 08:14-08:23
“We are 51 out of 50. I'm exaggerating. We're at the bottom of the barrel. In one survey, 49 out of 50. In another, 47 out of 50.”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 09:40-09:49
“He was hoping to raise $175 million from the state of Nevada towards the [Faraday Future] project.”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 10:51-10:51
“He's now fleeing the Chinese communist government here.”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 10:58-11:03
“There are something like 181,000 investors in the Chinese company who are, yeah, it's this guy. Total fraud.”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 11:05-11:14
“All the sick people signed up. The healthy young kids said, no, I don't need health insurance.”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 12:45-12:51
“All the insurance companies are pulling out, because it just doesn't make any sense.”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 12:53-12:59
“Kasich's bill, Kasich's proposal doesn't sound okay.”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 13:22-13:28
“I'm opposed to this stadium. We don't need a $2 billion stadium.”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 14:15-14:23
“This is supported by only 5% of the state supporters. It is very unpopular.”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 15:03-15:11
“The state controls the roads.”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 15:33-15:36
“I probably saved the state's taxpayers $175 million.”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 18:17-18:22
“Nevada is not a home ruled state so in a sense the taxes have to come from the state legislature.”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 18:58-19:07
“I don't see at the moment any need, any need any reason to change [property taxes].”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 19:16-19:23
“I don't see any reason that the localities should increase their taxes.”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 20:10-20:20
“They do it by paying off the legislature.”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 23:40-23:43