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Dan Schwartz: “They do it by paying off the legislature.”

Featuring: Dan Schwartz, Republican | Former Nevada State Treasurer

Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting

Published November 17, 2017 | Video Starts at 23:40

Yeah, first of all, you're absolutely right. And again to me the casinos, the big casinos in Las Vegas have a real stranglehold. 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. But the hits just keep on coming. (23:40–23:43)

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“I was big on the parental choice essays. And what that is is the state will effectively subsidize [private school tuition].”
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“All too many of the schools here are substandard and all too many of the teachers don't quite cut the muscle.”
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“We passed the law and then we failed to implement [the parental choice essays].”
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“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].”
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“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
“The big casinos in Las Vegas have a real stranglehold [on the legislature].”
Dan Schwartz | Addresses Issues at Black Republicans Meeting | Uploaded November 17, 2017 | 23:30-23:38