DAVID: A PRIME TARGET.
PRESIDENT TRUMP USING TWITTER
AGAIN TO HIT ONE OF HIS FAVORITE
TARGETS, AMAZON, FOR WHAT HE
CALLS UNFAIR ADVANTAGES THE
COMPANY GETS IN TAXES AND POSTAL
RATES.
HERE IS RALPH NADER,
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, CONSUMER
ADVOCATE, AND AN AMAZON
SHAREHOLDER, VERY MUCH TO
THE.HERE.
ARE YOU WITH THE PRESIDENT ON
THIS?
WHAT DO YOU THINK, RALPH?
>> HE WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT
WHAT HE SAYS.
HE ACTUALLY COMMITTED SOME
TRUTH, SURPRISE, SURPRISE.
I WAS A SHAREHOLDER IN AMAZON,
TRYING TO GET AMAZON TO UNLOAD
SOME OF ITS MASSIVE PROFITS BY
GIVING DIVIDENDS TO
SHAREHOLDERS.
GIVES ZERO DIVIDENDS TO
SHAREHOLDERS.
MANY WAYS I THINK THE BIG
INSTITUTIONAL SHAREHOLDERS
SHOULD TAKE AMAZON BY THE
COLLAR, SAY, STOP MISTREATING
WORKERS, STOP EMPTYING MAIN
STREET THROUGH DECEPTIVE AND
MONOPOLISTIC PRACTICES.
PAY YOUR TAXES AND DON'T DEMAND
STATES GIVE YOU $5 BILLION FOR
PRIVILEGE PUTTING THE NEXT
HEADQUARTERS IN THAT STATE.
DAVID: RALPH, YOU SAY THE
PRESIDENT WON'T DO ANYTHING
ABOUT IT, YOU MAY BE RIGHT ON
THAT, BUT WHAT WOULD YOU DO
ABOUT IT IF YOU WERE PRESIDENT?
>> FIRST OF ALL THERE IS ALREADY
AN INVESTIGATION I THINK BY THE
FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION.
THERE NEEDS TO BE AN ANTITRUST
INVESTIGATION.
THE BUSINESS MODEL OF AMAZON IS
TO DRIVE OUT ITS COMPETITORS,
PUT DRONES IN THE AIR TO YOUR
FRONT DOOR AND ROBE BOTTOMMIZE
WAREHOUSES AND EMPTY OUT MAIN
STREET.
HOW DO YOU COMPETE WITH AMAZON,
YOU'RE A STORE ON MAIN STREET?
YOU HAVE TO PAY PROPERTY TAXES,
FULL STATE SALES TAX.
DAVID: HOLD ON A SECOND.
YOU ARE A CONSUMER ADVOCATE.
>> YES.
DAVID: I'M ALWAYS WITH YOU ABOUT
HALF THE TIME.
YOU'RE A CONSUMER ADVOCATE.
I APPRECIATE THAT.
AS A FRIEND OF THE CONSUMER,
AREN'T YOU AGAINST THE CONSUMER
HAVING TO PAY MORE TAXES ON THE
INTERNET?
>> I WANT FAIR TAXATION
BECAUSE --
DAVID: WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU WANT WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE
CONSUMER.
>> YEAH.
IF THE CONSUMER GETTING AWAY
WITHOUT PAYING TAXES ON INTERNET
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT?
>> HEY, BECAUSE THE CONSUMER HAS
EMPTY MAIN STREET AND WHO WILL
PAY PROPERTY TAXES FOR SCHOOLS
AND PUBLIC WORKS?
DAVID: I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK IF YOU'RE CONSUMER
ADVOCATE YOU SHOULD BE IN FAVOR
OF THE CONSUMER NOT HAVING TO
PAY MORE TAXES THAN THEY SHOULD.
>> BUT THEY END UP LOSING ON THE
OTHER END.
THAT IS THE GENIUS OF THE AMAZON
MODEL.
DAVID: LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE GOING
WITH THE CORPORATE MALL OWNERS
HERE.
LET ME MOVE ON TO FACEBOOK
BECAUSE THERE IS A REAL PROBLEM
WITH FACEBOOK.
>> YEAH.
DAVID: THEY APPARENTLY WERE
SHARING INFORMATION THEY WEREN'T
SUPPOSED TO SHARE.
HOW WOULD RALPH NADER FIX THAT
PROBLEM?
>> FIRST OF ALL DISCLOSE ALL THE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS AGREEMENTS.
ALLOW USERS TO FORM USER GROUPS.