They say I am a regulator and I think it is just an effort not to comply with the decree. I do not do anything except what the decree requires me to do.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I was an attorney general. That was - that matters to me, and if you won't obey your own rules, there's no reason to think you'll obey any others.
But let me tell you what happens when regulations go too far, when they seem to exist only for the purpose of justifying the existence of a regulator. It kills the people trying to start a business.
In the old days, you dealt with one regulator. Now it's five or six. You all should ask the question how American that is.
I've spent enough time in the business community to know there are certain regulators who are very constructive in their approach - those who enforce the laws and who actually want to help you comply - and there are others who have a prosecutorial attitude.
The owners have the right to pay you whatever they want to. They don't have to pay you if they don't want to.
I was authorized to do everything that I did.
Generally I'm against regulation.
I can do whatever I want. They will tell me if what I am doing is stupid or a total waste of time. I may tell them that they are wrong, and we will come to an agreement.
I've always had a problem with authority. That's why I had to be my own boss.
I pledge to you today that for as long as I am your governor, I will not seek or accept any outside compensation from any source.