If you make - not have - $1 million a year, should you not participate in the sense of community of our country? I'm willing to put that on the table.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Investing for the poor requires participation from the entire community.
No one can earn a million dollars honestly.
We can't afford as a nation - not because of money but because of our social fabric - to have large numbers of people who are not working.
Isn't that what we come into politics for? To say to people: 'You can do it, too - there is a chance to serve your community. There is a chance to shape it co-operatively and democratically, without fear or favour.' And that is what I tried to do.
You don't have to raise millions of dollars to be successful, you just have to work on something you are passionate about.
I don't believe in sharing my money. If I go out and work my nuts off and make some money, I don't feel that I should have to share it with my community.
I have made more money than I ever thought anybody should ever make. But who cares if you're worth $500 million or $1 billion? That is not what I want to be remembered for, but for giving something back.
Make as much money as you can, but can you please pay your taxes, because this is a major problem.
If any of us were faced with a huge bag of free money and very little accountability, it would be human nature that you would make the most of it.
So tonight I propose one more step that I would rather not propose. I ask the most fortunate among us, those citizens earning over $100,000 per year, for one year, to pay an additional one percent on the income they receive.