I think we have to look at the whole way campaigns are financed. The No. 1 problem is PAC and special-interest money. Stephen Pagliuca Read Quote
We need someone in Washington who knows how to build jobs from the ground up. Stephen Pagliuca Read Quote
Instead of being a teacher, I got a job with a company called Bain & Co., consulting firm, and they taught me how to build businesses. Stephen Pagliuca Read Quote
I’m not for a temporary war tax. We’re putting actual dollars in one way or the other, and so if we’re gonna look at taxes, we ought to look at a comprehensive tax reform policy. Stephen Pagliuca Read Quote
One place I haven’t made it to – mainly because it’s so far away – is Australia, so I’d love to go there. I’ve heard great things about Australia and New Zealand. Stephen Pagliuca Read Quote
What I like about Bain Capital is that we have Republicans, we have Democrats, we have independents; we are a diverse firm in terms of political views. But what we do is we sit down and we try to solve the problems. Stephen Pagliuca Read Quote
The whole tax code should be looked at, all the way from farm subsidies to carried interest to – to corporate loopholes, because we really need to raise more revenue. Stephen Pagliuca Read Quote
We really wake up every day trying to build businesses. That is the goal of private equity. It’s a misnomer out there that private equity profits by shrinking companies. In fact, it’s just the opposite. Private equity creates value by growing great companies. Stephen Pagliuca Read Quote
Hyperbole has been part of elections since the days of John Adams, and there’s nobody better than Joe Biden to give us a little hyperbole, as we all know. Stephen Pagliuca Read Quote
I gave Mitt Romney some donations for his campaign because he was a friend, and friendship came first. I’ve always been a Democrat, and I’ve had different views than Mitt Romney. I’m not Mitt Romney, and I think people will realize that when they meet me out there. Stephen Pagliuca Read Quote