Mike Huckabee Quotes

The FBI has always supported big business and big government.

The reason there are tens of thousands of lobbyists is because the ever-expanding federal government creates ever-increasing opportunities for abuse. The more the federal government does, the more lobbyists there will be to protect special interests at the expense of the common interest.

Three industries in particular—finance, real estate, and insurance—benefit from the system, which they achieve by lobbying heavily and systematically contributing to political campaigns in order to retain and fortify their privileges.

I'm not against business. I'm against big business in bed with big government.

The crush of lobbyists on Washington and purchase of the media by corporations has created a big business-run government and a worthless press leaving Americans screwed and ill-informed.

Real lobbying reform must end the practice of corporate lobbyists writing our laws.

America's political system has evolved over the last 50 years in ways that have enhanced the power of business lobbies.

People like Elizabeth Dole have given too much power to the special interests.

Wall Street, the banks, and corporate America, has been able to call the shots here. They control our members of Congress and they get what they want.

In the U.S. you have a system of lobbying and influence on our policy and law makers which is incredibly pronounced. The gas industry spent $250 million getting an exemption from our Safe Water Act. Every one of those dollars is toxic; a contaminant in our political system. It disrupts the normal flow of justice, science, fact and reporting.

The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it.

As government grows bigger and more directly involved in the economy, the question of who gets what, through the medium of the lobbyist as broker, is of paramount importance.

I sometimes suspected that the major qualification for most aspirants for membership on the [Senate] Finance Committee was a secret pledge or agreement to defend the [oil and gas] depletion allowance against all attacks.... [and] campaign funds reinforced these pledges.

The only true solution to the campaign money problem is a return to a proper constitutional government that does not control the economy. Big government and big campaign money go hand-in-hand.

The financial interests have captured the government institutions.

Today’s cabinet members are yesterday’s board members … I am running for President to eliminate this kind of crony capitalism.

We live in a country where Wall Street owns Washington.

Donalt Trump has drained the swamp right into his Cabinet.

When laws are literally written now to make donors happy, we've got a problem.

From drug companies to health insurers to Wall Street banks, big corporations are spending millions to buy influence in Washington and drown out the voices of regular people.

Businesses have moved from doing business to doing lobbying, and I think that's a very bad thing.

Congress as well as BJP candidates are in the pockets of Adanis.

In the Washington soft money game, big business and big labor are accomplices working together to protect the mushy middle of big government, with plenty of special interest plums: Big unions get big spending and big business gets corporate welfare and special tax breaks - all at the expense of average Americans.

Washington is dominated by big money.