Klobuchar Wants to Tax Big Tech Companies on Data Use: ‘It Would Happen’

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HARLOW: "You want to tax big tech? How would you do that? And will you get enough Republican support to add an additional tax on corporations?"
KLOBUCHAR: "It could easily happen because you do see some Republicans that are speaking out against some of these practices that tech has in place. My idea is, if they are going to be using people’s data in large quantities and they are using it or they're selling it —"
HARLOW: "Which they do."
KLOBUCHAR: "Right. Then the public isn’t getting anything back for it. So number one, you should be able to opt out and not have your data used if you don't want it. That’s a bipartisan bill we don't have. Then, if your data is used, there should be a tax, not on the consumer but on tech. Then that money can come back to our cyber security because our government is not prepared for a attacks on our national security, on business, on our election systems or on individual consumers."