“The top 1% of taxpayers pay about 40% of all the tax revenue, and the bottom half pay 3%,” Bezos said. “I don’t think it should be 3%. I think it should be zero.”
“People sometimes say that, you know, I don’t pay taxes. Not true. I pay billions of dollars in taxes,”
“You could double the taxes I pay, and it’s not going to help that teacher in Queens. I promise you.”
WT-absolute-F? I think he got oxygen-deprived in space.
WT-absolute-F? I think he got oxygen-deprived in space.
well, in the USA this is probably true, all the money would be diverted into more military spending or tax breaks for stupid filthy rich people
Fair enough, LOL. Just love that it’s “oh I pay TONS of taxes, but asking me to pay more in taxes won’t help anything.”
Also, education is locally funded. So yeah, no shit your federal taxes aren’t going to go to a teacher in Queens you fucking chode
He promised!
Seriously though, does he think that a) only Bezos of all multibillionaires gets taxed double and b) that wouldn’t go along with social policy?
What a dumb wacko, high on sniffing his own farts. Probably partly due to a fawning interviewer.