Jeff Bezos Wants to Eliminate Income Taxes for Half of America: Here’s His Plan
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Jeff Bezos walked the factory floor at Blue Origin on May 20, 2026 and used a CNBC interview to propose zero federal income tax for any American earning $75,000 a year or less. He framed wealth inequality as a government efficiency problem, anchoring his argument around a single working person. “There’s this tale of two ... Jeff Bezos Wants to Eliminate Income Taxes for Half of America: Here’s His Plan

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In an interview the founder of Scamazon is trying to move the discussion around wealth taxes away from himself and his Epstein class. He’s only got one thing right of the “Tax Wealth, Not Work” movement namely, don’t tax work. Wealth still has to tax wealth, otherwise it won’t solve anything.

  • jballs@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 month ago

    There’s this tale of two economies. You have a bunch of people in this country who are doing really well, but you also have a bunch of people in this country who are struggling, struggling to pay rent, groceries.

    Yep, with ya so far.

    Politicians are using age old techniques of picking a villain and pointing fingers. But the problem is that doesn’t solve anything.

    No fuck that. The reason that it doesn’t solve anything is that for every one politician who has the balls to speak against wealth inequality, Bezos and other billionaires have bought and paid for another 50 to ensure that inequality continues.