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Jeff Bezos, so good god, Bezos sat down
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for an interview with Andrew Ross Sorkin
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on Wednesday. Let's talk about some of
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the things he said. First up, Bezos said
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that Trump was more mature and more
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disciplined in his second term. The
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Washington Post owner defended massive
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cuts he made to the newsroom earlier
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this year. Bezos also backed the idea of
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eliminating income taxes for the bottom
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half of US earners. Let's hear what he
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said about his own taxes. If people want
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me to pay more billions, right, then
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let's have that debate. But don't
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pretend, you know, that this that that's
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going to solve the problem. You could
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You could double the taxes I pay and
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it's not going to help that teacher in
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Queens. I promise you. Let's try. Let's
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try.
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>> Let's try. Let's see what happens. If we
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take his effective tax rate from 16 or
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17% to 32 or 34 like the rest of us, I
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don't know. Let's just give it a whirl.
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Let's see what happens.
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>> He was so disingenuous in this
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interview.
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>> Granted, I think every individual has an
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obligation to avoid taxes. I don't blame
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him for tax evasion. I blame our
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government for letting him engage in it.
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But quite frankly, Jeff, when you start
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trying to wallpaper over the tax
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avoidance of billionaires by claiming
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you care about nurses, sit the [ __ ]
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down. Just sit down. This is a
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misdirect.