Sen. Elizabeth Warren reignited her push for a tax on the accumulated wealth of the richest Americans by pointing at the Amazon founder.
A wealth tax, one of the most hotly debated tax proposals, has grown in popularity with populist and progressive politicians as a means to combat economic inequality.
During her 2020 presidential campaign, Warren proposed a 2% annual "ultra-millionaire tax" on net worth over $50 million and 6% on fortunes of more than $1 billion. The revenues generated from such a tax — $2.7 trillion over a decade, according to the Wharton School — would have been deployed to improve health care, child care, housing and education programs.
Warren mentioned Bezos multiple times during her interview, arguing that he and others have unfairly avoided paying into the U.S. tax system thanks to low annual book income and borrowing against his most valuable asset — his Amazon stock holdings. "Jeff Bezos has not paid taxes on the wealth that he has," she said. He is worth "a bazillion dollars. He has not paid taxes on all of that wealth. ... In fact, Jeff Bezos, many years, has either paid nothing in taxes or has paid 1%."with his space-tourism company, Blue Origin.
"For every Amazon customer out there and every Amazon employee, thank you from the bottom of my heart very much. It's very appreciated," Bezos said after his flight.
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