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Jeff Bezos says it's 'absurd' to tax someone making $50K — and wants their tax bill dropped to zero

Jeff Bezos says it's 'absurd' to tax someone making $50K — and wants their tax bill dropped to zero
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Top comments

The top 5 comments collected for this story carried 33,548 combined score. The quotes below are short excerpts from the highest-ranked visible comments.

Anything to get the conversation away from the glaringly obvious fact that billionaires like him should be taxed at a 90% rate. Or higher.
u/crouton-- · 11,164 score
I'll just leave this here When Jeff Bezos was worth $18 billion, he claimed a $4,000 tax credit intended for families earning less than $100,000
u/collogue · 10,508 score
That’s insane given that I was once an engineer in his company who was ineligible for the child tax credit due to my income.
u/Dizzy_Citron4871 · 4,387 score
It's absurd to tie health care to employment leaving the unemployed with no coverage.
u/binaryhextechdude · 3,964 score
If the government only represents the rich there's no reason for the poor to pay taxes.
u/Ah_Ca_Iraa · 3,525 score
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