Tag: Jeff Bezos
Amazon walks back tariff transparency plan after Trump calls Bezos
After reports surfaced that Amazon might show consumers how much tariffs contribute to product prices, Trump intervened personally—and the plan was scrapped within hours.
Looming fascism and the question of hope
Let’s make the most of it, no matter how much hope we have. What we need most of all is not optimism, but determination.
Bezos and Musk vs. workers
These corporations win this fight only if the public doesn’t know what’s happening.
New era of inequality: Billionaires pay less in taxes than the...
Economist Gabriel Zucman's analysis reveals that for the first time, U.S. billionaires have a lower effective tax rate than working-class Americans, sparking a renewed debate on wealth tax.
Bezos’ billionaire bunker move: A tax-saving masterstroke
This relocation to an area known as the "Billionaire Bunker" for its exclusivity and high-profile residents marks a strategic shift in Bezos' personal and financial domicile.
Jeff Bezos’ housing hypocrisy: Millions to fight homelessness, more to fuel...
While Jeff Bezos donates to fight homelessness, his investment in single-family homes raises alarms about exacerbating the housing crisis.
Bezos praises Manchin for blocking Biden’s corporate tax hike
"Biden's plan was to make billionaires and corporations pay their fair share in taxes, and use that money to help families," said one critic. "Of course a billionaire owner of a $1.1 trillion corporation doesn't like that."
Jeff ‘Space Cowboy’ Bezos
Space flights used to achieve scientific purpose. Now they're a rich man's carnival ride.
Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and you. Which one pays taxes?
Leaked IRS data shows just how little billionaires pay in taxes.
Musk’s and Bezos’s great escape
It’s understandable that the super wealthy might wish to escape the gravitational pull of the rest of us. But there’s really no escape.
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Trump is trying to reverse the New Deal
The class politics of Trump carry forward the actions of his predecessors across the last century.
73% of Israelis want the Gaza genocide to end. Netanyahu says, ‘NO, full speed...
Israel did not enter this Land of Palestine to work with the Palestinians to create a two-state solution, as they were expected to do, but rather, they waged war to take over the entire country and its people.
Federal judge slams Trump funding freeze, orders restoration of $176 million in environmental grants
Judge Gergel rules that the Trump administration violated congressional authority and the law by halting environmental and climate-related funding to cities and nonprofits across the U.S.
Controversial ‘nonprofit killer’ clause quietly removed from GOP megabill—but advocates warn it could return
A sweeping provision to strip nonprofits of tax-exempt status without due process is no longer in the latest House GOP budget bill, but civil liberties groups say the threat to free speech and advocacy is far from over.
14,000 babies at risk of death in Gaza as Israel blocks aid, UN warns
UN and international leaders condemn Israel’s blockade as thousands of trucks wait at Gaza’s border while children face imminent starvation.