Jeff Bezos comes out in support of increased corporate taxes

Re:Jeff Bezos comes out in support of increased corporate taxes by pydry on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @05:49AM (#26722517)

I'm pretty sure Bezos doesn't like this idea all that much, but it's the price of getting on board with Biden's infrastructure plan.

He probably views it as an investment. Amazon has a keener interest than most in ensuring road maintenance is done properly and if that means a small increase to his tax bill he's probably ok with it.

He also desperately needs to score some progressive points. His reputation is getting trashed rn. I'm sure that factored in to his decision.

I'm skeptical of the notion that he wants this to keep competitors down.

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Re:Jeff Bezos comes out in support of increased corporate taxes by peytn on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:19AM (#26723232)

The guy who says “your margin is my opportunity” doesn’t want to influence taxes on the margins of others to keep competitors down? Instead he cares about road maintenance funded specifically through corporate tax hikes?

Why wouldn’t he just advocate for road maintenance?

Edit: whoops, I didn’t read his actual statement. Tricked by CNN! Still, I’m a little skeptical of ascribing motivations to people like Bezos that aren’t in line with his past actions, but instead are in line with my personal politics, which is why I’m skeptical.

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Re:Jeff Bezos comes out in support of increased corporate taxes by pydry on Wednesday April 07, 2021 @07:26AM (#26723282)

Did you think lobbying is just asking for goodies and offering nothing in return?

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