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'I think those people are dead wrong': Jeff Bezos slams AI naysayers, plays down job fears for young workers, and defends billionaires and Trump (www.techradar.com)
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[–] 30 points 4 months ago* (6 children)

“The top 1% of taxpayers pay about 40% of all the tax revenue, and the bottom half pay 3%,” Bezos said. “I don’t think it should be 3%. I think it should be zero.”

“People sometimes say that, you know, I don’t pay taxes. Not true. I pay billions of dollars in taxes,”

“You could double the taxes I pay, and it’s not going to help that teacher in Queens. I promise you.”

WT-absolute-F? I think he got oxygen-deprived in space.

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  • [–] 17 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    “You could double the taxes I pay, and it’s not going to help that teacher in Queens. I promise you.”

    well, in the USA this is probably true, all the money would be diverted into more military spending or tax breaks for stupid filthy rich people

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    “You could double the taxes I pay, and it’s not going to help that teacher in Queens. I promise you.”

    He promised!

    Seriously though, does he think that a) only Bezos of all multibillionaires gets taxed double and b) that wouldn't go along with social policy?

    What a dumb wacko, high on sniffing his own farts. Probably partly due to a fawning interviewer.

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