The US president has recently encouraged increasing taxes on wealthy corporations as a means of fighting rampant US inflation, an idea which seemed to irk the Amazon billionaire. — AFP
WASHINGTON: The White House on May 16 uncharacteristically lashed out at Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, after he openly criticised the Biden administration’s fiscal and economic policies on Twitter.
“It doesn’t require a huge leap to figure out why one of the wealthiest individuals on Earth opposes an economic agenda for the middle class,” said Andrew Bates, deputy press secretary.
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