Dear Friend,
Jeff Bezos has picked a fight with Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Warren called out Amazon for its union-busting, low-wage-paying,
tax-dodging ways. Amazon's Twitter account, under the direction of Bezos,
shot back in a big way. The company wrote a series of tweets accusing
Warren of not protecting workers and not raising the minimum wage.^1
Sen. Warren is one of the strongest voices we have in the fight to make
corporations pay their fair share, and we can’t let Amazon spin this
narrative.
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Bezos is attempting to turn public opinion against Sen. Warren because she
is attempting to pass a 3 percent tax on all assets over $1 million.^2
For Bezos, it would be a $5.8 billion check to the government, leaving him
with . . . [checks notes] . . . $175 billion.^3 He would make that back in
17 days.^4
But the tax on people like Bezos, Elon Musk, and Warren Buffett would give
the government $2.75 trillion in ten years. That could help lift tens of
millions of people out of poverty, help support Medicare for All, and help
fund the fight against climate change.^5
Economists have long warned of a COVID-19 recovery that could tank again,
and we need to put a stop to the rich getting richer while working
families suffer.^6
Amazon’s last tweet to Warren: “If you don’t like the laws you’ve created,
by all means, change them.”^7 That’s exactly what we plan to do. Will you
donate to help pass the wealth tax?
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Thanks for standing with us.
Robert Cruickshank,
Demand Progress
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Sources:
1. The Hill, "Amazon tangles with Warren on Twitter," [ [link removed] ]March 26, 2021
2. The New York Times, "Warren Revives Wealth Tax, Citing Pandemic
Inequalities," [ [link removed] ]March 1, 2021
3. CNBC, "Jeff Bezos would pay over $5 billion a year under Warren’s
wealth tax," [ [link removed] ]March 2, 2021
4. Archyde, "How much money Jeff Bezos makes per minute, hour and day,"
[ [link removed] ]November 25, 2020
5. The New York Times, "Warren Revives Wealth Tax, Citing Pandemic
Inequalities," [ [link removed] ]March 1, 2021
6. The Washington Post, "How a ‘K-Shaped’ Recovery Is Widening U.S.
Inequality," [ [link removed] ]December 16, 2020
7. Tweet by Amazon News, [ [link removed] ]March 25, 2021
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