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Why Jeff Bezos wants to cut your taxes

2026-05-31 Education
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The world's fourth richest wants your taxes cut to 0. Why did he say this last week – and should we believe him? T-SHIRT: get the Tax Wealth Not Work t-shirt https://shop.garyseconomics.org/ 00:00 Intro 02:43 Why Bezos wants lower tax 06:34 His real argument 09:12 How they distract you 12:51 They think you’re stupid 14:04 Tax wealth not work 16:59 “Everyone hates government” 21:45 Blaming politicians 23:50 The broader context 26:04 How billionaires are making you poorer 28:37 The 5 Whys 32:44 What progress have we made? ––––––––––– JOIN OUR PATREON – https://patreon.com/garyseconomics GET MERCH – https://shop.garyseconomics.org/ DONATE – https://buy.stripe.com/7sYbIUaRp2Pafv0cYCdjO01 JOIN GARY'S MAILING LIST – https://subscribepage.io/garyseconomics GET THE TRADING GAME – https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/455809/the-trading-game-by-stevenson-gary/9781802062731 ––––––––––– Follow Gary on other channels: LINKEDIN – https://www.linkedin.com/company/garyseconomics SPOTIFY – https://open.spotify.com/show/2807p01KIe4RRFjRTB5o25 INSTAGRAM – https://www.instagram.com/garyseconomics TIKTOK – https://www.tiktok.com/@garyseconomics BLUESKY – https://bsky.app/profile/garyseconomics.bsky.social X – https://twitter.com/garyseconomics FACEBOOK – https://www.facebook.com/garyseconomics DISCORD – https://discord.gg/vqME6WsPd7 WEBSITE – https://www.garyseconomics.org

Top Comments (10)

@Saka_Mulia 2026-05-31

"Don't tax me, rob kid's education instead." - Jeffrey Preston Bezos

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@ferrasky4415 2026-05-31

"you should get 1000 dollars a month so you can give it to your landlord, which is me" smh

1.1k 46 replies
@in-craig-ible6160 2026-05-31

The PR attempts by billionaires are pathetic.

128 4 replies
@TetleyGT 2026-05-31

These people who own everything will say and do anything to give nothing.

532 17 replies
@scienteer3562 2026-05-31

He is arguing about government waste, whilst sitting in front of a rocket that just blew up on the pad at an estimated cost of $1B.

1.7k 101 replies
@Atombender 2026-05-31

Lower the tax on nurses, raise the tax on billionaires. Done.

119 13 replies
@paulredington4481 2026-05-31

Can we say it plain English: This is a cheap bribe from Bezos so he can maintain his position

1.3k 80 replies
@Chris-w9l8s 2026-05-31

Never underestimate the greed of billionaires

587 22 replies
@johnezzard680 2026-05-31

Great idea. The very poor not paying taxes, the middle class not paying taxes, the wealthy not paying taxes, what could go wrong

60 15 replies
@billmack8112 2026-05-31

What is one thing billionaires like to buy? Politicians.

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