White House slams Jeff Bezos for his comments on Joe Biden
White House on Monday slammed Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos for his comments against US President Joe Biden regarding rising inflation
•Biden had tweeted that wealthiest corporations should pay taxes to bring inflation down
The White House on Monday slammed Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos for his comments against US President Joe Biden regarding rising inflation.
“Raising corp taxes is fine to discuss. Taming inflation is critical to discuss. Mushing them together is just misdirection,” he tweeted.
On Monday, White House spokesperson Andrew Bates responded in a statement that “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 that cuts some of the biggest costs families face, fights inflation for the long haul, and adds to the historic deficit reduction the President is achieving by asking the richest taxpayers and corporations to pay their fair share.”
“It’s also unsurprising that this tweet comes after the President met with labor organizers, including Amazon employees,” Bates said in a statement.
US inflation rose to 8.3% in April, higher than the Dow Jones estimate for an 8.1% gain.