Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos became the latest billionaire to engage in political sparring on Twitter this weekend, calling President Joe Biden’s remark about business taxes “disinformation” and “misdirection.”<\/p>\n
The White House promptly responded on Monday, claiming that Bezos “opposes an economic plan for the middle class.” Bezos then fought back, claiming that the Biden administration’s $3.5 trillion economic and social spending bill, dubbed “Build Back Better,” would have exacerbated inflation.<\/p>\n
Last Friday, Bezos fired his first tweet<\/a> at Biden, responding to a tweet about inflation in which the president stated, without mentioning Amazon, “let’s make sure the wealthiest firms pay their fair share.”<\/p>\n \u201cRaising corp taxes is fine to discuss,” Bezos tweeted<\/a> in response. “Taming inflation is critical to discuss. Mushing them together is just misdirection.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n “The newly created Disinformation Board should review this tweet, or maybe they need to form a new Non-Sequitur Board instead,” Bezos said.<\/p>\n The Amazon founder was apparently referring to Homeland Security’s recently announced Disinformation Governance Board which he said should fact check Biden’s statement on inflation.<\/p>\n The billionaire then followed up with another tweet on Sunday claiming “In fact, the administration tried hard to inject even more stimulus into an already over-heated, inflationary economy and only Manchin saved them from themselves.”<\/p>\n In fact, the administration tried hard to inject even more stimulus into an already over-heated, inflationary economy and only Manchin saved them from themselves. Inflation is a regressive tax that most hurts the least affluent. Misdirection doesn\u2019t help the country. https:\/\/t.co\/a8cygcunEG<\/a><\/p>\n — Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) May 15, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
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