Jeff Bezos honestly makes my blood boil. The guy has been blatantly advocating for policy that hurts SMBs for years while lobbying the government to do their bidding and getting away with selling it as caring for the poor and SMBS.
Here's a pattern I see play out every few years:
> Media rightly call out super rich for continuing to grow richer while people are struggling and SMBs fail
> Politicians rightly call out super rich and say they're going to do something about it
> Super rich come out in support of raising taxes, additional regulation, etc because who cares about laws and taxes if you're rich. Proceeds to lobby politicians for policies that help them.
> Media praise super rich for supporting policies and politicians that will help the super rich while either not understanding motivation or out right lying about who the beneficiary of these policies will be.
> Politicians implement policies that benefit the super rich while selling it to the public as something that's good for small business / those less fortunate.
> Media praises politicians implementing policies that were push for by the super rich while claiming it will help small business / middle class.
Here's a pattern I see play out every few years:
> Media rightly call out super rich for continuing to grow richer while people are struggling and SMBs fail
> Politicians rightly call out super rich and say they're going to do something about it
> Super rich come out in support of raising taxes, additional regulation, etc because who cares about laws and taxes if you're rich. Proceeds to lobby politicians for policies that help them.
> Media praise super rich for supporting policies and politicians that will help the super rich while either not understanding motivation or out right lying about who the beneficiary of these policies will be.
> Politicians implement policies that benefit the super rich while selling it to the public as something that's good for small business / those less fortunate.
> Media praises politicians implementing policies that were push for by the super rich while claiming it will help small business / middle class.