Friday, April 6, 2018

Jeff Bezos...a Republican?

Where does Jeff Bezos lie on on the political spectrum? From the little information available, he appears to support Republicans and policies that make rich people richer. I'm not going to lie, it makes me a little sad. I need to see some decent people out there with power.

Two admirable actions I can point out: 
1.) He supported a law to legalize same sex marriage in Washington.
2.) He appears to make decisions that are very data driven.

Washington Post Article main data points:
1.) He largely funds the Amazon PAC that has given substantially more money to Republican candidates such as Marco Rubio and Paul Ryan (this makes me want to hurl) than to any Democratic or liberal candidates.

2.) He put tons of money into defeating a Washington state initiative to create an income tax on the highest earners in the state (Washington state does not currently tax income). Why should we provide money to pay our teachers, help our poorest neighbors, or fund health care adequately for children? I wish he were just a bit better of a human being. Sadly, I feel this way about pretty much all wildly successful white men. There appears to be very little to recommend them as human beings.






https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/why-trump-went-after-bezos-two-billionaires-across-a-cultural-divide/2018/04/05/22bb94c2-3763-11e8-acd5-35eac230e514_story.html?utm_term=.2704613f83a2

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