Amazon puts 7,000 jobs on hold because of a tax that would help Seattle’s homeless population – ThinkProgress
[ad_1] Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has more money than he knows what do deal with. While visiting Germany in late April to pick up the Axel Springer Award for innovation, Bezos gave an exclusive interview to Business Insider about how it feels to be the richest man in the world. Bezos, who has a net worth of $130.8 billion, told the outlet that the only logical way to spend his money is by funding space tourism through his spaceflight company, Blue Origin. “The only way that I can see to deploy this much financial resource is by converting my …
Rubio tries to defend tax law stance, only manages to insult an intern and further muddy waters – ThinkProgress
[ad_1] Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) is once again defending the Republican tax law, just days after he said there’s no evidence it has helped American workers. On Wednesday, Rubio tried to indignantly correct a Politico story that said he is “walking back” his earlier criticisms of the recently-passed Republican tax overhaul, insulting an intern and failing to make his point any clearer in the process. The tax overhaul, passed and signed into law last December, raises taxes on middle class people making between $40,000 and $50,000 a year by m…
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