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Jeannine Mancini

Billionaire Jeff Bezos Says America Needs to ‘Fix It at the Root’ Like Amazon Does Instead of Picking Villains — Bottom 50% Should Pay ‘Zero’ Taxes

When Amazon (AMZN) founder Jeff Bezos talks about solving problems, investors tend to pay attention. It’s the same mindset that helped turn an online bookstore into one of the world’s most valuable companies, reshaped retail and cloud computing, and created enormous wealth for long-term shareholders.

So when Bezos was asked about wealth inequality during a May CNBC interview from Blue Origin’s Florida facility, his answer sounded remarkably similar to the philosophy that helped build Amazon.

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