Jeff Bezos says the real economic problem isn’t the rich—it’s the tax system

The billionaire argued that workers making $75,000 a year shouldn’t pay income taxes.

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Jeff Bezos is opening up about wealth inequality in America. Given the Amazon founder has often been accused of unfair treatment of employees, with accounts of mandatory overtime, and workplace safety problems, his latest comments are surprising.

In a new CNBC Squawk Box interview with interviewer Andrew Ross Sorkin, one of the richest men in the world, says we’re living in a “tale of two economies.” There’s the ultra-rich who are financially thriving, and then, there’s everyone else, who are, well, not.When pressed about how to solve the problem, Bezos said that part of the reason no one is addressing such a huge divide is that politicians are busy blaming one........

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