Jeff Bezos

Sign the petition to raise taxes on billionaires like Jeff Bezos and guys like us

Sign the petition: Tax the ultra-wealthy and corporations more so they pay their fair share!

Dear MoveOn member,

This is Ben and Jerry.

Yup. Ol' Ben and Ol' Jerry.

The ice cream guys. The people, not the corporation. And here's what's on our mind: Jeff Bezos and taxes.

You see, Jeff Bezos blasted himself into space. Elon Musk is on deck. And if this billionaire space race reminds us of one thing, it's this: Billionaires like Bezos and Musk just aren't paying their fair share of taxes thanks to the GOP tax scam.¹

Despite being among the world's richest billionaires, Bezos and Musk pay a tax rate lower than many of us. Massive corporations like Amazon regularly avoid paying federal taxes. Even guys like us who got rich selling ice cream should be paying more (we're not "blast ourselves into space" ultra-wealthy, but we get by).

Please ... tax us more—and especially tax the ultra-wealthy and corporations more so they pay their fair share!

Jeff Bezos will become hundreds of thousands of dollars richer in the time you take to read this sentence—and will pay nearly no income taxes thanks to Republican tax schemes that benefit the ultra-wealthy. It's time that Bezos, billionaires, and corporations pay their fair share, to reduce the burden on regular taxpayers and to let our country properly fund education, health care, jobs, and other critical needs.

A few years ago, Republicans and Donald Trump passed a tax scheme to benefit the ultra-wealthy and corporations—while shifting the burden onto the rest of us and underfunding critical infrastructure and our social safety net. We opposed that tax break then. And we oppose it now, especially when there's so much need for tax revenue to really rebuild our country.

We have the chance to change this right now. The Senate and House could pass tax laws that force the ultra-wealthy and corporations to pay their fair share. This would reduce the burden on the working class, while also investing in infrastructure, Social Security, health care, education, combating climate change, and so much more.

Tell Congress: Tax Jeff Bezos so he and other billionaires, the ultra-wealthy, and corporations pay their fair share. Yes, you can even tax us—Ben and Jerry—more as well!

Thanks for all you do.

—Ben and Jerry, the people, not the corporation

Source:

1. "Richest Americans—Including Bezos, Musk And Buffett—Paid Federal Income Taxes Equaling Just 3.4% Of $401 Billion In New Wealth, Bombshell Report Shows," Forbes, June 8, 2021

https://act.moveon.org/go/154666?t=11&akid=302362%2E53570607%2E_ytinO

 

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