Jeff Bezos Wants to Eliminate Income Taxes for Half of America: Here's His Plan

Jeff Bezos Wants to Eliminate Income Taxes for Half of America: Here's His Plan

The post Jeff Bezos Wants to Eliminate Income Taxes for Half of America: Here’s His Plan appeared first on 24/7 Wall St.. Jeff Bezos walked the factory floor at Blue Origin on May 20, 2026 and used a CNBC interview to propose zero federal income tax for any American earning $75,000 a year or less. He framed wealth inequality as a government efficiency problem, anchoring his argument around a single working person. “There’s this tale of two econo…

Is Bezos's Tax Proposal Nuts, Or Is It Simply Long Overdue?

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Bezos backs Mamdani’s government efficiency push, suggests eliminating taxes for lower earners

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos endorsed New York City mayor Zohran Mamdani’s proposed “Commission on Government Efficiency” (COGE) in a post on X, saying government savings could help “zero out taxes on the bottom half of earners.” Responding to Mamdani’s call for a city government that works “smarter, faster, and more effectively,” Bezos argued that “the best way to put money in people’s pockets is not to take it out in the first place.” Last week, …