Political Quotes

“Mr. President, this motion is cosponsored by Senator Johnson of Wisconsin, and I have to say that we are on a roll tonight. We have already voted to give $53 billion in corporate welfare to the microchip industry. We voted to give $125 billion in tax breaks to some of the wealthiest corporations in the country. But now we have the opportunity to do even better. We can give $10 billion to Jeff Bezos, the second wealthiest person in this country, who is the owner of the space company Blue Origin. Clearly, Mr. Bezos desperately needs this Federal assistance. He is only worth $150 billion, and with all of his lawyers and accountants, in a given year, he pays nothing in Federal income taxes. He is the owner of Amazon, which in a given year also pays nothing in Federal income taxes. Mr. Bezos has enough money to buy a $500 million yacht, $175 million estate in Beverly Hills, and a $23 million mansion here in Washington. I am sure that your constituents will be very excited to hear that you are going to give him this $10 billion, which he clearly desperately needs. Further, for those people here who believe in trade unions, Mr. Bezos has spent millions of dollars at Amazon preventing workers at Amazon from exercising their constitutional right to form a union. He is part of Amazon, a company that has been fined over and over again for violating the law. Mr.…”