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appalachiablue

(41,127 posts)
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 08:17 PM Jul 2021

Jeff Bezos Thanks Amazon Employees, Customers For Space Trip, 'You Guys Paid For All This'



- Bezos To Amazon Customers, Employees: ‘You Guys Paid For’ Space Trip, July 20, 2021, NBC News. Billionaire Jeff Bezos thanked Amazon employees and customers during a press conference following his space flight, saying they "paid for this."
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Jeff Bezos Thanks Amazon Employees, Customers For Space Trip, 'You Guys Paid For All This' (Original Post) appalachiablue Jul 2021 OP
If he is so grateful madaboutharry Jul 2021 #1
Amen, what world is he living in appalachiablue Jul 2021 #2
Bezos got rich and the taxpayers had to support his employees with food stamps, subsidized health ShazamIam Jul 2021 #3
WalMart's been doing it for 40 years! nt wolfie001 Jul 2021 #4
Amercia's exceptional Capitalism, tax funded profits. ShazamIam Jul 2021 #5
So true! wolfie001 Jul 2021 #9
That's it, Jeff, just rub our faces in it. Hard to fugure out who I loathe more, Bezos or Zuckerburg marble falls Jul 2021 #6
It's a challenge, swear to dog appalachiablue Jul 2021 #7
Ain't it the truth. marble falls Jul 2021 #8
I find him creepy Evergreen Emerald Jul 2021 #10
"Now build me a BIG penis-shaped yacht" dalton99a Jul 2021 #11

ShazamIam

(2,570 posts)
3. Bezos got rich and the taxpayers had to support his employees with food stamps, subsidized health
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 08:39 PM
Jul 2021

insurance and subsidized housing.

ShazamIam

(2,570 posts)
5. Amercia's exceptional Capitalism, tax funded profits.
Tue Jul 20, 2021, 10:20 PM
Jul 2021

Maybe I should have written, American Exceptionalism is our fully tax supported capitalism.

Biggest expenditure the global military operation that protects U.S. investors and corporations, in other nations and on the sea.

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