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Related: About this forumJeff 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
Bezos got rich and the taxpayers had to support his employees with food stamps, subsidized health
ShazamIam
Jul 2021
#3
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
madaboutharry
(40,208 posts)1. If he is so grateful
he should treat them better and give them a raise. Words are cheap.
appalachiablue
(41,127 posts)2. Amen, what world is he living in
ShazamIam
(2,570 posts)3. Bezos got rich and the taxpayers had to support his employees with food stamps, subsidized health
insurance and subsidized housing.
wolfie001
(2,227 posts)4. WalMart's been doing it for 40 years! nt
ShazamIam
(2,570 posts)5. Amercia's exceptional Capitalism, tax funded profits.
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.
wolfie001
(2,227 posts)9. So true!
And the beat goes on......
marble falls
(57,077 posts)6. That's it, Jeff, just rub our faces in it. Hard to fugure out who I loathe more, Bezos or Zuckerburg
appalachiablue
(41,127 posts)7. It's a challenge, swear to dog
marble falls
(57,077 posts)8. Ain't it the truth.
Evergreen Emerald
(13,069 posts)10. I find him creepy
And his phallic shaped rocket solidifies my belief.
dalton99a
(81,451 posts)11. "Now build me a BIG penis-shaped yacht"