Jeff Bezos on Zohran Mamdani’s big mistake: ‘When you don’t know how to solve a problem, create a villain, blame them’
Jeff Bezos criticized New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's tactic of singling out Citadel CEO Ken Griffin as a "villain" to garner support for a proposed pied-à-terre tax. Bezos argued that while the tax itself is a reasonable policy, personally targeting Griffin is unproductive and distracts from the real issue of government waste. He suggested that finding efficiencies in government spending, rather than solely increasing taxes on the wealthy, is the key to solving budget problems. AI
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