US senator attacks Bezos because of his space flight

US Senator Elizabeth Warren tweeted about Jeff Bezos’ recent space flight on Sunday, saying that if he could go to space he could pay more taxes.

Warren wrote on Twitter: “Richest man on Earth can travel to space as more than half of the nation’s population lives on a salary, nearly 43 million people are in student debt and childcare costs force millions of people out of work. “He can afford to participate so that everyone has a chance,” she added.

It comes as ProPublica reported in June that Jeff Bezos, founder and former CEO of Amazon, paid zero federal income tax dollars for at least two years between 2006 and 2018, with the report also revealing that the Tesla CEO Elon Musk followed suit. 2018.

Insider’s Linley Browning reported in 2019 that Amazon also paid $ 0 in income tax in 2017 and 2018.

Bezos is currently ranked by Forbes as the richest person in the world, with a net worth of $ 209.2 billion.

It comes after billionaire Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin successfully completed its first civilian flight into space on Tuesday, carrying Bezos and three others into space for 3 minutes of weightlessness.

As she wrote on the trip last week, on Twitter: “Jeff Bezos forgot to thank all the hard working Americans who ever paid taxes to support this country when he and Amazon paid nothing. . “