Senator Bernie Sanders took another swing at billionaire Jeff Bezos on Thursday when he introduced a bill that would crackdown on big companies such as Amazon if they fail to pay their employees a living wage.
The former Democratic presidential candidate partnered with prominent House progressive Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) to introduce the Stop Bad Employers by Zeroing Out Subsidies (Stop BEZOS) Act.
The act proposes a tax on large corporations, such as Amazon, Walmart, and American Airlines, which would force them to pay the same in taxes that their low-wage employees receive in federal benefits to make ends meet.
Senator Bernie Sanders took another swing at billionaire Jeff Bezos on Thursday when he introduced a bill that would crackdown on big companies such as Amazon if they fail to pay their employees a living wage
'The Stop Bezos Act gives large employers a choice: pay workers a living wage or pay for the public assistance programs low wage workers are forced to rely upon,' the legislation reads.
The idea is to crack down on 'corporate welfare' - where the government is left to pick up the slack for poor paying, big businesses.
Sanders argues it could save taxpayers $150 billion a year on the government assistance programs such as food stamps, Medicaid and public housing, Fox reports.
'We do not believe that taxpayers should have to expend huge sums of money subsidizing profitable corporations owned by some of the wealthiest people in this country. That's what a rigged economy is about,' he said.
But he made it personal with the not so subtle dig by naming the bill acronym after Amazon boss Jeff Bezos.
During a speech over the weekend, Sanders attacked Bezos for growing his own wealth at the expense of the poorest,
Sanders made the bill personal with the not so subtle dig by naming the bill acronym after Amazon boss Jeff Bezos
'We have one person whose wealth is increasing by $250 million every single day, while he pays thousands of his workers' wages that are so low that they are forced to go on food stamps, Medicaid, and subsidized housing,' Sanders said.
He argued that Amazon's average pay, at $28,446, is 9 percent less than the industry standard and well below a livable wage. He pointed to reports, by the New Food Economy, showing that up to a third of Amazon's employees in Arizona receive food stamps, and a tenth of employees in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
In a rare move, Amazon hit back in a blog post, slamming Sanders' comments as 'inaccurate and misleading' and arguing that it pays a fair wage and that the employees on food stamps were either part-time or only worked for them for a short time.
Sanders has been vocal about his attack on large corporations and in July, he launched a petition to demand Amazon boss Jeff Bezos implement better working conditions and pay.
In August, the senator set up a website for employees to anonymously share their experiences.
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Main photo article Senator Bernie Sanders took another swing at billionaire Jeff Bezos on Thursday when he introduced a bill that would crackdown on big companies such as Amazon if they fail to pay their employees a living wage.
The former Democratic presidential candidate partnered with prominent House...
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Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.
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