An Amazon spokesperson provided a statement to CNBC saying, “We fully endorse Senator Sanders’ efforts to reduce income inequality with legislation to increase the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour for all workers, like we did for ours in 2018.”
Despite Sanders’ continual focus on Bezos, Amazon has been one of the few large corporations which has consistently supported the push for increased federal minimum wage.
Sanders Gets Attacked- Still No Real Solutions
In my view, we can no longer tolerate billionaires becoming obscenely rich at a time of unprecedented economic pain and suffering. The time has come to tax their wealth and break up tech giants and other huge conglomerates that have monopolized nearly every sector of our economy. https://t.co/FznA4son6e
— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) March 12, 2021
Sen Bernie Sanders continued to angrily attack the mega-rich after Jeff Bezos refused to attend the hearing. He continued, “In my view, we can no longer tolerate billionaires becoming obscenely rich at a time of unprecedented economic suffering.”
The Vermont Senator, received some criticism from many middle class workers who are tired of the bark, without any movement to close up loopholes for the rich, including the Vermont Senator and his colleagues on Capital Hill.
