White House hits back after Bezos knocks Biden on economy

The US president has recently encouraged increasing taxes on wealthy corporations as a means of fighting rampant US inflation, an idea which seemed to irk the Amazon billionaire. — AFP

WASHINGTON: The White House on May 16 uncharacteristically lashed out at Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, after he openly criticised the Biden administration’s fiscal and economic policies on Twitter.

“It doesn’t require a huge leap to figure out why one of the wealthiest individuals on Earth opposes an economic agenda for the middle class,” said Andrew Bates, deputy press secretary.