
Jeff Bezos backs Biden for higher taxes for US companies
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Amazon founder and majority shareholder Jeff Bezos has vowed support for the plan of US president Joe Biden to raise taxes for US companies to compensate for record high stimulus packages, BBC reported. The comments by the world's richest man come as Biden pushes to raise the corporate rate from 21% to 28%.The rise would help pay for a massive spending plan to upgrade America's roads, ports, water pipes and internet.In his speech unveiling the proposal, Biden singled out Amazon as an example of a company that pays too little.