In 2007, Bezos, already a multibillionaire at the time, did not pay anything in federal income taxes. He also did not pay a penny in federal taxes in 2011, due to claimed business losses. He currently pays just 1.1 percent of his income in federal taxes.
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
SORKIN: Why lay people off at the Post? Why fire people?
BEZOS: The Post needs to be a profitable enterprise that stands on its own 2 feet
S: Does it? Some people say it should be a trust
BEZOS: Yes. It's a measure of its relevance. If people aren't paying for our product, it's not good enough