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Search results for "Amazon saved 4B in taxes under Trump's Big Ugly Bill"

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Elizabeth Warren stated on June 24, 2025 in an X post:
“If every one of the 340 million people in America paid a new $35 copay to visit the doctor, that still wouldn’t be enough to cover how much Meta would get from just one tax break in Donald Trump's ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’"
By Louis Jacobson, Amy Sherman• June 27, 2025
AFL-CIO stated on April 13, 2020 in a Facebook post:
"The Postal Service is not losing money because of Amazon. It’s losing money because in 2006, the Republican-led Congress passed a law forcing it to prepay its pensions for 75 years, which no other corporation does ... Without this law, the Postal Service would be turning a profit.”
By Bill McCarthy• April 15, 2020
Donald Trump stated on April 02, 2018 in a tweet:
"Only fools, or worse, are saying that our money losing Post Office makes money with Amazon. THEY LOSE A FORTUNE, and this will be changed."
By Manuela Tobias• April 2, 2018
Facebook posts stated on April 09, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“President Trump has banned welfare for illegal immigrants which will save $57.4 billion a year.”
By Miriam Valverde• April 24, 2020
Donald Trump stated on July 24, 2017 in Twitter:
Amazon has a "no-tax monopoly."
By John Kruzel• July 26, 2017
Andrew Cuomo stated on November 19, 2018 in a radio interview:
"There is nothing that we have done on Amazon that we have not done with hundreds of other projects."
By Jill Terreri Ramos• December 7, 2018
Bernie Sanders stated on April 30, 2018 in a tweet:
"You know what Amazon paid in federal income taxes last year? Zero."
By Manuela Tobias• May 3, 2018
JD Vance stated on August 21, 2025 in a speech in Peachtree City, Georgia:
“We had the biggest tax cut for families that this country has ever seen.”
By Louis Jacobson• August 22, 2025
Donald Trump stated on November 29, 2017 in a speech in St. Charles, Mo.:
Says the tax bill "is going to cost me a fortune, this thing -- believe me. Believe me, this is not good for me."
By Louis Jacobson• November 30, 2017
Lloyd Doggett stated on November 20, 2017 in an interview with Sinclair Broadcast Group:
Under the Republican tax bill, President Donald Trump "and his family would walk off with more than a billion dollars personally."
By Louis Jacobson• November 27, 2017
Occupy Democrats stated on June 11, 2025 in Facebook post:
"Undocumented immigrants paid more taxes last year than Amazon, GM, IBM & Netflix combined."
By Ella Moore• June 27, 2025
Sherrod Brown stated on January 01, 2013 in a news release:
Says the New Year’s Day "fiscal cliff" deal "reduces the deficit."
By Stephen Koff• January 31, 2013
Instagram posts stated on December 09, 2023 in an Instagram post:
“Amazon got hacked. … Hackers added Hub lockers as your default delivery addresses.”
By Jeff Cercone• December 12, 2023
Tammy Baldwin stated on October 18, 2024 in TV debate:
Says opponent Eric Hovde “opposes efforts to negotiate with the big pharmaceutical companies to lower the price of prescription drugs.”
By D.L. Davis• October 31, 2024
Chris Christie stated on June 14, 2012 in a video posted on YouTube:
"(Assembly Democrats) wanted to raise the gas tax by $2.4 billion. We said no to that....They’re down on the ground. They’re sweating. They’re twitching. It’s ugly, ‘cause I keep saying no."
By Bill Wichert• June 21, 2012
Charlie Smith stated on May 06, 2013 in a newspaper article:
The federal government could save $500 million annually by circulating $1 coins instead of $1 bills.
By Janel Davis• May 31, 2013
Social Media stated on January 12, 2025 in social media posts:
Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, Apple and Uber haven’t donated anything toward LA fire relief, but Taylor Swift donated $10 million.
By Sofia Ahmed• January 16, 2025
Donald Trump stated on June 29, 2025 in an interview on Fox News' 'Sunday Morning Futures':
The One Big Beautiful Bill will deliver the promise of “no tax on Social Security.”
By Louis Jacobson, Loreben Tuquero• June 30, 2025
Karoline Leavitt stated on May 19, 2025 in a White House press briefing:
President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill “does not add to the deficit.”
By Louis Jacobson• May 21, 2025
Scott Walker stated on April 17, 2018 in an online ad:
"Property and income taxes will be lower in 2018 than they were in 2010."
By Tom Kertscher• May 30, 2018

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