{"id":1476853,"date":"2022-05-16T14:14:39","date_gmt":"2022-05-16T18:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1476853"},"modified":"2022-05-16T14:14:43","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T18:14:43","slug":"look-a-squirrel-jeff-bezos-hammers-biden-again-for-third-time-in-less-than-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/look-a-squirrel-jeff-bezos-hammers-biden-again-for-third-time-in-less-than-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Look, A Squirrel!\u2019: Jeff Bezos Hammers Biden Again For Third Time In Less Than A Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Flook-a-squirrel-jeff-bezos-hammers-biden-again-for-third-time-in-less-than-a-week%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1476853&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/05\/JB-1-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Amazon founder Jeff Bezos slammed the Biden administration on Monday for the third time in less than a week after the White House tried to distract from Bezos\u2019 comments about inflation.<\/p>\n<p>The statement from the administration comes after Bezos twice called out Democrat President Joe Biden last week for trying to use \u201cmisdirection\u201d to displace blame for skyrocketing inflation rates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt doesn\u2019t require a huge leap to figure out why one of the wealthiest individuals on Earth opposes an economic agenda for the middle class that cuts some of the biggest costs families face, fights inflation for the long haul, and adds to the historic deficit reduction the President is achieving by asking the richest taxpayers and corporations to pay their fair share,\u201d the White House claimed in a statement. \u201cIt\u2019s also unsurprising that this tweet comes after the President met with labor organizers, including Amazon employees.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, a squirrel!\u201d Bezos fired back, adding that administration officials \u201cunderstandably want to muddy the topic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey know inflation hurts the neediest the most,\u201d Bezos continued. \u201cBut unions aren\u2019t causing inflation and neither are wealthy people. Remember the Administration tried their best to add another $3.5 TRILLION to federal spending. They failed, but if they had succeeded, inflation would be even higher than it is today, and inflation today is at a 40 year high.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">their best to add another $3.5 TRILLION to federal spending. They failed, but if they had succeeded, inflation would be even higher than it is today, and inflation today is at a 40 year high.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffBezos\/status\/1526239684392669184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 16, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Bezos\u2019 remarks come after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released data last week that showed that the Consumer Price Index <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2022\/05\/11\/cpi-april-2022.html\">increased<\/a>\u00a08.3% in April from a year ago, which is higher than the projected 8.1%.<\/p>\n<p>Bezos first took a jab at Biden last week after the president said that the key to bringing down inflation was making sure that \u201cthe wealthiest corporations pay their fair share.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe newly created Disinformation Board should review this tweet, or maybe they need to form a new Non Sequitur Board instead,\u201d Bezos responded. \u201cRaising corp taxes is fine to discuss. Taming inflation is critical to discuss. Mushing them together is just misdirection.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later in the week, Biden again tweeted about inflation, claiming that he lowered the deficit and that lowering the deficit was helping \u201cease inflationary pressures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder my predecessor, the deficit increased every single year,\u201d Biden claimed on Twitter. \u201cThis year, we\u2019re on track to cut the deficit by $1.5 trillion \u2013 the biggest one-year decline ever. It matters to families, because reducing the deficit is one of the main ways we can ease inflationary pressures.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bezos responded to Biden\u2019s statement by writing: \u201cIn fact, the administration tried hard to inject even more stimulus into an already over-heated, inflationary economy and only Manchin saved them from themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInflation is a regressive tax that most hurts the least affluent,\u201d he continued. \u201cMisdirection doesn\u2019t help the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In fact, the administration tried hard to inject even more stimulus into an already over-heated, inflationary economy and only Manchin saved them from themselves. Inflation is a regressive tax that most hurts the least affluent. Misdirection doesn\u2019t help the country. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a8cygcunEG\">https:\/\/t.co\/a8cygcunEG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffBezos\/status\/1525846743278944256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amazon founder Jeff Bezos slammed the Biden administration on Monday for the third time in less than a week after the White House tried to distract from Bezos\u2019 comments about<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1483273,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1476853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476853","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1476853"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1476853\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1483273"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1476853"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1476853"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1476853"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}