Bezos, who founded Amazon in 1994, is the first major CEO to back the plan
Biden last week announced details of a $2 trillion upgrade to U.S. facilities
The improvements will be paid for by increasing corporate tax
The rate will rise from 21pc to 28pc – still lower than 35pc rate of four years ago
Bezos’s support for higher taxation was ironic given his own company’s policy
Amazon has long been seen as one of the most effective of tax players
In 2020 Amazon paid an effective federal income-tax rate of 9.4 per cent
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