Biden, Bezos clash over inflation responsibility

Americans have been bearing the brunt of record inflation for months, shelling out more cash for everyday expenses like groceries and gas. The inflation blame game escalated over the weekend, pitting President Joe Biden against Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

You want to bring down inflation?

Let’s make sure the wealthiest corporations pay their fair share.

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) May 13, 2022

The newly created Disinformation Board should review this tweet, or maybe they need to form a new Non Sequitur Board instead. Raising corp taxes is fine to discuss. Taming inflation is critical to discuss. Mushing them together is just misdirection. https://t.co/ye4XiNNc2v

— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) May 14, 2022

The White House responded Monday, saying Bezos “opposes an economic agenda for the middle class.”

Bezos replied on Twitter once more, arguing that the Biden administration would have made inflation worse if its $3.5 trillion economic and social spending bill, known as “Build Back Better,” had become law.

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.

— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) May 16, 2022

Bezos, the world’s second wealthiest person, has generally sought to avoid public political scuffles.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.