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2023-04-19 04:14:58 UTC - HELPFUL
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Bezos paid a total of $1.4 billion in taxes between 2006 and 2018, according to the Propublica study that Sen Warren is presumably citing. By contrast, it is estimated the avg American pays $0.0005 billion in taxes ($500k) over their entire lifetime. https://www.propublica.org/article/the-secret-irs-files-trove-of-never-before-seen-records-reveal-how-the-wealthiest-avoid-income-tax https://www.self.inc/info/life-of-tax/#:~:text=Key%20statistics,(%241%2C571%2C244)%20spent%20on%20taxes.
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