this post was submitted on 07 Feb 2026
55 points (98.2% liked)

United States | News & Politics

4071 readers
224 users here now

Welcome to !usa@midwest.social, where you can share and converse about the different things happening all over/about the United States.

If you’re interested in participating, please subscribe.

Rules

Be respectful and civil. No racism/bigotry/hateful speech.

No pics of text

Memes are now allowed, as long as they're US centric, general political memes please see !politicalmemes@lemmy.ca

Post news related to the United States.

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Republicans' tax cuts shaved billions off Amazon's tax bill, new government filings show. The company says it ran a $1.2 billion tax bill last year, down from $9 billion the previous year, and even as its profits jumped by 45% to nearly $90 billion.

top 4 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Time to fire more Amazon employees!

[–] errer@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

It’s how Amazon helps their employees pay less income taxes!

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

It'll trickle down any day now....

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Trickle down to who? They don't even keep the money in this country anymore if it does trickle down it will end in the Cayman Islands or Switzerland or Epstein Island.