Jeff Bezos
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These people sometimes say that I don't pay taxes.
It's not true.
I pay billions of dollars in taxes.
Again, if people want me to pay more billions, then let's have that debate.
But don't pretend that that's going to solve the problem.
You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not going to help that teacher in Queens.
I promise you.
Well, he made a mistake.
Well, it says we love people.
We love our country.
He's got a good company, and he's going to do a lot of business with us.
And I'm going to get drugs out through Amazon, through the whole group, and we're going to get drugs out.
And Mark wanted to be a part of it.
And I think Mark was very gracious.
He said, this is something that really works.
One thing that happens in this country is there's no planning for the future.
The New York City school system, they spend $44,000 per student.
$44,000.
That's 30% more per student than other big cities like Chicago, LA, and Boston.
And it's three times more than Miami and Houston.