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Feb 19, 2026 4:00 AM

Elizabeth Warren Slams Amazon's Massive Tax Break Under Trump, Says It Would Take 100,000 Years For Average US Household To Match

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) criticized the enormous tax break of $7.8 billion that Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) and its founder, Jeff Bezos, received last year under the new tax law implemented by President Donald Trump.

According to Warren’s post on X on Wednesday, the tax relief Amazon enjoyed in 2025 is equivalent to the median U.S. household income for 100,000 years, approximately $78,000.

Warren used various comparisons to emphasize her point. She stated that the tax relief given to Amazon was four times the revenue generated by Taylor Swift‘s Eras Tour, the highest-grossing tour of all time, which made $2 billion. She further compared Amazon’s tax break to the earnings of celebrities like Kim Kardashian, basketball player LeBron James, and even the average S&P 500 CEO. According to Warren, despite their massive earnings, these celebrities make far less than the tax incentives being offered to Bezos and other billionaires.

It would take the average ...