1. Bezos' comment was about how Biden somehow thinks taxing the rich will address inflation. It won't. Anybody with 2 working brain cells know that to be true. That's not to say the rich shouldn't be taxed. It's just saying Biden is an idiot. Also... yeah, he probably doesn't want to be taxed more. Both can be true.

2. Biden has been in politics for like 800 years. He was there for all of the trickle down economics, deregulation, etc. He's a democrat... so yeah, he's got to make a show of it. But before that he's a politician. He (and we) know where his bread is buttered. The corps and ultra wealthy drive big money through those special interest groups that enrich all of our politicians, so Biden can spare me this whole white knight shtick. It rings as hollow as his head.