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‘Salaries Are for Suckers’ | The Ezra Klein Show

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April 18, 2026

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How is it possible that a billionaire like Jeff Bezos has a lower tax rate than the average American? The tax expert Ray Madoff joins the Opinion columnist Ezra Klein to explain how the ultra-wealthy pay a disproportionately low amount of federal income taxes in comparison to their overall wealth.

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