Jeff Bezos Is Afraid Of What Comes Next

Last week Jeffrey Preston Bezos did a sad little interview (videos, transcript) with CNBC. In it, the well-steroided and plastic-faced oligarch tries to make his case that billionaires are just deeply misunderstood. It's clear Jeff is worried about popular, progressive post-Trump reforms eating into his fat stacks of cash.At one point these are actual words that come out of his mouth:You could double the taxes I pay and it’s not going to help that teacher in Queens, I promise you...you can’t connect those two things, not logically.click to watch on YouTubeSure thing, buddy. Bezos tries to sell Andrew Ross Sorkin on the idea that he's been pushing hard to eliminate income tax for common people (he has not), pays his fair tax of tax obligations (he does not) and isn't the type of man to make his employees skip bathroom breaks and pee in bottles so they can meet brutal quotas (he is).As the recent New Yorker profile on Sam Altman makes clear, you don't get this rich without a certain…