05/31/2026
I really dislike Muslims in America, as well as the Western world! Before 1995, we could visit the Middle East without worry, and they were able to visit us as well. But now, many Western countries have brought large numbers of Muslims into our world, and they do not integrate, nor will their religion ever do so over time! Still today, we have always given to them, and they have brought us nothing in return—not even wisdom!!!!!
Jeff Bezos stepped in front of the cameras to take shots at New York City's school system — and within 24 hours, the city handed him a $9 million invoice.
Bezos appeared on CNBC with anchor Andrew Ross Sorkin and criticized NYC's education spending. He complained the city spends $44,000 per student but too little reaches teachers. "If we ran Amazon the way New York City runs their school system — your packages would take six weeks to arrive," Bezos said. He also argued that a nurse in Queens making $75,000 shouldn't be paying more than $12,000 a year in taxes.
The next day, Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration announced it had recovered more than $9 million in unpaid fines tied to Amazon's delivery operations. The fines were for Amazon trucks illegally idling in city streets — polluting the air that New Yorkers actually breathe. The Department of Finance collected $6.88 million in Environmental Control Board violations and another $2.15 million in pre-judgment violations.
Mamdani didn't let the timing go unnoticed. "Amazon is worth $2 trillion," the mayor posted. "Yet, it did not deign to pay the millions of dollars it racked up in unpaid fines as its trucks illegally polluted our air and forced New Yorkers to breathe in their exhaust."
The contrast is hard to miss. The world's wealthiest man was on national television lecturing New York City about fiscal responsibility — while his own company had been quietly avoiding millions in environmental fines. The city got its $9 million. Whether Bezos gets the irony is another matter.
