---
title: Incredible
date: 2020-09-17T19:00:00
tags: ['COVID-19', 'Health', 'Public policy']
categories: ['September 2020']
year: ['2020']
slug: capitalism
description: "'Jeff Bezos could give every Amazon employee $105,000 and still be as rich as he was before the pandemic.'"
---

[Neate, R. (2020, September 17). Wealth of US billionaires rises by nearly a third during pandemic. *The Guardian.*](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/17/wealth-of-us-billionaires-rises-by-nearly-a-third-during-pandemic)

> *Robert Reich, who served as US labour secretary under President Clinton, said "American capitalism is off the rails" and a "wealth tax" was urgently needed to help redress the yawning inequality gap. "Jeff Bezos could give every Amazon employee $105,000 and still be as rich as he was before the pandemic. If that doesn’t convince you we need a wealth tax, I’m not sure what will."*

[Neighmond, P. (2020, September 17). *About 1 in 5 households in U.S. cities miss needed medical care during pandemic.* National Public Radio.](https://text.npr.org/913647638/)

> *There were multiple reasons given. Many people reported, like Kinsey, that they could not find a doctor to see them as hospitals around the U.S. delayed or canceled certain medical procedures to focus resources on treating COVID-19. Other patients avoided critically important medical care because of fears they would catch the coronavirus while in a hospital or medical office.*