Jeff Bezos claims he's moving to Florida to spend more time with his family. Who believes that?

American Thinker ^ | 11/15/2023 | Monica Showalter

[SeekAndFind]

After shucking his wife for a newer model, Washington Post and Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos threw a big engagement party for himself in Beverly Hills, invited hordes of Hollywood stars such as Barbra Streisand, and now tells the press he's now moving to Florida to ... spend more time with his family.

According to USA Today:

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez's engagement party in Beverly Hills was a swanky affair attended by a who's who of Hollywood.

Vogue reported that the party was held at designer Diane von Furstenberg and businessman Barry Diller's home in Beverly Hills. The magazine took exclusive photos of the soirée, showing celebs like Oprah Winfrey, Salma Hayek and Kris Jenner rubbing elbows with the couple.

“They’re very in love with each other — they’re demonstrably in love,” Diller told Vogue. “She’s lit him up in the nicest ways. She’s a great stimulant.”

Just livin' a 'normal life,' he said. Fox News had some tart commentary on that here.

 

Jeff Bezos' fiancée insists 'our lives are pretty normal' in glowing piece about $200K dresses, trips to space https://t.co/3cebs1agAw — Fox News (@FoxNews) November 14, 2023

 

But buried deeper in the story, there was this:

Earlier this month, Bezos announced that he and Sánchez would be moving to Florida. He said he wanted to live in Miami to be closer to his parents and the Cape Canaveral operations of Blue Origin, his space exploration company.

"I've lived in Seattle longer than I have lived anywhere else," Bezos wrote in an Instagram post. "As exciting as the move is, it's an emotional decision for me. Seattle, you will always have a place in my heart."

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

And a damn sight cheaper.

[hinckley buzzard]

Lot fewer taxes in Florida.

[SeekAndFind]

Bezos is filthy rich and can move his parents any place he'd like. That he's moving to Florida, around the same time lots of other billionaires and ordinary people are also moving to Florida, might just be more about escaping punitive taxation and punishing regulation, such as are found in the blue states they are fleeing. 

Yeah Sure, it really could be his parents that is driving him to move there.

[SeekAndFind]

Bezos is filthy rich and can move his parents any place he’d like. That he’s moving to Florida, around the same time lots of other billionaires and ordinary people are also moving to Florida, might just be more about escaping punitive taxation and punishing regulation, such as are found in the blue states they are fleeing.

Yeah Sure, it really could be his parents that is driving him to move there.

[Liz]

Yeah...his parents.....and more accommodating tax laws.

[pepsi_junkie]

Lower taxes plus he probably wants to give his trophy wife plenty of opportunities to walk around in a bikini.

[Brian Griffin]

Prime Miami area property is very expensive.

Indian Creek is very, very expensive.

[PghBaldy]

Democracy Dies in Humidity!

[Brian Griffin]

He seems to be happy with the new wife, but the divorce was costly - he probably could have bought up all of the Miami area tidal waterfront property for the amount the divorce cost.

[Brian Griffin]

“punishing regulation”

Amazon does business in many jurisdictions and probably has thousands of people dealing with compliance.

[irishjuggler]

Sure, but in his tax bracket, just the money he saves in state income tax compared to California will likely buy multiple mansions.

[NWFree]

Tax haven for the rich so he can buy more yachts

[goodnesswins]

Looks like he bought some boobs, too...sorry, could not resist.

[CaptainK]

He's moving to Florida because the warmer weather will allow more opportunities for Bezos to show off his steroid injection physique and Sanchez to show off her silicon mounds.

[zeestephen]

This is an Amazon stock capital gains tax issue.

Washington state has no income tax, which is enshrined in our state Constitution.

That is why we have a disproportionate share of start up tech companies and billionaires.

Over the last 25 years, the Democratic Party has achieved total dominance over every state and federal political office.

Before 2000, much of our government was controlled by centrist and center-left Republicans.

About three years ago, the Democrats decided to impose a broad 7% capital gains tax on the rich (homes and real estate excluded).

The rich are defined as anyone with more than $250,000 of capital gains in one year.

Our State Supreme Court - all Democrats - decided that capital gains are NOT income, so they are taxable.

If Bezos decides to sell AMZN stock shares as a state resident, he would owe 20% (long term) federal cap gains plus 7% Wash. state cap gains.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"She’s a great stimulant."

LOL. I see a PAIR of great stimulants.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Trophy wife can get a better tan in Florida, too.

[Bonemaker]

His first wife, Mackenzie, is a Macloser and I hope he has an iron clad pre-nup with the current tart.

[Jamestown1630]

Well, I’m not a guy, but I’d think something that fake and extreme would be a turn OFF.

(And it’s hard to view something that cheap looking as a ‘trophy’.)