The Massachusetts senator tweeted a video in which she discussed with international tax expert Kimberly Clausing the measures that lower the tax burden for companies such as tax credits for research and development and shifting profits overseas.
“That’s just not right—and it’s why I’ll be introducing a bill to make the most profitable companies pay a fair share,” she added.
But Warren responded in kind, tweeting: “I didn’t write the loopholes you exploit, @amazon – your armies of lawyers and lobbyists did.
“You bet I’ll fight to make you pay your fair share,” she added vowing that she would “fight your union-busting,” as well as, “fight to break up Big Tech so you’re not powerful enough to heckle senators with snotty tweets.”
Warren and fellow progressive lawmaker Senator Bernie Sanders have re-introduced the Tax Excessive CEO Pay Act, which would make companies with higher pay gaps between their CEOs and workers pay more in corporation tax.
Sanders is due to visit a distribution center in Bessemer, Alabama on Friday to lend his support to workers there ahead of a vote on whether to form a union, which would be the first in the company’s history.
