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Jeff Bezos on CNBC: "If people want me to pay more billions, then let's have that debate, but don't pretend that that's gonna solve the problem. You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not gonna help that teacher in Queens.... Airbnb isn't causing high rents. What's really causing high rent is government intervention."

Waiting period for basic cataract surgery 👁️ 🇵🇱 Poland – 246 days 🇦🇺 Australia – 84 days 🇪🇸 Spain – 74 days 🇨🇦 Canada – 66 days 🇬🇧 UK – 65 days 🇮🇳 India – Less than 1 day Source: OECD

Zero out taxes for the bottom half of earners. A nurse in Queens shouldn’t be sending money to Washington. Washington should be sending her an apology.

Bezos on CNBC: "You could double the taxes I pay, and it's not gonna help that teacher in Queens. I promise you."

There is something deeply impressive about how India handles logistics at scale. I recently renewed my Indian passport and along with it my German residence permit which is tied to my passport. It took me 30 days to get an appointment at the Indian Embassy. Once I got the appointment and submitted my documents in Berlin it took around 6 weeks to get back a new passport This involved coordinating with the passport office in Kolkata and the local police- the police had to physically verify the address of my permanent residence in Kolkata. Also, passports are not printed at the Embassy. They are printed in India and then flown to embassies around the world. This entire international affair with cross border movement of physical documents was done in 6 weeks. In contrast, it took me 6 weeks to just get an appointment at the Foreigner’s office (Ausländerbehorde) in Berlin. And just the printing of the new card will take around 8 weeks, all of which will be done within the city. I know a lot of stuff doesn’t work, but sometimes I cannot help but be amazed at how vast and sprawling our democracy, both literally and metaphorically, is and it is somehow still not falling apart.