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Little if anything at all. >> we had to work for months on this to get it into a shape where we, you know, it was accurate and saying something clear. >> reporter: according to propublica's reporting back in 2007, his wealth increased $3.8 billion and paid nothing in taxes. neither did elon musk in 2018. not a penny from george soros from 2016 through 2018. it's an legal, thanks to u.s. tax codes, which focus more on wages, as opposed to investments, which are usually taxed at lower rates. that's something that billionaires like bezos can take advantage of, along with complicated tax loophol...

Biden administration says it's looking into the situation. >> any unauthorized disclosure of confidential government information by a person with access is illegal, and we take this very seriously. white house press secretary jen psaki also emphasized president biden's proposal to raise taxes on the wealthy for help finance spending plans. >> we know there is more to be done to ensure that corporations, individuals who are at the highest income are paying more of their fair share. >> ana, the super-rich are not like us. . >> that is eye opening. christine, thank you. propublica said it receive...

Billion, he only paid $973 million in taxes at a rate of less than 1%. if you're jeff bezos on top of this wealth and getting richer by the day, that doesn't get transformed in income. you don't have to put it on your tax return until you sell your stocks, generally. >> for buffett, who has said in the past he favors raising taxes for the rich, his wealth grew by $24 billion, and the amount of taxes paid, $23.7 million or 0.1% of his wealth. huge dynastic wealth is not desirable for our society. according to propublica's analysis, the top -- it would take 14.3 million ordinary american wage ea...

There's new reporting on all of these billionaires paying next to nothing in taxes, and jeff bezos even getting the child tax credit, and republicans won't touch taxes. how do they defend this? >> yeah, they are trying to cut a bipartisan deal and they said it's not being discussed among the handful of senators from both sides, and they are all confirming they are part of the talks and saying they are not going to discuss tax increases, and republicans say that's a red line they argue will stymie the economic recovery right now, and democrats negotiating say they would be amenable to look at o...

Government. because of that, there is an unwiliness with the house and leadership of the republican party to do anything along those lines, because that will be sold as a retreat to be really fiscally conservative. we saw that under george w. bush, laying the seeds of the tea party. >> but wasn't what happened in the previous decade, they made a bunch of decisions around spending because they wouldn't touch taxes, and blew up the deficit, that was at least part of the narrative. underneath that is the other question, when they are looking at a deal like this and saying we don't believe that ou...