US senator Bernie Sanders is famous as not-exactly-a-friend of powerful corporations: He’s previously called for OpenAI to be broken up, for instance, and earlier this year announced a bill that would pause the construction of data centers in the US, to give lawmakers a chance to catch up with, and regulate, AI companies.
But AI isn’t Sanders’ only PC-centric bugaboo: He’s also pretty pissed off about the Xbox situation.
“Last year, Microsoft made $101 billion in profits, got a $12.5 billion tax break from Trump and paid its CEO $96 million,” Sanders blasted out on X, not long after the announcement of sweeping layoffs at Xbox.
“This year, it’s raising the price of an Xbox by $150 and eliminating 3,200 jobs. Please don’t tell me corporate tax breaks create jobs. It never trickles down.”