Michael R. Strain, Columnist

Kudos to Bezos and the Space-Flight Billionaires

Commercialization of space will benefit everyone. The super-rich are just getting it started.

July 20, 2021 at 5:18 PM UTC

Michael R. Strain is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He is director of economic policy studies and Arthur F. Burns Scholar in Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute. He is the author of “The American Dream Is Not Dead: (But Populism Could Kill It).”

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Senator Bernie Sanders is cranky about Jeff Bezos’ trip into space Tuesday morning.

Many Americans are struggling financially, the Vermont socialist declared on Twitter, while “the richest guys in the world are off in outer space!” The lesson, Sanders concluded, is that “It's time to tax the billionaires.”