WATCH: Amazon founder rips NYC schools’ high spending, inefficiency 

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos compared the efficiency of New York City public schools to Amazon taking six weeks to deliver a package.

Speaking to CNBC about New York City’s proposed wealth tax, the multibillionaire said the city’s schools spend $44,000 per student while producing outcomes similar to lower-spending districts in Houston and Miami.

“That’s 30% more per student than other big cities like Chicago, LA, and Boston, and it’s three times more than Miami and Houston,” he said Wednesday. “And by the way, New York City doesn’t get better outcomes.

“If we ran Amazon the way New York City runs their school system, your packages would take six weeks to arrive, we’d have to charge you a $100 delivery fee, and then when the package did finally arrive, it’d have the wrong item in it anyway.”

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