in august 2018, sanders criticized the wealth of amazon founder jeff bezos and how amazon employees were paid less than the minimum wage and lived under poor conditions while bezos increased his fortune. in september 2018, sanders introduced the "stop bezos" bill which would focus on increase work wages for amazon and walmart employers and heavily tax bezos and other higher company officials. in october 2018, bezos announced that the company would pay all employees in the united states minimum wage with many believing sanders is the reason why.