Bezos Skewers NYC: If Amazon Ran Like the City, ‘Packages Would Take 6 Weeks to Arrive’ with Huge Fee

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos said Wednesday that if he ran his company like New York City’s government runs the Big Apple, packages would be late, delivery fees would skyrocket, and quality control would plummet.

The billionaire sat down with CNBC for an interview on “Squawk Box” and slammed New York City’s school system for poor performance.

“I’ll give you an example — the New York City school system,” he began. “They spend $44,000 per student — $44,000. That’s 30 percent more, per student, than other big cities like Chicago, L.A., and Boston. And it is three times more than Miami and Houston.

“By the way, New York City doesn’t get better outcomes,” Bezos continued. “Listen, let me just say: 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 hundred-dollar delivery fee. And