Elon Musk has rebutted US Senator Bernie Sanders’ tweet about taxes. (File)
Washington DC:
No stranger to controversy, Elon Musk, currently the richest man in the world, turned the tide when he tweeted US Senator Bernie Sanders’ tweet about taxes to say: “I forgot you were still alive .”
Sanders, 80, took to his Twitter to post: “We have to ask the extremely wealthy to pay their fair share.”
Musk, the founder of the American company Tesla and SpaceX, and a notorious troll also responded to Sanders’ tweet by posting one of his own: “Want me to sell more stock? Bernie? Just say the words…”.
I always forget that you are still alive
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 14, 2021
Musk’s announcement of the “stock sale” follows the sale of a total of $6.9 billion in Tesla stock last week.
Musk could be considered Sander’s description of the “extremely wealthy,” with a net worth of $285 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
Earlier this month, Musk hit a world record high in terms of his net worth, surpassing $300 billion, making him the first person to reach the position.
Currently, Musk’s fortune is estimated at $300 billion, according to Forbes’ Billionaires ranking.
It has seen a sharp rise in recent weeks as Tesla shares rose, fueled by a deal with car rental company Hertz to sell 100,000 Tesla vehicles.
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos comes in second with more than $193 billion.
Senator Sanders, an independent democratic socialist from Vermont, is known for being a supporter of the American middle class and speaking out against the growing income and wealth disparities in the United States. . As the Democratic presidential candidate, Sanders lost to Hillary Clinton and then Joe Biden in 2016 and 2020.
Meanwhile, Democrats in the US Senate have proposed a “billionaire tax” aimed at the super-rich on unrealized profits in the value of their liquid assets, such as stocks. , bonds and cash, which can grow over the years like huge stockpiles of capital. can be borrowed to live virtual income tax-free, as explained by the New York Times.
