Elon Musk targets Bernie Sanders over tax: 'I keep forgetting you're still alive'

[turbinetree]

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Elon Musk waded into yet another Twitter controversy on Sunday, the Tesla owner and world’s richest person responding to a tweet about tax from Senator Bernie Sanders by writing: “I keep forgetting that you’re still alive.”

Sanders, 80, wrote: “We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share. Period.”

Musk, 50, is also the owner of SpaceX and has a personal worth estimated at around $271bn, making him by some counts the richest person ever.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/nov/14/elon-musk-bernie-sanders-tax-twitter

Hey Musk, how much have you paid in taxes, because I am in many ways, we the taxpayers are paying for your indulgence into space and you are getting a tax breaks to pollute my planet with your battery making operation ...and your fucking quote at the end of this article, should have said...I eventually will run out of your money and I will still take it from you..... you really are an ...a**hole.......

[marble falls]

1. Nice guy. But of the two, Elon's the stiff. Close to Mark Zuckerberg level of ice.

[Skittles]

2. I am no Bernie fan

but Musk is a fucking crass piece of arrogant shit

[Scrivener7]

3. Me either but Musk needs a kick in the teeth for that.

[dalton99a]

11. +1

[Hoyt]

4. Maybe not enough, but he'll be paying at least $15 Billion on stock options, PLUS taxes on

stock he sells to pay those options taxes.

The tax rates ought to increase, though.

Musk also paid $455 Million in taxes from 2014 to 2018. Should be more, but fact is you and I would be paying a lot more taxes if the top 20% or earners weren't paying over 80% of income taxes collected in this country.

To be clear, I'm not arguing they pay enough. I am arguing that it doesn't help to use misinformation to get them to pay more.

[FirstLight]

5. Fucker...

I hope Bernie and others get something passed that will force him and his ILK to cough up their FAIR SHARE... Fucking douchbags could be helping HUMANITY and decide to play astro-boy and fuck the rest of us

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Elon Musk is an asshole

Link to tweet

[LessAspin]

7. Corporate Welfare Queen

says what?

Link to tweet

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1016&pid=303155

[LessAspin]

10. K & R

Taxpayer-funded Trump Toadie

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[patphil]

8. Unfortunately I haven't been able to forget that Elon Musk is still alive.

271 billion...wow! I wonder how much he'll be worth when he dies.
All that money is for what, Elon?
You could give away 200 billion and still be one of the richest men on the planet.

[Hav]

9. He seems nice

May Sanders outlive Musk, just for karma reasons alone.

[SYFROYH]

12. I think Bernie terrifies you, Elon.

[betsuni]

24. Why?

[SYFROYH]

26. Bernie popularized addessing wealth inequality.

He's not the only one speaking out, but I'm sure Elon's snarky response is compensatory.

[rockfordfile]

13. Sanders is a U.S Senator. Musk wouldn't be where he's at without a USA existing

No space company or Tesla.

[rockfordfile]

13. Sanders is a U.S Senator. Musk wouldn't be where he's at without a USA existing

No space company or Tesla.

[Tommymac]

15. Another sad case of penis envy.

Unfortunately The World is going to suffer.

Bring on the Matriarchy. Please.

[BlueIdaho]

16. Musk could have been somebody

Instead he decided to be a fucking prick.

[Coventina]

17. Where are the Musk apologists? Why aren't they on this thread defending their boy?

I've been assured he's a genuine American Hero by some DUers?

[Dorian Gray]

21. He's trash

and thanks to Twitter, it's become apparent. Harder to defend the more he lets his fingers type.

[Act_of_Reparation]

27. Probably hanging out with the anti-vaxxers and the homeopaths.

All have been noticeably quiet these days.

[hamsterjill]

18. Wow!

What an absolute jerk. Musk can’t learn to keep his trap shut. Complete and utter disrespect directed toward Bernie. A very trashy comment by a very trashy billionaire.

[tavernier]

19. He is much like his signature cologne...

Reminiscent of dark green sludge and animal innards.

[Raine]

20. Smart ass, I hope when he's 80 someone says something just like that to him! 😠nt

[LisaL]

23. He should make it to 80 first.

NT

[Dorian Gray]

22. He really is immature and

a big mouth.

[Roisin Ni Fiachra]

25. Musk is a pompous, conceited, arrogant jerk.

So sick of greedy money worshiping douchebags like Musk.

He needs to get a life. Something his money can never buy for him.

[Johonny]

28. My interest in his car products took a hit during the pandemic

Now they're dead. I'd rather push a Ford than buy a car from this loser.