Does Elon Musk Pay Taxes?

[OxQQme]

He Opens up in a New Interview...-->

[toasty]

1. Cry me a river, you poor thing. n/t

[jimfields33]

3. I don't have a problem with him

He and bernie sanders probably transformed this country more then anyone else. He started the electric car facination and Bernie started the 15 bucks an hour. Both very heroic.

[paleotn]

4. Not really.

He and Bernie are about as alike as water and oil. GM has been kicking around electric cars since the 80's and 90's. Elon stood on the shoulders of giants and got most of the credit, mainly due to media "Ooooo! New and Shiny!" Kind of like Microsoft and Windows.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_EV1

Elon also hates unions. Absolutely hates them. And why not? They cut into his profits and make it harder to control the minions. Labor violations are much more profitable.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/25/tesla-elon-musk-anti-union-tweet-must-be-deleted-nlrb.html
https://www.vox.com/identities/2019/9/30/20891314/elon-musk-tesla-labor-violation-nlrb
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-12-02/elon-musk-labor-unions-prepare-to-war-as-tesla-tsla-enters-germany?sref=hsxwm4Dj
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-tesla-union-musk-20180523-story.html
https://sifted.eu/articles/tesla-musk-berlin-unions/

And his "ideas?" I've met his type many times before, albeit with several megatons less cash in their wallets. Occasionally, they come up with a jewel, but 95% of the time their ideas are crap. Sometimes unbelievably stupid crap. Come on, Elon. Say it. Say the word....T..R..A..I..N. It's not a "pod". It's a train and it's been around for two centuries.

[toasty]

5. hmmm...

....even when he talks trash about Biden?

[jimfields33]

8. I'd be pissed he did. I haven't heard him show disgust toward our president

[paleotn]

2. Someone, please....

change his diaper, give him a drink of water and send his whiney butt to bed. Grow the hell up, Elon.

[NEOH]

6. Probably not...nt

[Hoyt]

7. Well, he paid $455 Million from 2014 to 2018, not to mention

all the taxes paid on capital gains from shares sold by others. Capital gains tax rates will increase, hopefully, and that’ll be even more.

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-paid-little-in-taxes-2014-2018-propublica-report-2021-6

Personally, I’m fine with wealthy people as long as taxed accordingly.

[Xoan]

9. 0.0225 %

Hardly a burden.

[Hoyt]

10. Never said it was a burden. But his $455 M and thousands of others

paying capital gains taxes — which should be increased — on Tesla stock sales helps fund a lot of needed stuff (military excluded). And he/they’ll be paying a lot more in future.