Elon Musk Vs. Bernie

[Indeependent]

Elon Musk slams Bernie for demanding wealthy pay 'fair shareâ: 'You're still alive'

Tesla CEO Elon Musk hit back at Sen. Bernie Sanders with a devastating response to his demands that the wealthy “pay their fair share."

www.foxbusiness.com

Tesla CEO Elon Musk brushed off Sen. Bernie Sanders's demands that the wealthy "pay their fair share" in his latest back-and-forth with the self-described democratic socialist.
"I keep forgetting that you’re still alive," Musk tweeted at Sanders Sunday morning.
The tweet came in response to Sanders saying on Twitter Saturday that, "We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share. Period."
Musk has a net worth of about $294 billion.

Exactly what is Elon's "fair share"? Did he not pay any tax while accumulating that $300B? Let's say he just says fuck it, writes a check for the whole fuckin amount and spends the rest of his life in a card board box under Interstate 35. This government would piss that money away before the fuckin ink was dry. These ass fucking political whores waste on average $4T dollars a year, not counting the DEMPANIC, and since "The War on Poverty" have dumped...

What is it now?

$50 TRILLION GODDAMNED DOLLARS INTO "eliminating poverty" and what is the result? Literally the same 14% poverty, more homeless people than you can count, the cities are in ruins and crime has exploded.

Except that our people who live in "poverty" other that the homeless have SUV's, TV's, HVAC, designer clothes, cell phones and are so fuckin fat they ride scooters while wasting food stamps on carts full of Doritos, Oreo's and Soda.

Go to places like the Philippines and see some poverty that will give you nightmares.

Even some of these homeless people we have are living better than 3rd world people with jobs.

Now I'm not an Elon Musk sycophant, he made a lot of money because of the climate hoax, and fuck tons of government waste that bought his stupid electric cars. Yet he turned that into some pretty incredible shit. You've got to give the guy some credit. He's also not sucking up to leftist parasites, in fact he seems pretty libertarian IMO.


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Musk employs a shit load of people and employs other companies employees by using their products.

 

[struth]

??? Who in congress pays less % of their income than Elon Musk?

what percentage of his income does he pay?

 

[struth]

You need to realize the billionaires pay little to nothing in income tax. This is wrong because people with very little income pay higher percentages. Secondly, you must know enormous wealth in our corrupt country means you have enormous political power. This too is wrong.

why not make it so the longer incomes pay of a percentage then?

 

[Missouri_Mike]

How about at least 10%? That's about half the rate of what middle class pays.

Doesn't seem unreasonable to me.

I’m good with that. As long as everyone else pays the same. Flat tax is the only solution to the democrat stupidity.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

Bullshit, Bernie pays reasonable taxes on his income.

I’m going to need you to explain reasonable.

 

[AntonToo]

I’m going to need you to explain reasonable.

...I've just explained and even gave a specifc %, which you said you agreed with.

 

[Maxdeath]

You said there are no tax code changes proposed in Congress.

As a matter of plain fact you are wrong.

You do realize that this is just talk not an actual bill, right?

 

[AntonToo]

You do realize that this is just talk not an actual bill, right?

..whats wrong with you? Why do you insist on craping your pants in public?

It is CLEARLY NOT just talk:

https://waysandmeans.house.gov/sites/democrats.waysandmeans.house.gov/files/documents/SubtitleISxS.pdf

 

[gipper]

what percentage of his income does he pay?

ZERO!!!

In 2007, Jeff Bezos, then a multibillionaire and now the world’s richest man, did not pay a penny in federal income taxes. He achieved the feat again in 2011. In 2018, Tesla founder Elon Musk, the second-richest person in the world, also paid no federal income taxes.
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax

 

[gipper]

why not make it so the longer incomes pay of a percentage then?

What?

 

[struth]

What?

sorry autocorrect on my phone.

Why not make it so the smaller incomes pay a smaller percentage then?

 

[gipper]

sorry autocorrect on my phone.

Why not make it so the smaller incomes pay a smaller percentage then?

It’s kind of hard to pay less than 0%.

Money is power in our corrupt nation. Billionaires have lots of power. So naturally, they set up the tax code for their benefit. They also control both criminal parties. It’s a terrible scam but somehow some Americans can’t see it.

 

[struth]

ZERO!!!

In 2007, Jeff Bezos, then a multibillionaire and now the world’s richest man, did not pay a penny in federal income taxes. He achieved the feat again in 2011. In 2018, Tesla founder Elon Musk, the second-richest person in the world, also paid no federal income taxes.
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax

a couple things....1) the headline of the article...all IRS returns are secret...I suppose Propublia wanted some clicks 2)....the article highlights that they didn't have income those years...so why would they pay income taxes on zero income? It highlights how his wealth grew due to investments...that's not the same as income and not taxed the same.

So nice try

 

[struth]

It’s kind of hard to pay less than 0%.

Money is power in our corrupt nation. Billionaires have lots of power. So naturally, they set up the tax code for their benefit. They also control both criminal parties. It’s a terrible scam but somehow some Americans can’t see it.

well, the tax code is the same for eveyrone...if you made zero in income this year, you'd pay zero in income taxes...just like Musk did in those years your Propublic article highlights.

If you were simply living off your investments, like retired folks, or folks like Buffet and Musk,, you'd pay the same rate on your investments as them.

The law applies to everyone the same

 

[gipper]

a couple things....1) the headline of the article...all IRS returns are secret...I suppose Propublia wanted some clicks 2)....the article highlights that they didn't have income those years...so why would they pay income taxes on zero income? It highlights how his wealth grew due to investments...that's not the same as income and not taxed the same.

So nice try

Lol. Yeah it just can’t be true. After all the billionaires are such good citizens.

If you bothered to read the entire article you’d know it’s real.

 

[gipper]

well, the tax code is the same for eveyrone...if you made zero in income this year, you'd pay zero in income taxes...just like Musk did in those years your Propublic article highlights.

If you were simply living off your investments, like retired folks, or folks like Buffet and Musk,, you'd pay the same rate on your investments as them.

The law applies to everyone the same

You clearly know very little about the tax code.

 

[Resnic]

It’s way past time the billionaires paid huge income taxes but since wealth means political power in our corrupt crony capitalist system, it won’t ever happen. Sad no?

If you could afford a army of tax attorneys and lawyers so you didn't have to pay much in taxes you would and don't lie.

No one would pay taxes if they didn't have to. No one wants to give up their money.

I won't ever say "tax the rich" because it would make me a hypocrite if I did because if I could get away with not paying them I would in a heartbeat.

 

[struth]

Lol. Yeah it just can’t be true. After all the billionaires are such good citizens.

If you bothered to read the entire article you’d know it’s real.

I didn't suggest it wasn't real.

I have no reason to think someone isn't a good citizen simply because of how much they are worth.

 

[struth]

You clearly know very little about the tax code.

oh and you and do....actually I don't even think you know much about the article you linked to, beyond the headline

 

[gipper]

If you could afford a army of tax attorneys and lawyers so you didn't have to pay much in taxes you would and don't lie.

No one would pay taxes if they didn't have to. No one wants to give up their money.

I won't ever say "tax the rich" because it would make me a hypocrite if I did because if I could get away with not paying them I would in a heartbeat.

Do you fail to see how unfair this is?

Yes they have an army to tax lawyers making the tax code benefit them. 99.9% of Americans don’t have this benefit.