@BernieSanders You have been railing against Oligarchs my entire adult life… I am still waiting for this post Soviet Union Oligarchy to destroy our country… will your oligarchs or Al Gores climate get me first? Meanwhile you have run up a 38 trillion dollar bill. Who’s the problem???
@CTULocal1 He’s the largest individual tax payer in US History, he’s paid 20 billion dollars in federal taxes in his lifetime. His employees pay 2-3 billion in taxes annually. You’ve gotten his money…
@steveplotnicki@tonyannett You are advocating the government being given stock of every public company? And have a government run wealth fund? I wouldn’t let them sell candy bars to send my kid on a field trip, nevermind create wealth funds.
@tonyannett Also his unrealized wealth is 1.1 Billion Dollars, he would owe 10% annually and would cease being a trillionaire by year 2. He would also liquidate stock to pay the tab. His and other billionaires sell offs would tank the market. But I wouldn’t expect Washington to understand…
@tonyannett Or… congress could cut 5% from federal spending and save 7x more than you would earn in taxes from Elon’s 1.1Billion dollars is unrealized wealth.
@DissentFu Serious question, not judgy. Why in 37 years of working didn’t you save? Why didn’t you create a retirement account be it private or as part of your companies benefits? House prices are outrageous, but they haven’t always been over the last 37 years, so what stopped you?
@RepMcGarvey Ummm he paid 11 billion dollars in a single year in capital gains. He’s paid 20 billion dollars in federal taxes in his lifetime. His employees pay 2-3 billion in taxes annually. He created 4400 millionaires yesterday… he pays 18,000x more annually than the average tax payer
@NYCMayor Or… hear me out, cut 5% of federal spending and save 350Billion annually. Stop packing the spending bill every year with pork. Quit buying votes with unnecessary social programs.
@EdMarkey Instead of asking Elon for 5% (54 billion) why don’t you cut 5% of all government spending (350 Billion), that seems to be the bigger windfall…