Elon Musk: 'I Will Pay the Most Taxes of Any American In History'

The street.com through Msn ^ | December 14 2021 | Corey Goldman

[SmokingJoe]

Obnoxious, but likely correct.

Tesla CEO and paper billionaire Elon Musk on Tuesday shot back at comments from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), telling the Democratic Senator to "stop projecting" and calling her "Senator Karen" for criticizing Musk for not paying enough in taxes.

Following Musk's crowning by Time Magazine as Person of the Year on Monday, Warren took to Twitter to weigh in on the billionaire wealth debate and hers and others' perspective that those who make the most don't pay their fair share of taxes.

"Let's change the rigged tax code so The Person of the Year will actually pay taxes and stop freeloading off everyone else," Warren said.

Stop projecting!" Musk fired back, also telling the Massachusetts senator, "You remind me of when I was a kid and my friend's angry Mom would just randomly yell at everyone for no reason."

"Please don't call the manager on me, Senator Karen."

Musk continued to shoot back at the Democrat senator, tweeting that beyond being named person of the year he'll also take the top prize for highest American taxpayer.

"And if you opened your eyes for 2 seconds, you would realize I will pay more taxes than any American in history this year," continued Musk. "Don't spend it all at once … oh wait you did already."

Musk has feuded with other progressive politicians in the past, including both Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) last month.

Wyden criticized Musk on Twitter after the billionaire tweeted out a poll in early November asking if he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock, drawing a crude response from Musk.

[Sequoyah101]

Uh, high taxes go along with high growth and income. You can’t make a hundred billion in one year on paper and not expect to pay a pot load of taxes. His options alone are tens of millions.

[SmokingJoe]

just doesn't sit well for an average guy like me to have to give money to the richest guy on the planet to do what he probably was going to do anyway.

But you don't. Musk's $12 Billion in taxes this year alone more than covers ( more than double) any subsidies Tesla or any of his companies may have received.
And that is his taxes for this year alone.

[SmokingJoe]

You can't make a hundred billion in one year on paper and not expect to pay a pot load of taxes

You've gotta actually sell the shares before you make money. The Dems were trying to pass a bill which will tax you just because your stocks went up, even though you've not sold the stocks.

[Sequoyah101]

Or exercise options and he did.

[know.your.why]

I haven’t smoked marijuana in decades but if Elon passed me a hooter I’d gladly accept it and consider it an honor.

[SunkenCiv]

Weee don’t neeed no steeeenkeeeeng badges!

[Houserino]

I really hope Elon doesn’t used drugs. He very well might, but I consider him a hero. I know whawt he did on Rogan’s show.. But I just hope.

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[Hot Tabasco]

I think they want at least 70% of everyone’s income.

I recently got into an online spat with a guy from Belgium who was bragging that their health care system is better than ours because it's free.

Turns out it's not exactly free because his income was taxed at 50%, they had a national sales tax of 20% and a local tax of 9%.

He didn't care, his health care was free......LOL!