Eighty-year-old US Senator Bernie Sanders renews his call for the rich to contribute their fair share to the community.
Elon Musk doesn't think that's funny at all - and shoots back.
Austin - Elon Musk * added another to his many Twitter antics.
The victim this time is the 80-year-old Bernie Sanders *.
Sanders is an independent Senator in the US House of Representatives who works with the Democrats, but represents more left-wing positions.
He is also known because he ran as a US presidential candidate in 2016 and 2020.
Among other things, Sanders argues that the rich should pay more taxes.
That was also evident on Saturday (November 13th) when he posted on Twitter: “We have to demand that the extremely rich pay their fair share.
Point."
Elon Musk trolls Bernie Sanders on Twitter: Are you still alive?
The Tesla * and SpaceX * boss reacted to this in his own way by alluding to the old age of Sanders: "I keep forgetting that you are still alive," he replied to the politician's tweet.
Shortly thereafter, Musk added, “Do you want me to sell more shares, Bernie?
Just say it ”.
Apparently the matter did not leave him alone.
Hours later he added: "Bernie is a taker, not a maker".
So far, Sanders has not responded to Musk's provocation.
On Twitter, he currently preferred to take care of pharmaceutical companies that are raising drug prices or the introduction of parental leave after the birth of a child.
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US Senator Bernie Sanders wants the rich to pay more taxes
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Musk just sold ten percent of his Tesla shares, valued at around $ 6.9 billion, last week.
With that, however, he sent the automaker's share on a downward slide, since it has lost 15 percent of its value in the meantime.
This was preceded by a Twitter survey by the multibillionaire, in which he let his followers decide whether the Tesla shares should sell.
Elon Musk trolls Bernie Sanders on Twitter: Tesla owners known as tax evaders
The background to the survey, however, remained unclear.
At first it was speculated that Musk wanted to set an example in the discussion about tax avoidance by the super-rich.
Because taxes have to be paid on the realized price gains when selling shares.
However, according to
WirtschaftsWoche
, Musk had already announced stock sales at a conference in September this year.
Because he is in possession of stock options that would expire by August next year at the latest if he did not redeem them by then.
In general, Musk is not known as a staunch taxpayer.
Tesla recently moved from its California headquarters to Austin, Texas.
The goal is to save taxes, because the state is very frugal when it comes to taxes.
Already at the end of last year it became known that Musk wanted to move to Texas himself, for the same reason.
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