This week alone Elon Musk's fortune grew by $36 billion, yet he goes out full blast to criticize a proposed wealth tax on billionaires. Kinda makes you want to tax him a whole lot more, doesn't it?

Oct 26, 2021 · 11:37 PM UTC

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Replying to @marwilliamson
no, we shouldn't tax unrealized gains
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I like Elizabeth Warren's plan: 2% on assets of over $50M, then another 1% on assets over $1B. And remember: at that level of wealth, such a tax would still allow the very, very rich to remain very, very rich.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Should we not prefer the wealth in Elon's(and other geniuses) hands where he can continue to use it to build the future technology that we need. Look at what he has done already. Tesla SpaceX The Boring company Has Elon not earned his success?
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Taxation is theft
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Replying to @marwilliamson
So what is your current net worth and how much of you money is non liquid?
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Replying to @marwilliamson
Entirely unethical to hoard such obscene wealth — the future DSM-10 will likely include a diagnosis of mental illness in a person being capable of holding such absurd wealth in the context of ascending inequality and suffering
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Yes, we need to break his unhealthy addiction to money
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Replying to @marwilliamson
There shouldn’t be billionaires if the tax system worked correctly! What is the benefit of a single person hoarding that much when some people have ZERO?
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Once you've reached a wealthy billion, you should be taxed 100% until poor people have a safe, healthy life style. There is no reason this much money is needed by anyone. Unless you have a diabolical plan, period.
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Replying to @marwilliamson
The tax system should be based on how much you already have. You have $1B and you made $300M? Maybe you can keep some. You have $10K and you made net $10K after cost-of-living, well you can keep it; and thanks for working in the economy.
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