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Elon Musk Picked A Twitter Fight With Bernie Sanders Over Tax Policy And The Tesla CEO Got Roasted In These 19 Tweets
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Elon Musk Picked A Twitter Fight With Bernie Sanders Over Tax Policy And The Tesla CEO Got Roasted In These 19 Tweets

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Social media, for whatever reason, often brings out the worst in people. They stir up drama or just argue for the sake of it even if their arguments lack logic. Sometimes it’s funny to read what people are thinking and what they consider important.

It gets elevated to a whole other level when we are talking about famous people. Usually anonymous comments don’t have a lot of significance, but famous people have a lot of influence on others and many look up to them so when they get involved in petty drama, it doesn’t set a very good example.

Also, when well-known people do it, there are a lot more opinions on their actions. The past few days, Twitter users can’t stop talking about a tweet Elon Musk posted. It was actually a reply to Bernie Sanders’ thought that wealthy people should pay more taxes. The multibillionaire was probably not fond of the idea and the best response he came up with was to poke fun at his age.

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Twitter witnessed a little bit of a sparring match between politician Bernie Sanders and Tesla CEO Elon Musk

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Bernie Sanders shared his thought on Twitter that the US should make the extremely wealthy pay more in taxes

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The CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, Elon Musk, has 63.8 million followers and is known for trolling and chaotic tweets. But this time Twitter users were not happy with one of his latest remarks.

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He replied to Bernie Sanders’ tweet saying “We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share. Period.” with “I keep forgetting that you’re still alive.” Which is not very nice as the Senator is quite a popular politician and is still active despite being 80 years old.

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Elon Musk never agreed with the idea and replied to the tweet making a lame joke about how he keeps forgetting the politician is still alive

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That didn’t go unnoticed and other Twitter users couldn’t understand why super rich people are so attached to their money

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It is known that Bernie Sanders supports plans to make the main source of US energy from renewables and that would serve Tesla. However, it is also known that Sanders thinks that super-rich people should pay proportionate taxes. Elon Musk, who holds the highest net worth, is completely against what is often called “billionaire’s income tax.”

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This was evident from the exchange of tweets but people couldn’t let the childish response slide. Instead of providing arguments, Elon Musk thought that to make the politician’s opinion worthless it would be enough to bring attention to how old he is. He hints that the Senator is so irrelevant that he already buried him in his head.

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People found Elon’s tweet to be funny in an ironic way and also distasteful as well as rude

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Not only did Elon Musk make fun of how old Sanders is but also came back after an hour with another reply, “Want me to sell more stock, Bernie? Just say the word …” Most probably referring to the fact he sold about $6.9 billion worth of stock just last week.

Musk’s rant didn’t stop there and he responded to his followers’ tweets by further mocking the politician, saying “Bernie is a taker, not a maker” or agreeing with people who also thought ‘billionaire’s tax’ is unnecessary.

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After all, the money they would pay in taxes would come back to improve the life of American citizens

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Yet how many people can relate to Musk’s $285 billion net worth? Definitely not a lot, so that is why the tweet received so much backlash. People who earn a lot less pay their taxes and it can be a big chunk of their earnings, but they understand that what very rich people pay currently is a drop in the sea.

If billionaires would pay higher taxes, everyone would benefit from that because tax money would go to the government which could invest in technology, education, public transportation, healthcare, defense and interest on government debt.

While some people were taken aback by the childish trolling, others started trolling themselves

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Twitter users applied the phrase “I keep forgetting that you’re still alive” to other contexts and the results will give you a good laugh

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Elon Musk disagrees and tweeted “Eventually, they run out of other people’s money and then they come for you” on October 26th. Other people who oppose the tax say it is unconstitutional and that is a strong argument when the constitution is the legal basis of the country.

But statistics show that more Americans would agree with the ‘billionaire tax’ and that is reflected in the responses on Twitter under Elon Musk’s comment. Twitter users were trolling the billionaire, clearly showing that they find it funny when a person with such wealth finds taxes so repulsive when everyone else has to do it.

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What do you think of Elon Musk’s response to Sanders’ tweet? Do you think extra wealthy people should pay higher taxes because they were lucky to find themselves in such a position? Or do you think that it would be unfair to make people pay only because they can? Let’s have a discussion in the comments!

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Caro Caro
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to admire Elon but now he's just another billionair pos. Selfish and narcistic.

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Ryan Deschanel
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2 years ago

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I don't understand why some people keep voting for him.

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Monika Rhodes
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is it me or does elon losing his marbles really fast lately? Dude keeps shooting himself in the foot all the time.

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J. Normal
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2 years ago

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He has realized he can say / do anything and he will not lose votes ... I mean popularity.

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Aamna Shah
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a myth that most billionaires have achieved success because of hard work and intelligence. There are more hard working people in most parts of the developing world who happen to be smart as well but lack opportunities. This myth that Americans love to perpetuate that all human beings have equal opportunities in life and lack of success is not dependent on circumstances, generational wealth and geographical considerations among other factors but can be blamed entirely on laziness is extremely problematic. The fact that we live in a world where people think such disparity of wealth and resources should exist is appalling. The fact that hoarding wealth is considered a symbol of success shows that humanity might have reached mars but it hasn't understood the purpose of life.

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AndersM
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Coming from a Scandinavian country and happily paying 50% of my income I just can't believe how hyper rich people like Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg etc. Won't pay their fair share.

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Vicky Z
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I cannot understand how someone can be so cruel and make so nasty comments! I guess money don't buy class!

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Béla Kun
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love the they made it with courage and sweat, no, they mostly got it from their parents.

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Jennifer Germain
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

hey Elon how about you pay back some of the money the government gave you now? Since you are all free market and crap

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PR
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The US has most progressive tax of developed countries. The bottom 50% pay no federal tax. The top 10% pay 71% of the federal tax. The most burdensome taxes are those imposed by your local school board and your state. Mostly to pay pensions private employer employees could only dream of. Focus on your town and state who are draining the middle class of all their $$

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Briana Kessler
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

THIS is a prime example of what is seriously wrong with our country right now. We can't have a conversation about ANYTHING without it turning into a childish, name-calling, insult throwing bash. It makes everyone look absolutely idiotic. This is how stupid America is acting right now.

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Ryan Deschanel
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's the same basically everywhere... Trust me, Europe is not better.

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Arlo H Gardener
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1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Billionaires should NOT exist. They should be taxed until they are mere Millionaires!

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Israel Martinez
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not a question of "if they can" ... it's a question of "they must" ...

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Lillukka79
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder how tiny his w***y is to need that much compensation.

lisaj avatar
Lisa
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's f****d up to say to Larry David's cousin, or anyone really.

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Effin Fred
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Musk is the reason so many won't buy his over-priced hype car

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Paul Werner
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's funny someone said if he paid his fair share of taxes it would make life better for Americans, which Americans exactly? That's just more money for the government to blow overseas or on $800 hammers

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Briana Kessler
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is SO MUCH BULLYING in this. Why is it ok? This shouldn't be okay for anyone to do. Pathetic. This whole conversation and replies.

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William Teach
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2 years ago

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No post the roasts back at Comrade Bernie, who owns multiple homes and somehow got rich while being an elected politician. (and, yes, I know you folks who don't like conversation will just downvote this)

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Walking On Sunshine
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know right? Or we could ask how Mitch McConnell amassed a fortune of $132 million on a yearly salary of $142,000? You didn't think this through did you?

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NoneYa41
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2 years ago

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He's doing more to push the UN to solve global hunger than any government body has ever done...so there's that.

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Walking On Sunshine
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah no. Just because he had a Twitter exchange about solving world hunger doesn't mean he's done one thing about it. You have big problems with telling the truth.

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2 years ago

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He sold $5 billion in stock to pay his taxes. I noticed NOT a SINGLE dem/lib ever noticed that. Nope, just hammer away on capitalism. Only see what they want to see.

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Mz Phit
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aww gee I want to be recognized for paying my share of taxes too! Maybe get a lollipop?

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Caro Caro
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I used to admire Elon but now he's just another billionair pos. Selfish and narcistic.

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Ryan Deschanel
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2 years ago

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I don't understand why some people keep voting for him.

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Monika Rhodes
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Is it me or does elon losing his marbles really fast lately? Dude keeps shooting himself in the foot all the time.

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J. Normal
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2 years ago

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He has realized he can say / do anything and he will not lose votes ... I mean popularity.

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Aamna Shah
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2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's a myth that most billionaires have achieved success because of hard work and intelligence. There are more hard working people in most parts of the developing world who happen to be smart as well but lack opportunities. This myth that Americans love to perpetuate that all human beings have equal opportunities in life and lack of success is not dependent on circumstances, generational wealth and geographical considerations among other factors but can be blamed entirely on laziness is extremely problematic. The fact that we live in a world where people think such disparity of wealth and resources should exist is appalling. The fact that hoarding wealth is considered a symbol of success shows that humanity might have reached mars but it hasn't understood the purpose of life.

andersmiemietz avatar
AndersM
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Coming from a Scandinavian country and happily paying 50% of my income I just can't believe how hyper rich people like Musk, Bezos, Zuckerberg etc. Won't pay their fair share.

vickyz avatar
Vicky Z
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I cannot understand how someone can be so cruel and make so nasty comments! I guess money don't buy class!

idcforreal1337 avatar
Béla Kun
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love the they made it with courage and sweat, no, they mostly got it from their parents.

jenngermain avatar
Jennifer Germain
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

hey Elon how about you pay back some of the money the government gave you now? Since you are all free market and crap

paigeroc2 avatar
PR
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The US has most progressive tax of developed countries. The bottom 50% pay no federal tax. The top 10% pay 71% of the federal tax. The most burdensome taxes are those imposed by your local school board and your state. Mostly to pay pensions private employer employees could only dream of. Focus on your town and state who are draining the middle class of all their $$

briana_kessler avatar
Briana Kessler
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

THIS is a prime example of what is seriously wrong with our country right now. We can't have a conversation about ANYTHING without it turning into a childish, name-calling, insult throwing bash. It makes everyone look absolutely idiotic. This is how stupid America is acting right now.

ryandeschanel avatar
Ryan Deschanel
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's the same basically everywhere... Trust me, Europe is not better.

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bland1900 avatar
Arlo H Gardener
Community Member
1 year ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Billionaires should NOT exist. They should be taxed until they are mere Millionaires!

princedibbs avatar
Israel Martinez
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not a question of "if they can" ... it's a question of "they must" ...

lillukka79 avatar
Lillukka79
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I wonder how tiny his w***y is to need that much compensation.

lisaj avatar
Lisa
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's f****d up to say to Larry David's cousin, or anyone really.

macgarry avatar
Effin Fred
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Musk is the reason so many won't buy his over-priced hype car

paulwerner_1 avatar
Paul Werner
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's funny someone said if he paid his fair share of taxes it would make life better for Americans, which Americans exactly? That's just more money for the government to blow overseas or on $800 hammers

briana_kessler avatar
Briana Kessler
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There is SO MUCH BULLYING in this. Why is it ok? This shouldn't be okay for anyone to do. Pathetic. This whole conversation and replies.

wteach avatar
William Teach
Community Member
2 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

No post the roasts back at Comrade Bernie, who owns multiple homes and somehow got rich while being an elected politician. (and, yes, I know you folks who don't like conversation will just downvote this)

jodiflatt avatar
Walking On Sunshine
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know right? Or we could ask how Mitch McConnell amassed a fortune of $132 million on a yearly salary of $142,000? You didn't think this through did you?

Load More Replies...
jack_bonner80 avatar
NoneYa41
Community Member
2 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

He's doing more to push the UN to solve global hunger than any government body has ever done...so there's that.

jodiflatt avatar
Walking On Sunshine
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah no. Just because he had a Twitter exchange about solving world hunger doesn't mean he's done one thing about it. You have big problems with telling the truth.

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chrisd avatar
Chris D
Community Member
2 years ago

This comment is hidden. Click here to view.

He sold $5 billion in stock to pay his taxes. I noticed NOT a SINGLE dem/lib ever noticed that. Nope, just hammer away on capitalism. Only see what they want to see.

bzap724 avatar
Mz Phit
Community Member
2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Aww gee I want to be recognized for paying my share of taxes too! Maybe get a lollipop?

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