Elon Musk clashes with Bernie Sanders; offers to sell more Tesla shares

The executive president of Tesla, Elon Musk, had a dispute with Bernie Sanders this weekend after the US senator demanded that the rich pay their “fair share” of taxes.

“We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share. Period,” Sanders wrote on Twitter. Musk, mocking the 80-year-old senator, replied, “I keep forgetting that you’re still alive.”

The businessman, who had already paid out $ 6.9 billion in shares of the electric car company as of November 12, further wrote: “Do you want me to sell more shares, Bernie? Just tell me.”

Tweet from Sanders It comes amid Washington’s efforts to raise taxes for millionaires.

Senate Democrats introduced a proposal to tax billionaires’ stocks and other marketable assets to help fund the president’s social spending agenda. Joe Biden and closing a loophole that has allowed the super rich to defer capital gains taxes indefinitely.

A week ago, Musk He tweeted that he would sell 10% of his shares if users of the social media platform supported the measure. Approximately 57.9% of the people voted in favor of the sale of shares.

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