The SpaceX and Tesla head tweeted a coarse comment in response to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden's renewed call for a billionaire tax.
Musk, who currently uses the Lorde Edge Twitter handle, kicked off the weekend by conducting a popular poll on the social media platform, asking his 63 million followers for their option on his proposal to sell 10 percent of his Tesla shares.
More than 3.5 million people responded, with 57.9 percent of voters by Sunday agreeing Musk should sell 10 percent of his stock, a result he had earlier promised to"abide by." SpaceX and Tesla head Elon Musk has tweeted a coarse comment in response to U.S. Senator Ron Wyden's renewed call for a billionaire taxMuch of the world's richest man's wealth is derived from these shares, meaning while he does not receive a cash salary, he does not pay commensurate taxes when the stocks soar in value.pushing for billionaires to pay taxes when stock prices go up even if they do not sell shares, a concept dubbed"unrealized gains".
Many were unimpressed by the billionaire's crass comment, with Linda Goldberg tweeting:"This tweet proves that all the money in the world can't buy class or self-esteem. Take some of that money and get yourself a therapist."
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