Elon Musk says he is accumulating money for a good cause – but it is not enough for Sen. Bernie Sanders.
The leftist legislator targeted the CEO of billionaire Tesla as Musk claimed he would use his vast fortune to support life on other planets.
Sanders – a Vermont independent, a man on the left flank of the Democratic Party – first went after Musk last week by pointing out the massive wealth inequality that he and fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos are exemplary.
“We are in a moment in American history, where two people – Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos – own more than 40 properties below [percent] People of this country Sanders tweeted On 18 March. “This level of greed and inequality is not only immoral. It is unstable.”
The website CleanTechnica – which often covers Tesla – took umbrage with Sanders’ comments in one Article Musk has been criticized for being “ridiculous” over his wealth.
Musk offered his defense in response to the article on Twitter, saying that his fate would go towards his space ambitions. His rocket maker SpaceX wants to land humans on Mars by 2026.
“I am accumulating resources to help make life multi-layered and to expand the light of consciousness in the stars,” Musk tweeted on Sunday morning.
But that did not satisfy Sanders, who made an offer last week Increase in corporate taxes On companies that pay top executives at least 50 times more than their intermediary worker salaries.
“Space travel is an exciting idea, but right now we need to focus on Earth and create a progressive tax system so that children don’t starve, people don’t go homeless, and all Americans have health care.” Sanders said In response to Musk’s tweet. “The level of inequality in America is obscene and a threat to our democracy.”
Sanders also called Musk in August last year when he proposed to tax 60 percent of the wealth that American billionaires received during the Coronavirus virus epidemic.
Musk valued his electric-car manufacturer’s stock price at less than $ 30 billion in early 2020 before it exploded, giving him a net worth of $ 170 billion as of Sunday. Bloomberg Billionaire Index.
Bezos – the CEO of Amazon whose $ 181 billion fortune is the only one that outstripped Musk – did not respond to Sanders’ latest criticism until Monday morning.
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