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Elon Musk targets Bernie Sanders over tax: ‘I keep forgetting you’re still alive’
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Elon Musk waded into yet another Twitter controversy on Sunday, the Tesla owner and world’s richest person responding to a tweet about tax from Senator Bernie Sanders by writing: “I keep forgetting that you’re still alive.”
Sanders, 80, wrote: “We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share. Period.”
Musk, 50, is also the owner of SpaceX and has a personal worth estimated at around $271bn, making him by some counts the richest person ever.
He also tweeted: “Want me to sell more stock, Bernie? Just say the word …”
Sanders did not immediately respond. Melissa Byrne, a progressive activist and former Sanders staffer, tweeted: “Folks, quit buying Tesla. Don’t reward abusive men.”
This week, Musk sold nearly $7bn of shares in Tesla,
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