Elon Musk blasts Bernie Sanders over Tax

San Francisco, Nov 15, : .

Elon Musk, a tech billionaire, attacked Bernie Sanders via Twitter after the US Senator demanded the rich pay their "fair share".

"We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share," Sanders said in a tweet.Sanders tweeted, "We must demand the extremely wealthy pay our fair share.

" Musk responded to the 80-year-old Vermont Senator by saying: "I keep forgetting that youre still alive" and later raised the possibility of selling more Tesla shares, which would require him to pay taxes.Musk replied to the Vermont Senator at 80 years old by saying "I keep forgetting youre still living" and then raised the possibility that he could sell more Tesla shares.This would require him to pay tax.Want me to sell more stock, Bernie?".Bernie, would you like me to sell more stock? Musk, owner of Tesla as well as SpaceX and has a personal worth estimated at around $271 billion, making him by some counts the richest person ever.Musk, the owner of SpaceX and Tesla, has a personal wealth estimated at $271 billion.

He is therefore considered to be the richest person in history.Musk and Sanders have sparred previously, with the Senator telling the tech billionaire in March to "focus on Earth" instead of aiming his vast wealth at interplanetary travel.

Musk and Sanders have fought before, with Sanders telling the tech billionaire to "focus on Earth" rather than aiming his wealth at interplanetary travel.As the chair of the Senates budget committee, Sanders has proposed an annual tax on the top 0.1 per cent of US households, which he claims will raise about $4.35 trillion over the next decade.Sanders, the Senates budget chairman, has proposed a tax on the top 0.1% of US households each year.This tax, he claims, will generate $4.35 trillion over 10 years.Democrats have put forward a proposal to tax billionaires as a way to fund President Joe Bidens social spending plans.

Democrats are proposing to tax billionaires to help pay President Joe Biden for his social spending plans.Musk sold roughly $6.9 billion worth of Tesla stocks last week in one of the largest-ever stock disposals by a chief executive over a several-day period.Last week, Musk sold approximately $6.9 billion of Tesla stock shares in one of the largest stock sales by an executive chief over a few days.According to a regulatory filing, the Tesla CEO reported selling 1.2 million shares on November 12, worth more than $1.2 billion, reports The Wall Street Journal.According to The Wall Street Journal, the Tesla CEO sold 1.2 million shares in November 12, for more than $1.2 Billion.Those sales came on top of more than $5.6 billion worth of stock sales last week.These sales were on top of the stock sales of over $5.6 billion last week.wh/ksk/ #Elon #Musk #Bernie #Sanders #StockExchange #SenSex #Nifty #India #Economy .