Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Wednesday reaffirmed calls to levy a tax on the richest members of society, including Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX) CEO Elon Musk.
Elizabeth Warren Touts Children Gaining Access To Healthcare
In a post on X, Warren said the wealth tax could provide children with access to healthcare. “If Elon Musk paid my ultra-millionaire wealth tax, we could pay for child care for all three and four year olds in America,” she said in her post.
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In a post on X, Warren said the wealth tax could provide children with access to healthcare. “If Elon Musk paid my ultra-millionaire wealth tax, we could pay for child care for all three and four year olds in America,” she said in her post.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) also recently criticized the self-made billionaires narrative. Ocasio-Cortez said that the ultra-wealthy members of society “create a myth of earning it” to justify how such fortunes are amassed.
Musk also exercised his Tesla stock options, which gave him more than 300 million shares of the EV giant as part of his 2018 CEO Compensation Award. The trade, which also resulted in Tesla withholding 17.5 million shares, takes his voting rights to approximately 19.9%.
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