Democratic heads exploded last week. It could have been for any of the typical reasons. A black teen who cruelly stabbed a white kid was convicted of murder. Congress passed the Secure America Act, providing an additional $70 billion in funding for immigration enforcement (every single Democrat voted against it). And House Republicans grilled school officials over their anti-parent pro-“transgender” policies. But these occurrences only increased the pressure. What blew up Democratic left brains was Elon Musk becoming the world’s first trillionaire.
By selling shares to the public on Nasdaq, Musk’s SpaceX raised a record $75 billion, rocketing (pun intended) past two-trillion dollars in value. The former billionaire’s forty-percent stake in SpaceX plus Tesla took him over the trillion-dollar threshold. This proved too much, literally, for the Democratic communist cadre, led by actual socialist Bernie Sanders.
“Today, Elon Musk, a trillionaire, pays the same amount into Social Security as someone making $184,500,” Sanders tweeted. “If we end that absurdity and lift the cap on taxable income, we can make Social Security solvent for 75 years.”
Sanders’ apparatchik Elizabeth Warren chimed in. “Elon Musk just became the world’s first trillionaire,” she said. “The typical American household would have to work more than 11 MILLION years to make Elon Musk’s level of wealth. We need a wealth tax.” And Komsomolka AOC posted on X regarding Musk, “But taxing wealth so normal people can afford to see a doctor and not go bankrupt over inhalers is radical left. OK.”
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