David Brooks wrote a piece a few weeks ago that has several points progressives should explore. Elon Musk’s tweet bleeds ‘tax the rich.’
Elon Musk proves that taxing the rich is important
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- HOW THE BOBOS BROKE AMERICA: The creative class was supposed to foster progressive values and economic growth. Instead, we got resentment, alienation, and endless political dysfunction. The dispossessed set out early in the mornings. They were the outsiders, the scorned, the voiceless. But the weekend after weekend—unbowed and undeterred—they rallied together. They didn’t have much going for them in their great battle against the privileged elite, but they did have one thing—their yachts.
- Elon Musk Twitter Stunt Offers ‘Best Argument Imaginable’ for Billionaire Tax, Critics Say: “Billionaires shouldn’t only have to pay taxes when they volunteer to do so.” Mega-billionaire Elon Musk’s latest stunt—a Twitter poll asking whether he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock—was accompanied by a candid admission of what progressives have long seen as a fundamental flaw of the U.S. tax system: For the super-rich, paying income taxes is effectively optional. After promising to abide by the results of his poll—which attracted more than 3.5 million votes and closed with 57.9% endorsing the sell-off—Musk noted that he does “not take a cash salary or bonuses from anywhere.”
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