Entering the first trading day since November, Tesla’s share price soared by more than 8%, a record high, and its market value exceeded US$1.2 trillion. The reason was that the company announced that it would allow other brands of electric vehicles to use its European supercars for the first time. Charging service.
According to the Forbes real-time rich list, Elon Musk ranks second only to Jeff Bezos in the world. In the "2021 Hurun Global Rich List" released by the Hurun Research Institute, Musk became the world's richest man for the first time with a fortune of RMB 1.28 trillion.
It can be said that the tree is very popular, and Musk may be "focused on" in the near future. On the morning of the 2nd, Musk published a "Seven Steps".
Netizens from all walks of life couldn't help asking: "Teacher Ma, what happened?"
The United States intends to impose "billionaire income tax"
The "Washington Post" revealed that the US Democrats intend to impose a "billionaire income tax" and that 10 of the top richest Americans such as Musk and Bezos may pay huge taxes for this.
Among them, Musk will pay 50 billion U.S. dollars in taxes in the first five years, and Bezos will also pay 44 billion U.S. dollars.
Why is the US government suddenly planning to impose a "billionaire income tax"?
It turned out that the U.S. government currently needs a large amount of funds to support the expansion of U.S. social security and the response to international climate change. However, in the past two years, the U.S. economy has been affected by the epidemic, the unemployment rate has increased sharply, and the income of residents has fallen. It is not realistic to print money again. So where will this money come from?
Of course it depends on taxes. It is reported that the total assets of the top 745 super-rich Americans during the epidemic have increased by more than 70%.
The specific details of the income tax for the rich are as follows: the rich can choose to pay the tax in five years, and the super-rich can also designate stocks worth up to $1 billion as "non-tradable assets", thereby protecting the entrepreneur's ability to actually control the enterprise. Once it is really implemented, Musk will have to pay tens of billions of dollars in "millionaire tax";
If personal wealth exceeds 1 billion U.S. dollars, or if income exceeds 100 million U.S. dollars for three consecutive years, it is possible to be levied a "billionaire income tax."
The proposal received a large number of votes in favor of the Democratic Party, but the people did not agree with it. It may be difficult to get money out of the pockets of the rich.
Musk vomits "billionaire income tax"
Sure enough, Musk sent several tweets about the "billionaire tax."
Musk said: The debt ratio of the U.S. federal government was 56% in 2000. It has now risen to 126% and is still rising rapidly; the current U.S. Treasury debt is 28.9 trillion U.S. dollars. On average, each taxpayer needs to bear 22.9. Ten thousand U.S. dollars.
He also said that even if all billionaires are levied 100% tax, it is a drop in the bucket for the overall debt scale. Obviously, the remaining gap will be borne by the general public. This is the most basic mathematics.
Musk was "forced to donate by the United Nations"
In addition to the rich tax in the United States, the United Nations also called out Musk.
In an exclusive interview with CNN last week, the Director of the United Nations World Food Program Bisleyfa stated that "immediately take a one-time action" to "help 42 million people worldwide not starve to death."
He said that under the combined effect of multiple crises such as the new crown epidemic and climate change, many countries in the world will be "sucked by famine", and humanitarian aid organizations are deeply "powerless" in this regard.
Bisley said bluntly: "I don't know where to get so much food. We are now facing a shortage of fuel and funds, we can't pay wages, and we can't mobilize food trucks."
He also said that $6 billion was just Musk's "single-day wealth growth figure" last week. He also said that if necessary, he can arrange an itinerary to take billionaires to impoverished areas to see the real situation there.
It is worth mentioning that last month, Beasley once "proclaimed" to Musk on Twitter, congratulating him on winning the world's richest man, on the other hand, calling on him to donate.
The tweet said: "To celebrate your victory, we now provide you with a lifetime opportunity-to save 42 million people with 2% of your assets. This invitation will expire soon, after all, life is a matter of life."
In response, Musk responded on Twitter that if Bisley can put forward an exact plan on how to use $6 billion to solve the world hunger problem, he will sell enough Tesla stock to donate. But it must be an open and transparent accounting method so that the public can see exactly how the money is spent. "
