{"id":1127801,"date":"2021-12-17T07:44:14","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T12:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1127801"},"modified":"2021-12-17T07:44:16","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T12:44:16","slug":"seven-times-elon-musk-slammed-democrats-left-wing-policies-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seven-times-elon-musk-slammed-democrats-left-wing-policies-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven Times Elon Musk Slammed Democrats, Left-Wing Policies This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fseven-times-elon-musk-slammed-democrats-left-wing-policies-this-year%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1127801&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has repeatedly mocked Democrat politicians and attacked their policies in 2021 as the party becomes more polarizing and pushes more extreme left-wing policies.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, currently the richest man in the world, was named as Time Magazine\u2019s 2021 Person of the Year. The magazine described him as a \u201cclown, genius, edgelord, visionary, industrialist, showman, cad; a madcap hybrid of Thomas Edison, P.T. Barnum, Andrew Carnegie and&nbsp;Watchmen\u2019s Doctor Manhattan, the brooding, blue-skinned man-god who invents electric cars and moves to Mars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk is known for founding SpaceX and The Boring Company, co-founding Tesla Motors, and aggressively championing cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p><em>The following are some of Musk\u2019s top jabs against the political Left this year:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>7. Musk attacks big government\u2014the core theme of the Democrat Party.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In remarks earlier this month at The Wall Street Journal\u2019s CEO Council Summit, Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-government-is-simply-the-biggest-corporation-with-the-monopoly-on-violence\">slammed<\/a> big government:<\/p>\n<p><em>It does not make sense to take the job of capital allocation away from people with a demonstrated great skill in capital allocation and give it to an entity that has demonstrated very poor skill in capital allocation. Think of the government essentially as a corporation in the limit. The government is simply the biggest corporation, with a monopoly on violence and where you have no recourse.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Musk mocks Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) with crude tweet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Last month, Musk polled his 66 million Twitter followers, asking them if he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether or not the world\u2019s wealthiest man pays any taxes at all shouldn\u2019t depend on the results of a Twitter poll,\u201d Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) responded. \u201cIt\u2019s time for the Billionaires Income Tax.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk responded, \u201cWhy does ur pp look like u just came?\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Why does ur pp look like u just came?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1457497438474981384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Musk slams Democrats\u2019 extreme push to tax unrealized capital gains.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The extreme left-wing proposal gained steam in the wake of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) opposing raising corporate and individual tax rates to pay for Democrat President Joe Biden\u2019s massive multi-trillion dollar social spending bill.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/25\/business\/dealbook\/democrats-capital-gains-tax.html\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>Billionaires could be taxed on unrealized capital gains on their liquid assets, Democratic officials said yesterday. It would affect people with $1 billion in assets or those who have reported at least $100 million in income for three consecutive years, according to news reports. That would ensnare perhaps 700 taxpayers \u2014 or the wealthiest 0.0002 percent \u2014 but Democrats hope it would generate at least $200 billion in revenue over a decade. It would cover not only stocks, but also other assets like real estate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Musk criticized the plan, which came from Wyden, writing: \u201cEventually, they run out of other people\u2019s money and then they come for you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Exactly. Eventually, they run out of other people\u2019s money and then they come for you.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1452792781726961668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>4. Musk trolls Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share,\u201d Sanders said in a tweet on November 13th. \u201cPeriod.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI keep forgetting that you\u2019re still alive,\u201d Musk fired back. Want me to sell more stock, Bernie? Just say the word \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Want me to sell more stock, Bernie? Just say the word \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1459904966194253824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Musk slams Democrats\u2019 Build Back Better Act.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Musk warned against passing Democrat President Joe Biden\u2019s massive multi-trillion-dollar Build Back Better Act, pointing out how it would add to the \u201cinsane\u201d federal deficit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I would just can this whole bill,\u201d Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/12\/07\/elon-musk-speaks-out-against-biden-social-spending-and-climate-bill.html\">said<\/a> at The Wall Street Journal\u2019s CEO Council Summit earlier this month. \u201cDon\u2019t pass it, that\u2019s my recommendation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The next day, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nothing-is-more-permanent-than-a-temporary-government-program-elon-musk-continues-crusade-against-biden-agenda\">Musk shared an analysis from the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s Wharton School<\/a> \u2014 Musk\u2019s alma mater \u2014 that explained that the national debt would increase by over 24% if the bill\u2019s provisions are made permanent.<\/p>\n<p>The analysis stated:<\/p>\n<p>We evaluate the Act under two scenarios. In the first scenario, PWBM presents the spending and revenue provisions \u2018as written\u2019 in the legislative text where certain provisions sunset within the 10-year budget window. Under this scenario, we project that the long-run trajectory of public debt would be 1.5 percent larger and that GDP would be 0.2 percent lower in 2050 relative to baseline projections.<\/p>\n<p>Under the second scenario, we assume that temporary provisions of the proposal are extended permanently. We find that, against baseline projections, government debt would be more than 24 percent larger in 2050 and GDP would be about 3 percent lower in the same year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is a lot of accounting trickery in this bill that isn\u2019t being disclosed to the public,\u201d Musk said about the Build Back Better Act. \u201cNothing is more permanent than a \u2018temporary\u2019 government program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nothing is more permanent than a \u201ctemporary\u201d government program<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1468685877970935809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 8, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Musk mocks Biden.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Musk has repeatedly mocked Biden online after Biden has spurned the CEO and his companies, despite their extraordinary accomplishments.<\/p>\n<p>Musk responded to a Twitter user who asked why Biden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has repeatedly mocked Democrat politicians and attacked their policies in 2021 as the party becomes more polarizing and pushes more extreme left-wing policies.Musk, currently the richest man in the world, was named as Time Magazine\u2019s 2021 Person of the Year. The magazine described him as a \u201cclown, genius, edgelord, visionary, industrialist, showman, cad; a madcap hybrid of Thomas Edison, P.T. Barnum, Andrew Carnegie and\u00a0Watchmen\u2019s Doctor Manhattan, the brooding, blue-skinned man-god who invents electric cars and moves to Mars.\u201dMusk is known for founding SpaceX and The Boring Company, co-founding Tesla Motors, and aggressively championing cryptocurrencies.The following are some of Musk\u2019s top jabs against the political Left this year:7. Musk attacks big government\u2014the core theme of the Democrat Party.In remarks earlier this month at The Wall Street Journal\u2019s CEO Council Summit, Musk slammed big government:It does not make sense to take the job of capital allocation away from people with a demonstrated great skill in capital allocation and give it to an entity that has demonstrated very poor skill in capital allocation. Think of the government essentially as a corporation in the limit. The government is simply the biggest corporation, with a monopoly on violence and where you have no recourse.6. Musk mocks Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) with crude tweet.Last month, Musk polled his 66 million Twitter followers, asking them if he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock.\u201cWhether or not the world\u2019s wealthiest man pays any taxes at all shouldn\u2019t depend on the results of a Twitter poll,\u201d Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) responded. \u201cIt\u2019s time for the Billionaires Income Tax.\u201dMusk responded, \u201cWhy does ur pp look like u just came?\u201dWhy does ur pp look like u just came?\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 7, 20215. Musk slams Democrats\u2019 extreme push to tax unrealized capital gains.The extreme left-wing proposal gained steam in the wake of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) opposing raising corporate and individual tax rates to pay for Democrat President Joe Biden\u2019s massive multi-trillion dollar social spending bill.The New York Times\u00a0reported:Billionaires could be taxed on unrealized capital gains on their liquid assets, Democratic officials said yesterday. It would affect people with $1 billion in assets or those who have reported at least $100 million in income for three consecutive years, according to news reports. That would ensnare perhaps 700 taxpayers \u2014 or the wealthiest 0.0002 percent \u2014 but Democrats hope it would generate at least $200 billion in revenue over a decade. It would cover not only stocks, but also other assets like real estate.Musk criticized the plan, which came from Wyden, writing: \u201cEventually, they run out of other people\u2019s money and then they come for you.\u201dExactly. Eventually, they run out of other people\u2019s money and then they come for you.\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 26, 20214. Musk trolls Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT).\u201cWe must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share,\u201d Sanders said in a tweet on November 13th. \u201cPeriod.\u201d\u201cI keep forgetting that you\u2019re still alive,\u201d Musk fired back. Want me to sell more stock, Bernie? Just say the word \u2026\u201dWant me to sell more stock, Bernie? Just say the word \u2026\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 14, 20213. Musk slams Democrats\u2019 Build Back Better Act.Musk warned against passing Democrat President Joe Biden\u2019s massive multi-trillion-dollar Build Back Better Act, pointing out how it would add to the \u201cinsane\u201d federal deficit.\u201cHonestly, I would just can this whole bill,\u201d Musk said at The Wall Street Journal\u2019s CEO Council Summit earlier this month. \u201cDon\u2019t pass it, that\u2019s my recommendation.\u201dThe next day, Musk shared an analysis from the University of Pennsylvania\u2019s Wharton School \u2014 Musk\u2019s alma mater \u2014 that explained that the national debt would increase by over 24% if the bill\u2019s provisions are made permanent.The analysis stated:We evaluate the Act under two scenarios. In the first scenario, PWBM presents the spending and revenue provisions \u2018as written\u2019 in the legislative text where certain provisions sunset within the 10-year budget window. Under this scenario, we project that the long-run trajectory of public debt would be 1.5 percent larger and that GDP would be 0.2 percent lower in 2050 relative to baseline projections.Under the second scenario, we assume that temporary provisions of the proposal are extended permanently. We find that, against baseline projections, government debt would be more than 24 percent larger in 2050 and GDP would be about 3 percent lower in the same year.\u201cThere is a lot of accounting trickery in this bill that isn\u2019t being disclosed to the public,\u201d Musk said about the Build Back Better Act. \u201cNothing is more permanent than a \u2018temporary\u2019 government program.\u201dNothing is more permanent than a \u201ctemporary\u201d government program\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 8, 20212. Musk mocks Biden.Musk has repeatedly mocked Biden online after Biden has spurned the CEO and his companies, despite their extraordinary accomplishments.Musk responded to a Twitter user who asked why Biden had not acknowledged that SpaceX\u2019s \u2018Inspiration4\u2019 mission, the world\u2019s first all-civilian crew spaceflight, raised hundreds of millions of dollars for charity by tweeting: \u201cHe\u2019s still sleeping.\u201dHe\u2019s still sleeping\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 19, 2021Musk has slammed Biden for being a \u201cpuppet\u201d for the United Auto Workers union and for not inviting Tesla to an EV event at the White House\u2019s.Biden is a UAW \ud83e\udde6 puppet\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 31, 2021Yeah, seems odd that Tesla wasn\u2019t invited\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 5, 2021Musk also has tweeted out a meme mocking Biden for being inappropriately handsy with people: pic.twitter.com\/RPcGOjPtfF\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 21, 20201. Musk trolls Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).This week, Warren, a far-left senator that many view as kooky and obnoxious, responded to Musk being awarded Time Magazine\u2019s Person of the Year by tweeting: \u201cLet\u2019s change the rigged tax code so The Person of the Year will actually pay taxes and stop freeloading off everyone else.\u201dMusk responded with a torrent of tweets, the first of which was an op-ed published on Fox News that featured the title: \u201cElizabeth Warren is a fraud \u2014 Her lies about being Native American disqualify her from presidency, Senate.\u201d\u201cStop projecting!\u201d Musk declared in the tweet.\u201cYou remind me of when I was a kid and my friend\u2019s angry Mom would just randomly yell at everyone for no reason,\u201d Musk said. \u201cPlease don\u2019t call the manager on me, Senator Karen \ud83d\ude4f.\u201dPlease don\u2019t call the manager on me, Senator Karen \ud83d\ude4f\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 14, 2021A few hours later, Musk continued, adding: \u201cAnd if you opened your eyes for 2 seconds, you would realize I will pay more taxes than any American in history this year. Don\u2019t spend it all at once \u2026 oh wait you did already.\u201dDon\u2019t spend it all at once \u2026 oh wait you did already\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 14, 2021The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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