{"id":1134422,"date":"2021-12-20T15:05:31","date_gmt":"2021-12-20T20:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1134422"},"modified":"2021-12-20T15:05:33","modified_gmt":"2021-12-20T20:05:33","slug":"jordan-peterson-thanks-elon-musk-for-paying-11-billion-in-taxes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jordan-peterson-thanks-elon-musk-for-paying-11-billion-in-taxes\/","title":{"rendered":"Jordan Peterson Thanks Elon Musk For Paying $11 Billion In Taxes"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fjordan-peterson-thanks-elon-musk-for-paying-11-billion-in-taxes%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=1134422&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>Bestselling author and speaker Jordan Peterson took to Twitter on Monday to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d to Elon Musk after the Tesla and SpaceX CEO revealed he will pay more than $11 billion in taxes for 2021.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Thank you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/f41VVYuSuR\">https:\/\/t.co\/f41VVYuSuR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jordanbpeterson\/status\/1472981988051234832?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Musk\u2019s comments followed a recent controversy that began when Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren criticized Musk of \u201cfreeloading\u201d on his taxes after he was awarded as Time Magazine\u2019s \u201cPerson of the Year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s change the rigged tax code so The Person of the Year will actually pay taxes and stop freeloading off everyone else,\u201d Warren tweeted.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Let\u2019s change the rigged tax code so The Person of the Year will actually pay taxes and stop freeloading off everyone else. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jqQxL9Run6\">https:\/\/t.co\/jqQxL9Run6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenWarren\/status\/1470415896053227522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if you opened your eyes for 2 seconds, you would realize I will pay more taxes than any American in history this year,\u201d responded Musk.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">And if you opened your eyes for 2 seconds, you would realize I will pay more taxes than any American in history this year<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1470898920146542592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t spend it all at once \u2026 oh wait you did already,\u201d Musk later mocked.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Don\u2019t spend it all at once \u2026 oh wait you did already<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1470899663087747072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Warren reportedly responded by spending thousands of dollars on six Facebook ads attacking Musk. The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-responds-to-elizabeth-warren-spending-thousands-on-facebook-ads-attacking-him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> on Sunday:<\/p>\n<p><em>All six ads feature a graphic that included a black and white picture of Musk, calling him in red a \u201cFREELOADING BILLIONAIRE,\u201d claiming that he \u201cAVOIDS TAXES\u201d and that he \u201cMADE OVER $200B IN THE PANDEMIC.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The ad concludes by stating: \u201cIT\u2019S TIME FOR A WEALTH TAX.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Why is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenWarren?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SenWarren<\/a> buying ads on Facebook to promote her post bashing <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a> AND asking ppl to pay her $10?<\/p>\n<p>She\u2019s literally asking ppl to give her $10 while claiming Elon is scared of her.<\/p>\n<p>H\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/buckporno?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@buckporno<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nYYCg0StHA\">pic.twitter.com\/nYYCg0StHA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Johnna Crider (@JohnnaCrider1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnnaCrider1\/status\/1471848898117390337?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Musk was named Time magazine\u2019s \u201cPerson of the Year\u201d for 2021 on December 13, the publication announced on Monday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Elon Musk (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@elonmusk<\/a>) is TIME\u2019s 2021 Person of the Year <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TIMEPOY?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TIMEPOY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8Y5BhIldNs\">https:\/\/t.co\/8Y5BhIldNs<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B6h6rndjIh\">pic.twitter.com\/B6h6rndjIh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TIME (@TIME) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TIME\/status\/1470372755384291331?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Musk has also been noted as the richest person in the world.<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/elon-musk-named-times-person-of-the-year\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><em>In addition to his business success, Musk has been noted recently regarding his comments concerning political issues. During The Wall Street Journal\u2019s CEO Council Summit in December, he made a controversial comment about the power of government.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt does not make sense to take the job of capital allocation away from people who have demonstrated great skill in capital allocation, and give it to an entity that has demonstrated very poor skill in capital allocation, which is the government,\u201d Musk said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cGovernment is simply the biggest corporation, with the monopoly on violence,\u201d he added.<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Elon Musk on government:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment is simply the biggest corporation, with the sole monopoly on violence.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4IybHzOZym\">pic.twitter.com\/4IybHzOZym<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The First (@TheFirstonTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheFirstonTV\/status\/1468269858391576578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 7, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Renowned Canadian psychologist Peterson has increasingly spoken out against big government overreach. In a November interview on \u201cThe Rubin Report,\u201d Peterson railed against government encroachment on personal rights in the COVID era, snapping, \u201cLook, I got vaccinated, and people took me to task for that, and I thought, all right, I\u2019ll get the damn vaccine. Here\u2019s the deal, guys. I\u2019ll get the vaccine; you f***ing leave me alone!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jordan-peterson-slams-covid-tyranny-fing-leave-me-alone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>, Peterson discussed how the West had moved toward becoming a totalitarian state after the COVID-19 &nbsp;pandemic started. He stated:<\/p>\n<p><em>The thing that surprised me the most, probably, was how rapidly we stampeded to imitate a totalitarian state in the immediate aftermath of the release of COVID. You know, if you think it through a little bit, no one really knew how serious the virus was going to be, and so it was an unknown threat. And so you could imagine a herd of animals or a school of fish, for that matter, because this kind of phenomena is universal throughout the animal kingdom.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The cost of overreacting to a threat is generally minimal compared to underreacting to a real threat. Overreacting to a hypothetical threat is cheap compared to underreacting to an actual threat, because if you underreact you could die, whereas if you overreact you generally just get tired for a minute.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bestselling author and speaker Jordan Peterson took to Twitter on Monday to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d to Elon Musk after the Tesla and SpaceX CEO revealed he will pay more than $11 billion in taxes for 2021.Thank you. https:\/\/t.co\/f41VVYuSuR\u2014 Dr Jordan B Peterson (@jordanbpeterson) December 20, 2021Musk\u2019s comments followed a recent controversy that began when Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren criticized Musk of \u201cfreeloading\u201d on his taxes after he was awarded as Time Magazine\u2019s \u201cPerson of the Year.\u201d\u201cLet\u2019s change the rigged tax code so The Person of the Year will actually pay taxes and stop freeloading off everyone else,\u201d Warren tweeted.Let\u2019s change the rigged tax code so The Person of the Year will actually pay taxes and stop freeloading off everyone else. https:\/\/t.co\/jqQxL9Run6\u2014 Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) December 13, 2021\u201cAnd if you opened your eyes for 2 seconds, you would realize I will pay more taxes than any American in history this year,\u201d responded Musk.And if you opened your eyes for 2 seconds, you would realize I will pay more taxes than any American in history this year\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 14, 2021\u201cDon\u2019t spend it all at once \u2026 oh wait you did already,\u201d Musk later mocked.Don\u2019t spend it all at once \u2026 oh wait you did already\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 14, 2021Warren reportedly responded by spending thousands of dollars on six Facebook ads attacking Musk. The Daily Wire reported on Sunday:All six ads feature a graphic that included a black and white picture of Musk, calling him in red a \u201cFREELOADING BILLIONAIRE,\u201d claiming that he \u201cAVOIDS TAXES\u201d and that he \u201cMADE OVER $200B IN THE PANDEMIC.\u201dThe ad concludes by stating: \u201cIT\u2019S TIME FOR A WEALTH TAX.\u201dWhy is @SenWarren buying ads on Facebook to promote her post bashing @elonmusk AND asking ppl to pay her $10?She\u2019s literally asking ppl to give her $10 while claiming Elon is scared of her.H\/t @buckporno pic.twitter.com\/nYYCg0StHA\u2014 Johnna Crider (@JohnnaCrider1) December 17, 2021Musk was named Time magazine\u2019s \u201cPerson of the Year\u201d for 2021 on December 13, the publication announced on Monday.Elon Musk (@elonmusk) is TIME\u2019s 2021 Person of the Year #TIMEPOY https:\/\/t.co\/8Y5BhIldNs pic.twitter.com\/B6h6rndjIh\u2014 TIME (@TIME) December 13, 2021Musk has also been noted as the richest person in the world.As The Daily Wire previously reported:In addition to his business success, Musk has been noted recently regarding his comments concerning political issues. During The Wall Street Journal\u2019s CEO Council Summit in December, he made a controversial comment about the power of government.\u201cIt does not make sense to take the job of capital allocation away from people who have demonstrated great skill in capital allocation, and give it to an entity that has demonstrated very poor skill in capital allocation, which is the government,\u201d Musk said.\u201cGovernment is simply the biggest corporation, with the monopoly on violence,\u201d he added.Elon Musk on government:\u201cGovernment is simply the biggest corporation, with the sole monopoly on violence.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/4IybHzOZym\u2014 The First (@TheFirstonTV) December 7, 2021Renowned Canadian psychologist Peterson has increasingly spoken out against big government overreach. In a November interview on \u201cThe Rubin Report,\u201d Peterson railed against government encroachment on personal rights in the COVID era, snapping, \u201cLook, I got vaccinated, and people took me to task for that, and I thought, all right, I\u2019ll get the damn vaccine. Here\u2019s the deal, guys. I\u2019ll get the vaccine; you f***ing leave me alone!\u201dAs The Daily Wire reported, Peterson discussed how the West had moved toward becoming a totalitarian state after the COVID-19 \u00a0pandemic started. He stated:The thing that surprised me the most, probably, was how rapidly we stampeded to imitate a totalitarian state in the immediate aftermath of the release of COVID. You know, if you think it through a little bit, no one really knew how serious the virus was going to be, and so it was an unknown threat. And so you could imagine a herd of animals or a school of fish, for that matter, because this kind of phenomena is universal throughout the animal kingdom.The cost of overreacting to a threat is generally minimal compared to underreacting to a real threat. Overreacting to a hypothetical threat is cheap compared to underreacting to an actual threat, because if you underreact you could die, whereas if you overreact you generally just get tired for a minute.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1134422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1134422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1134422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1134422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1134422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1134422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}