{"id":985297,"date":"2021-11-08T14:45:24","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T19:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=985297"},"modified":"2021-11-08T14:45:27","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T19:45:27","slug":"elon-musk-dismisses-ron-wydens-billionaire-tax-idea-with-a-sex-joke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-dismisses-ron-wydens-billionaire-tax-idea-with-a-sex-joke\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Dismisses Ron Wyden\u2019s Billionaire Tax Idea With A Sex Joke"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Felon-musk-dismisses-ron-wydens-billionaire-tax-idea-with-a-sex-joke%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=985297&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--><div><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"44.074351585014\">\n<p>Tesla chief executive Elon Musk cracked a sex joke in response to a tweet from Democratic Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden calling for a tax on billionaires.<\/p>\n<p>Musk issued a Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1457064697782489088\">poll<\/a>&nbsp;Saturday in response to a proposed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finance.senate.gov\/chairmans-news\/wyden-unveils-billionaires-income-tax\">tax <\/a>on billionaires\u2019 unrealized gains, asking his audience whether he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock and promising to abide by the results of the poll. Wyden, the chief proponent of the tax plan, quote-tweeted Musk and expressed his disapproval of the executive\u2019s behavior.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"9.1061452513966\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Much is made lately of unrealized gains being a means of tax avoidance, so I propose selling 10% of my Tesla stock.<\/p>\n<p>Do you support this?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1457064697782489088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 6, 2021<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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 Wyden <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonWyden\/status\/1457110175932846080\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s time for the Billionaires Income Tax.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response, Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1457497438474981384\">tweeted<\/a>&nbsp;a crude sex joke Sunday mocking the senator for his Twitter profile picture.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"6.4\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">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<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWhy does ur pp look like u just came?\u201d Musk asked Wyden, to which the senator did not reply.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/tesla-share-price-slides-after-musk-promises-to-sell-21-billion-stake-11636364256\">share price<\/a>&nbsp;of Tesla dropped Monday morning following the exchange and Musk\u2019s announcement that he would sell part of his stake in the electric car company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNote, I do not take a cash salary or bonus from anywhere. I only have stock, thus the only way for me to pay taxes personally is to sell stock,\u201d Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1457067398712942592\">tweeted<\/a>&nbsp;Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tesla chief executive Elon Musk cracked a sex joke in response to a tweet from Democratic Oregon Sen. 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