- Tesla CEO Elon Musk said he was “accumulating resources to help make life multiplicative.”
- Musk responded to criticism raised by Senator Bernie Sanders.
- “The level of greed and inequality is not just immoral. It is unsustainable,” Sanders said.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reacted to criticism of his great wealth by Senator Bernie Sanders, saying he will use his money to help humanity.
“I gather resources to make life more planetary and extend the light of consciousness to the stars,” Musk said on Twitter.
Musk, along with Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon, has become one of the richest people in the world. Liberal lawmakers have demanded higher taxes on billionaires, saying they are not paying their fair share.
“We are in a moment in American history where two guys – Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos – own more wealth than the bottom 40% of the people in this country,” said Senator Bernie Sanders. said Thursday on Twitter.
The Vermont senator added, “The level of greed and inequality is not just immoral. It is unsustainable.”
In an article published by the website Clean Technica, the senator’s remarks are called “truly ridiculous”. Musk responded to the article, saying he plans to make life ‘multiplanetary’.
Musk, who also runs SpaceX, said last year that he plans to send a million people to Mars by 2050, which will create “a lot of work” on the Red Planet. He said he was “very confident” that the first SpaceX Starship will land on Mars in 2026, although some experts have raised doubts about its timeline.
Bernie Sanders.
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Both Musk and Bezos spent time as the richest person in the world. When Musk’s net worth climbed to $ 188 billion in January, it surpassed Bezos, which has been the richest since 2017.
“How strange,” Musk said at the time.
Last week, Sanders asked questions about Bezos’ wealth in a tweet, then mentioned the wealth of both Musk and Bezos on Wednesday morning during a hearing of the Senate Budget Committee.
“Bezos and Musk now own more wealth than the bottom 40%. Meanwhile, we are looking at more hunger in America than ever in decades,” Sanders said in his opening speech.