Musk Wants to Use Money Democrats Would Tax for Mars Plans
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The world’s richest person, Elon Musk, said he plans to use his money to “get humanity to Mars and preserve the light of consciousness” as Democrats weigh a billionaires’ tax for the wealthiest Americans that could hit him hardest of all.
The Tesla Inc. CEO was responding to a tweet by Washington Post reporter Christian Davenport, who said that Musk and Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos’s tax bills under the proposed plan -- as much as $50 billion and $44 billion over the first five years -- could pay for a mission to Mars.