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Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, said he has “amassed resources to make life multi-planetary”.
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Musk responded to criticism from Senator Bernie Sanders.
- “This level of greed and inequality isn’t just immoral. It’s not sustainable, ”said Sanders.
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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has responded to Senator Bernie Sanders’ criticism of his vast wealth, saying he would use his money to help humanity.
“I am collecting resources in order to shape life in a multi-planetary manner and to extend the light of consciousness to the stars,” says Musk said on twitter.
Musk has become one of the richest people in the world alongside Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon. Liberal lawmakers have called for higher taxes on billionaires, stating that they are not paying their fair share.
“We are at a moment in American history when two men – Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos – are more wealthy than the bottom 40 percent of the people in this country,” said Senator Bernie Sanders said on Twitter on Thursday.
The Vermont Senator added, “This level of greed and inequality isn’t just immoral. It’s not sustainable. “
An article published by the website Clean technology called the senator’s comments “really ridiculous”. Musk responded to the article and said he plans to make life “multi-planetary”.
Musk, who also runs SpaceX, said last year that he planned to send One million people to Mars by 2050, which will create “many jobs” on the Red Planet. He said it was him “Very confident” The first SpaceX spaceship could land on Mars in 2026, although some experts do To raise doubts about its timeline.
Both Musk and Bezos have spent time as the richest person in the world. When Musk’s net worth rose to $ 188 billion in January, he stood before Bezos, who was the richest since 2017.
“How strange,” Musk said back then.
Last week, Sanders asked questions about Bezos’ wealth all in one Tweet, then mentioned the wealth of Musk and Bezos at a Senate Budget Committee hearing on Wednesday morning.
“Bezos and Musk are now more wealthy than the bottom 40%. We are now seeing more hunger in America than ever before in decades, ”said Sanders said in his opening remarks.
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