Tesla CEO posts war tweets against crypto hater Elizabeth Warren, saying the US Senate needs “someone better”, here’s why
The debate between Elon Musk and the prominent senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, who hates crypto, as Warren insists on imposing a wealth tax and wants to start with the richest man in the world, the CEO of Tesla.
Sen Warren declares war on Musk, claims Tesla CEO’s scared of her
According to Johnna Crider, author at CleanTechnica and Evobsession, Senator Elizabeth Warren has been buying ads on Facebook, in which she slams Elon Musk “freeloading” his taxes off average working people. She also asks people to donate $10 to her campaign, claiming that Elon Musk is scared of her.
Musk responded that Warren was offering Americans “a deeply fucked up lie” and accused the senator of going after ordinary taxpayers herself. He added that this year he will pay the biggest tax in US history. Earlier, Bloomberg reported that this year the CEO of Tesla would have to pay more than $ 10 billion in taxes, so he sold about the same percentage of his Tesla shares to cover that.
Besides, Musk seems to angry at Warren that he tweeted that the US Senate and the State of Massachusetts “deserve someone better”.
Senator Warren is strongly anti-crypto
Not only is Warren trying to use Elon Musk to push his initiative on a tax for the rich, she has consistently spoken out against crypto, calling it unreliable, devastating and dangerous.
She has recently also slammed stablecoins as supporting DeFi – the sphere that often involved scams, according to her, and does not offer any protection to consumers.
Peter Schiff supports Elon Musk
As reported by U.Today earlier, the debate between Sen Warren and Musk began on December 14, when the former shared a post about Musk being called the Person of the Year 2021. In her comment, she suggested changing the tax code to make “The Person of the Year” also pays taxes, along with everyone else.
The centibillionaire Musk started debating with her about the whopping sum of tax he would have to pay.
Fifteen hours ago, according to Twitter, Peter Schiff, a popular crypto opponent and chief economist and strategist and his asset management fund SchiffGold tweeted that Warren was accusing Musk of what she was doing herself. and called him “the real tax profiteer”.
During their debate, Billy Markus, a cofounder of Dogecoin, also tweeted to support Elon Musk.
