Elon Musk thread 🧵, part 4.
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However, note that even if Tesla had to pay taxes in the United States on this $18 billion of profits it would have paid $400 million of taxes. (Ref https://economictimes.com/news/international/business/elon-musk-scorned-shady-loopholes-yet-offshore-tax-tricks-likely-saved-tesla-hundreds-of-millions/articleshow/130389082.cms. By the way, I have no idea how it would be such a small number!)
If an individual made $18 billion of income they would have to pay roughly half of it - $9 billion - as taxes.
So there's something else gravely wrong with this situation.
Finally, all these tax shenanigans are just straight up making Elon Musk rich. That's it. It's just more con man bullshit because all of these savings pump the stock price which goes straight in his pocket for the most part.
He's just a boy-faced con man. And a racist Nazi of course.
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Finally, all these tax shenanigans are just straight up making Elon Musk rich. That's it. It's just more con man bullshit because all of these savings pump the stock price which goes straight in his pocket for the most part.
He's just a boy-faced con man. And a racist Nazi of course.
And at the same time that Tesla makes record profits by not paying any taxes, it also makes absolutely trash automobiles.
_It’s Official: the Cybertruck is More Explosive than the Ford Pinto_
https://fuelarc.com/news-and-features/its-official-the-cybertruck-is-more-explosive-than-the-ford-pinto/ -
And at the same time that Tesla makes record profits by not paying any taxes, it also makes absolutely trash automobiles.
_It’s Official: the Cybertruck is More Explosive than the Ford Pinto_
https://fuelarc.com/news-and-features/its-official-the-cybertruck-is-more-explosive-than-the-ford-pinto/Unsurprisingly Uber does the same thing and avoids taxes using dozens of shell companies.
Any rational actor would take full advantage of these tax loopholes, unfortunately.
'Champions League of tax avoidance:' Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes on nearly $6 billion in revenue, report says
Uber claimed a $4.5 billion global operating loss in 2019 for tax purposes, despite bringing in $5.8 billion, an Australian research group found.
Business Insider (www.businessinsider.com)
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Unsurprisingly Uber does the same thing and avoids taxes using dozens of shell companies.
Any rational actor would take full advantage of these tax loopholes, unfortunately.
'Champions League of tax avoidance:' Uber used 50 Dutch shell companies to dodge taxes on nearly $6 billion in revenue, report says
Uber claimed a $4.5 billion global operating loss in 2019 for tax purposes, despite bringing in $5.8 billion, an Australian research group found.
Business Insider (www.businessinsider.com)
I have all these leftover Dutch shell companies lying around the house, so it is nice to see a use for them. Reuse and recycle, you know.
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I have all these leftover Dutch shell companies lying around the house, so it is nice to see a use for them. Reuse and recycle, you know.
"518,428
Preventable child deaths in the year since Musk dismantled USAID, saying, “Time for it to die"." -
"518,428
Preventable child deaths in the year since Musk dismantled USAID, saying, “Time for it to die"."_Dylan Carter, 'The Voice' alum, died after his Tesla veered 'off the road'
Dylan Carter, a former "The Voice" contestant, died at 24 after striking a curb and a utility pole before his Tesla overturned._
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2026/04/28/dylan-carter-death-the-voice-car-accident-details/89836207007/ -
_Dylan Carter, 'The Voice' alum, died after his Tesla veered 'off the road'
Dylan Carter, a former "The Voice" contestant, died at 24 after striking a curb and a utility pole before his Tesla overturned._
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2026/04/28/dylan-carter-death-the-voice-car-accident-details/89836207007/BBC reported today that Elon Musk complained that the _other side's lawyers_ asked him trick questions while he was on the stand in his case against Altman.
What.
How anyone can hold even a single share of Tesla is beyond me.
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BBC reported today that Elon Musk complained that the _other side's lawyers_ asked him trick questions while he was on the stand in his case against Altman.
What.
How anyone can hold even a single share of Tesla is beyond me.
"Tech billionaire Elon Nusk has accused defence lawyers of asking him trick questions on the third day of his lawsuit against OpenAI"
I'm dying.
I'm dead.
I bought a Tesla and tried the self-driving mode and now I'm dead. I'm that dead.
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"Tech billionaire Elon Nusk has accused defence lawyers of asking him trick questions on the third day of his lawsuit against OpenAI"
I'm dying.
I'm dead.
I bought a Tesla and tried the self-driving mode and now I'm dead. I'm that dead.
AHAHAHAH
_Your questions are designed to trick me’: combative Musk grilled over battle with Sam Altman
Lawyers for world’s richest person try to paint him as humanitarian as judge cuts off his long-winded replies_
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/29/elon-musk-openai-sam-altman-lawsuitOH MAN LET HIM BRING HIS MOM UP ON THE STAND WITH HIM. COME ON THIS IS UNFAIR
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AHAHAHAH
_Your questions are designed to trick me’: combative Musk grilled over battle with Sam Altman
Lawyers for world’s richest person try to paint him as humanitarian as judge cuts off his long-winded replies_
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/apr/29/elon-musk-openai-sam-altman-lawsuitOH MAN LET HIM BRING HIS MOM UP ON THE STAND WITH HIM. COME ON THIS IS UNFAIR
@jmcrookston They so deserve each other.
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