• @[email protected]
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    151 year ago

    At this point it starts to really look he wants X to bankrupt so he doesn’t have to pay

    • kingthrillgore
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      81 year ago

      His backers include the Saudis. If he doesn’t pay, they’ll whip out ol’ bonesaw on him

    • @[email protected]
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      81 year ago

      He never actually wanted it as a company, he only wanted to open it up because he had a misguided belief it was some evil corporation controlling what people can say and he wanted that control instead.

    • @[email protected]
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      61 year ago

      Why wouldn’t he have to pay? He already had to pay when he bought it. He put in cash and took on debt. The only real benefit to this thing tanking is he can take a massive capital loss and probably never pay income tax again.

      The downside is he would owe a lot of money to people you don’t want to owe and he looks like a bigger moron by the day. Sooner or later, Tesla investors are going to get spooked by his deranged behavior and then he’s in a world of hurt. All his wealth is tied up in Tesla and he uses his position as CEO to pump the stock with all his bullshit lies. It’s like a giant Ponzi scheme. As soon as the value comes back down to Earth and the stock is priced like a normal company he’s in big trouble.

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        probably never pay income tax again

        He doesn’t pay income tax now. He has no taxable income. The guy isn’t drawing a salary, his money comes from capital gains and he’s taxed on that.

        • @[email protected]
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          11 year ago

          Yes, that’s correct but a year or two back he did liquidate some of that money and to pay taxes. I thing he’s the record holder for having to pay the must taxes at once by a single individual.