# Elon Musk Using his Wealth to Threaten Politicians

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-using-his-wealth-to-threaten-politicians/1011918
**Category:** Politics & Elections
**Tags:** elon-musk
**Created:** [December 20, 2024, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-using-his-wealth-to-threaten-politicians/1011918 "2024-12-20T14:10:14Z")
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### Author: ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2025, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/elon-musk-using-his-wealth-to-threaten-politicians/1011918/110 "2025-01-17T17:49:52Z")

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We talked about this a fair bit last month:

> [@Make the rich pay their fair share!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/make-the-rich-pay-their-fair-share/1011019):
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> [[image] ](https://i.imgur.com/GEqngyY.jpg) From the Department of “Be careful what you ask for”. Politicians like to scream, “Make the rich pay their fair share!” After reading this, the rich will want to but the rest of us will not like it. An interesting article in today’s WSJ, on page A12. ■ “The top 1% of income-tax filers provided 40.4% of the revenue in 2022, according to recently released IRS data. ■ “The top 10% of filers carried 72% of the tax burden.” Read those number…

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