Ahh, yes. The Billionaires tax.

How about 'No!!'?

Elon Musk was asked what he thought about it and he said he had better things to do with his money than the government does and I do believe Musk is right. 

Musk wants to go to Mars. Well, OK. Lets see what that entails.

You don't just hop into the family sedan and drive off to Mars. You have to find a vehicle to get there and back.  It has to be designed from scratch and that means hiring smart people because as smart as Musk is, he can't do it himself. It requires the skill and talents of an awful lot of skilled and talented people.

This means jobs, a lot of jobs from top organizers, skilled engineers and tradesmen all the way down to some guy that mops the floor. All of these people will wind up paying taxes which is fine.

All of the skilled people he will hire for this project either are already or will become successful. I know a young college freshman at Embry-Riddle looking in that direction and to him I say, "Job opportunity!".

Everyone involved is going to achieve some sort of success. People like Musk know talent when they see it and seldom let it pass through their hands. It is probably pretty likely that some of the younger people hired to do grunt work will be spotted and offered an education compliments of the company.

Everything about going to Mars will create wealth. We will create jobs for all and a lot of money will trickle down to all of us one way or another.

The things learned along the way may very well come back to the ordinary guy because things like velcro are a direct product of the NASA space program. Everyone will gain from the hard work and thinking that it takes for the human race to get to Mars.

Of course if the so called billionaires tax comes to fruition then it's likely Musk won't be able to try getting to Mars.

The money one way or another will mostly end up in the pockets of swamp dwellers with a small part of it going into the pockets of the unsuccessful that are too sick, lame or lazy to enter the competitive job market and better themselves. 

Instead of reinforcing success which is what Musk wants to do the government will use the money to reinforce failure.

Musk will create success and independence in people. The government will prop up failure and dependence on government.

Yeah. Musk is right. He DOES have better things to do with his money...like reinforce success.

Come to think about it, as far as I am concerned they ought to let Musk not pay any income taxes if he's plowing his money into such a worthwhile project.

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