“I will sell Tesla stock if I have to pay taxes on it. Just wanted to put that out there.”
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Context
Posted during Congressional debate over a billionaire unrealized-gains tax. After a Twitter poll went 57.9% in favor of selling, Musk sold ~$15B of stock, a record individual stock sale.
4 years later(2021-11-07)
Tesla's market cap fell over $200B in the following weeks. The tax debate subsided without the billionaire tax passing.
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