Once upon a time, Americans celebrated success. Some still do.
After developing reusable rockets, planning a trip to Mars, launching more satellites than anyone in history, and rescuing stranded American astronauts from outer space, Elon Musk launched an IPO of his SpaceX company, and a lot of people decided to invest in the new stock. That made the man who laid out the capital and took all the risks, Elon Musk, a trillionaire.
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What does it mean? Well, stocks go up, and stocks go down. If a lot of people want to buy stocks, they go up. And a lot of people really, really, wanted to buy that stock and have a little piece of that company Elon founded as their very own.
So they gave Elon their money, feeling confident that he would make more of it for them. They knew it wouldn’t go to Somali fraud or Los Angeles homeless NGOs the way big government money does. And this belief, by the way, made many little guys rich, such as the Mexican-born welder who spent a dozen years working for SpaceX, bought some of the stock, and found himself a millionaire.
Did Democrats celebrate?
Not in the least. They spewed jealousy, bitterness, and their greedy, grasping hands after the success.
Just look at them:
When I say tax the rich I’m looking at you, Elon Musk. No one should have this much money.https://t.co/gEo85juJV5
— Congresswoman Maxine Dexter (@RepDexterOR) June 12, 2026
The garden variety socialists with multiple houses, acting predictable:
Elon Musk just became the world’s first trillionaire. This needs to be a wake up call. pic.twitter.com/H3w4OxA91U
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) June 12, 2026
Elon Musk just became the world’s first trillionaire.
— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) June 12, 2026
The typical American household would have to work more than 11 MILLION years to make Elon Musk’s level of wealth.
We need a wealth tax.
Spoken like a true Communist. @BernieSanders is Jealous. Evil. Hateful. Destructive. Resentful.
— California Globe (@CaliforniaGlobe) June 13, 2026
Bernie wants what Elon has.
See a psychiatrist instead. https://t.co/4ifqrsGjJ9
The bogus Brylcreem classicist misquoting the classics:
This is not sustainable.
— Governor Gavin Newsom (@CAgovernor) June 12, 2026
Plutarch warned us 2,000 years ago that the imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
We have got to democratize our economy so that it works for all. https://t.co/6APdjhw4NU
The Judas Iscariot branch:
But taxing wealth so normal people can afford to see a doctor and not go bankrupt over inhalers is radical left. OK https://t.co/ajaujDXEau
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) June 12, 2026
The Qualcomm heiress, upset about someone not inheriting his wealth as the idle rich do, but creating it instead:
It’s beyond sickening that Elon Musk – the world’s first trillionaire – pays a lower effective tax rate than truck drivers, firefighters, or nurses.
— Congresswoman Sara Jacobs (@RepSaraJacobs) June 12, 2026
It’s not complicated – we need to actually TAX THE RICH.https://t.co/GGEOxCernI
These are the gibberings of ignorant goobers who know nothing about economics or wealth creation. They believe there’s a finite pie of money out there, there’s no such thing as new products, new services, or economic growth, and Elon has ‘too much’ of it, which he keeps in a bank account somewhere, not in stock, and so it’s their job to take it away from him.
They know nothing, nothing, about how economics works. Unlike Elon, they create nothing of value, produce nothing of value and all they want is to put a stop to those who do, but keep the takings for their own purposes, of course.
Talking points went out and it was just like that droning video figure in that creepy Apple ad until the running woman threw the hammer.
Mark Cuban, who is normally a leftist jackass, explains very accurately what actually happened:
The reason anyone gets insanely rich is almost always because of the stock market. It certainly how @elonmusk did.
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) June 13, 2026
And the reason they get rich from the stock market, is because 150m Americans decided they wanted to own shares of stocks directly, or through their retirement… https://t.co/Xk1LnI1EiY
As Robert Conquest has written: Everyone is a conservative about what he knows best.
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