Opinion: Thank you, Elon Musk. You’ve just proved why a billionaires tax is essential

Musk’s pretense that taxing his majestic wealth will lead to higher taxes on ordinary Americans is just so much bluster. His willingness to manipulate public sentiment to keep his own pockets filled is the best proof that a billionaires tax is desperately needed. — AFP

Thanks to Elon Musk, who is often credited as the world's richest person, we now have a good clue to whether someone has too much money. That clue is when he turns tax policy into a Twitter game.

Musk on Nov 6 responded to a proposal to impose a tax on billionaires’ wealth by launching a poll on Twitter, asking followers whether he should sell 10% of his shares in the electric vehicle company Tesla. He pledged to “abide by the results of this poll, whichever way it goes”.