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Will billionaires like Musk be willing to pay their fair share of taxes to help support this? Doubt it.

He pays what the government requests of him (which is a lot, imo). He can’t pay more than the law mandates. So therefore he is already paying his fair share.

> He can’t pay more

This is a bit pedantic, but any citizen can send a gift payment to the general federal government fund.

He is currently suing the government to get the NLRB declared unconstitutional. He spent mountains of cash to promote DOGE, which sought to cut government funding for various programs supporting the poor.

He is actively making it harder for the poor by applying his massive wealth.

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