Stephen Colbert Blasts Elon Musk for Not Paying His Fair Share in Taxes – The Daily Beast

On Thanksgiving Eve, Stephen Colbert dedicated a chunk of his Late Show monologue to a certain tax-avoiding billionaire, Elon Muskby all accounts the richest man in the world.

For some reason, theres always lots of billionaire news, offered Colbert. Ill give you the latest in tonights installment of my long-running segment: Rich people, theyre just not like us. Us pay taxes.

With that, Colbert dug in, addressing Musks little Twitter feud with Bernie Sanders over the Vermont senators suggestion that Musk pay his fair share in taxes.

First up: SpaceX founder Elon Musk has been a little prickly ever since Democrats suggested the wealthy pay any taxes, explained Colbert. For instance, recently Bernie Sanders tweeted, We must demand that the extremely wealthy pay their fair share. Period. To which Musk replied, I keep forgetting that youre still alive.

It was a bizarre reply, all things considered. Hey, buddy: You cannot talk to Bernie like that, Colbert shot back.

Then, he did his best Bernie Sanders impression: You better watch your mouth, space boy! Im from Brooklyn, the BK, you keep talkin to me like that, Im gonna slap the tax money you owe right off your top one percent. Remember, in space, nobody can hear me put my foot up your ass!

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