Bernie Sanders Rips Into Elon Musk’s Tesla Pay Package — But Chamath Palihapitiya Fires Back, Defending It As ‘Earned’ | Official Website of Louis Velazquez, entrepreneur, finance guy and tech innovator

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Bernie Sanders Rips Into Elon Musk’s Tesla Pay Package — But Chamath Palihapitiya Fires Back, Defending It As ‘Earned’

Sen. Bernie Sanders blasted Tesla’s proposed $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk as “insane,” while Chamath Palihapitiya countered that Musk would only earn it through revolutionary products driving massive consumer adoption.

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