Senator behind billionaires tax denounces Elon Musk Twitter poll stunt

• Tesla owner offers to sell 10% of shares - as poll demands
• Ron Wyden has proposed tax to help fund Biden plans

After Elon Musk asked his Twitter followers to vote on whether he should sell 10% of his Tesla stock, the architect of the proposed billionaires tax that prompted the move dismissed the tweet as a stunt.

Whether or not the world's wealthiest man pays any taxes at all shouldn't depend on the results of a Twitter poll," said Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat and chair of the Senate finance committee. It's time for the billionaires income tax."