Elon Musk's company avoided almost all federal income tax on over $12 billion of U.S. income over the past three years Tesla, the company owned by a billionaire who briefly held a job seeking to cut federal government waste, received over $1.1 billion in federal income tax breaks from American taxpayers last year alone.

Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025. Meanwhile, thanks to his new Tesla pay package, Elon Musk could stand to make $3 billion more per year than all 1.4 million elementary school teachers in the U.S. combined. See the problem here?

-- Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) Feb 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM