I understand this thread is about Elon, and everyone has own opinion... However, 20% tax is still quite "reasonable" if you compare it for example for many European countries. Anyway, what ever the tax will be, there is always means to avoid it - it's just politics. For example, in Finland capital tax is something like 34%, and things are practically double taxed in many cases to feed "communist" regime... anyway, those who really have money don't really pay much taxes and the same will be in the US.