Facts About Billionaires: It is helpful to understand the magnitude of a Billion dollars. Here: . Is the median income for US workers ($59000). Here is how many years that person must work to earn a million bucks: ................. Here is how many years to get to a Billion: ...………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………......………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………......………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………......………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………......………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………......………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………......………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………......………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………........………………………..... You probably get the point. Thats not even close to the total number of dots you need to equal 1 billion annual salaries for the average hardworking American. You need a total of 16,949 dots to represent a billion years' worth of pay for someone like your mom or dad. Now ask yourself if it's fair any person to have 16,942 years worth of the pay your mom earned. Then think of this: imagine if one person, just one person, had an amount of money equal to what your mom would have worked 5,932,203 years to earn. That's what Elon Musk has. What he has, my mom would have had to work for almost SIX MILLION YEARS to equal. Is that fair? Is Elon Musk worth 5,932,203 moms, dads, sons, daughters, plumbers nurses doctors engineers artists janitors teachers musicians cameramen bus drivers pilots tour guides secretaries, people? Is he?