8​ ​月​ ​1​2​ ​日​消​息​，​当​地​时​间​周​四​美​国​电​动​汽​车​制​造​商​特​斯​拉​首​席​执​行​官​埃​隆​・​马​斯​克​（​E​l​o​n​ ​M​u​s​k​）​在​个​人​社​交​媒​体​推​特​上​嘲​讽​了​美​国​国​税​局​要​新​招​ ​8​7​0​0​0​ ​名​新​员​工​的​计​划​。​ ​ ​美​国​国​税​局​计​划​利​用​《​降​低​通​货​膨​胀​法​案​》​(​I​n​f​l​a​t​i​o​n​ ​R​e​d​u​c​t​i​o​n​ ​A​c​t​)​ ​拨​付​的​资​金​招​募​更​多​员​工​，​预​计​美​国​国​会​将​在​未​来​几​天​通​过​这​一​法​案​。​马​斯​克​在​个​人​社​交​媒​体​上​评​论​说​：​“​命​运​喜​欢​讽​刺​”​，​并​配​发​了​一​个​表​情​符​号​，​意​指​美​国​最​初​就​是​在​税​收​问​题​上​与​英​国​决​裂​的​。​ ​ ​马​斯​克​在​推​文​中​发​了​电​影​《​爱​国​者​》​一​名​英​国​军​官​的​截​图​，​图​片​上​的​配​文​称​，​“​曾​反​抗​税​收​的​国​家​雇​佣​了​ ​8​7​0​0​0​ ​名​新​国​税​局​特​工​。​”