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2015年7月2日 星期四

[Listen] 有錢人該不該多繳稅?



 

有錢人不會創造就業機會,Nick Hanauer從這個論點出發,如果我們不課富人稅,是因為怕課富人稅之後,有錢人減少誘因導致工作機會也銳減,那真是大錯特錯,就像我們曾以為地球是宇宙的中心一樣。

工作機會的增加來自於富裕的中產階級,中產階級才是最大宗的消費者,當他們富裕且願意消費,市場的需求提高後,企業才會聘更多的人來滿足需求。,工作機會在此時增加。這才是經濟運作的迴圈,而中產階級迴圈裡是最大的驅動者。相反的,有錢人和一般人一樣,只會買幾件衣服,偶爾和親朋好友聚餐,不會因為特別有錢就買3000台車子。Nick Hanauer於是主張課富人稅,從有錢人那裏拿錢來投資於社會和中產階級,當中產階級富裕增加消費的時候,有錢人也通常是那些企業擁有者也跟著獲益。

有趣的問題是,如果你是那些有錢人當中的一份子,你的成功也是靠你不停努力達成的,好不容易來到有錢階級時,政府所要加重稅金,從你的口袋拿出更多的錢,你願意嗎? 你也許會覺得,你的財富和別人是你努力換來的,為什麼因為金額比較多,就要被課比較多稅。Nick Hanauer想說的也許是,你現在不做投資(在中產階級),當所有財富都集中在金字塔頂端的時候,你不一定是受益者,因為經濟的迴圈即將失效,社會也只會越來越動盪不安。

這當然還有另一個問題,就是實行社會正義的政府,能不能有效的利用這筆從富人拿來的錢,讓所謂的「投資」於中產階級,可以看到成效。理想中,何謂實質的正義,怎樣才是有效的措施,需要全民一起參與討論溝通,再透過政府去執行。如果我們想得不夠遠,沒辦法有更多人加入「我們」,替多數人和整體社會著想,那社會正義就會離我們越來越遠吧


Quotes from this talk
Jobs are consequence of a circle of lifelike feedback loop between customers and businesses
Another reason that this idea is so wrong headed is that there can never be enough super rich people to power a great economy
Taxing the rich to pay for investments that benefit all is such a fantastic deal for the middle class and the rich

Words to take away
1. 過程中: the course of something
Hiring more people is a course of last resort for capitalists
2. 不老實的: disingenuous
Calling ourselves job creators isn't just inaccurate; it's disingenuous
3. 稅率優惠: tax exemption
When the biggest tax exemptions and the lowest tax rates benefit the richest all in the name of job creation
4. 錯得離譜: wrong headed
The idea is so wrong-headed
4. 勉強過日子、還過得去: squeak by
5. 急遽上升的: spiraling
The falling consumption of the vast majority of middle-class families that are barely squeaking by,hurried by spiraling costs
6. 神話、崇拜: deification
It is kind of hard to justify without a touch of deification
7. 明智的: shrewd
Taxing the rich to make investments to make the middle class grow and thrive is the single schrewdest thing we can do for the middle class, for the poor and for the rich


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