联合航空公司首席执行官斯科特·柯比在周日发表的采访中表示支持征收全国性的财富税和遗产税，认为这有助于为美国人创造公平的竞争环境。
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby backed national wealth and inheritance taxes in an interview published Sunday, arguing they would help level the playing field for Americans.
柯比告诉《纽约时报》，财富不平等'已经成为我们社会的危险'，并强调联邦政府必须'解决'这一问题。
Kirby told The New York Times that wealth inequality “has become a danger to our society,” adding the federal government must “address” it.
他补充说：'我们应该征收全国性的财富税——因为如果按州来征收，人们只会搬去其他州。我认为我们应该征收接近100%的遗产税，我愿意为此纳税。'
“We should have a national wealth tax — it won’t work by state because people will just move,” the United CEO added. “And I think we should have inheritance taxes that get close to 100 percent at some level. I would pay them.”
多年来，进步派立法者和候选人一直提议征收财富税以解决收入不平等问题并增加社会项目的资金。
Progressive lawmakers and candidates have for years proposed a wealth tax to address income inequality and boost funding for social programs.
在本届中期选举中，加利福尼亚州的选民将决定该州是否会对亿万富翁的财富征收一次性5%的税。这笔税收将用于资助州立医疗保健和食品援助项目以及公共教育。
In California this midterm season, voters will decide whether the state will impose a one-time 5 percent tax on billionaires’ wealth. Revenue from the tax would fund state healthcare and food assistance programs, along with public education.
根据加州大学伯克利分校政府研究所上个月进行的一项民意调查，45%的受访者支持这项提议。
Forty-five percent of respondents to a poll the University of California Berkeley’s Institute of Governmental Studies conducted last month backed Proposition 40, which proposes the wealth tax.
虽然这一比例低于通过所需的多数支持率，但有42%的受访者反对该措施，13%的人尚未决定。
That is below the majority support needed for passage. Forty-two percent of respondents were against the measure, while 13 percent were undecided.
参议员伯尼·桑德斯（佛蒙特州）和众议员罗·卡纳（加利福尼亚州）于3月提出了立法，建议对净资产超过10亿美元的家庭征收每年5%的财富税。
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) introduced legislation in March to establish a 5 percent annual wealth tax on households with a net worth of more than $1 billion.
经济学家埃马纽埃尔·塞兹和加布里埃尔·祖赫曼的分析显示，该提案在未来十年内将筹集约4.4万亿美元，并在15年后使'典型'亿万富翁的财富减少一半。
The proposal would raise roughly $4.4 trillion over the next decade and cut the wealth of the “typical” billionaire in half after 15 years, according to an analysis from economists Emmanuel Saez and Gabriel Zuchman.
另一项由税收政策中心研究人员去年进行的分析发现，对资产超过5000万美元的家庭征收1%的财富税——对于未婚申报者则为2500万美元——将在10年内筹集近2万亿美元。
Another analysis researchers at the Tax Policy Center conducted last year found that a 1 percent wealth tax on households with greater than $50 million in assets — and greater than $25 million for unmarried filers — would raise nearly $2 trillion over a 10-year period.