民主党籍众议员罗·卡纳（Ro Khanna）猛烈抨击加利福尼亚州拟议财富税的反对者，此前 Meta Platforms Inc. 公司披露了首席执行官马克·扎克伯格（Mark Zuckerberg）如何谈判达成协议、为可能缴纳该税款并留在该州提供资金的惊人细节。
Democrat Ro Khanna lashed out at opponents of California’s proposed wealth tax after Meta Platforms Inc. revealed stunning details of how Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg negotiated a deal to fund his potential payment of the levy and stay in the state if the measure passes.
“看起来亿万富翁们会留下来，并想办法缴纳这笔税，”卡纳在 X 平台上表示。“加文，你和谢尔盖·布林（Sergey Brin）能不能别再危言耸听、说什么亿万富翁大逃亡了？”这位代表硅谷选区的众议员指的是加利福尼亚州州长加文·纽森（Gavin Newsom）和谷歌联合创始人布林。纽森是民主党人，反对该税；布林是世界上最富有的人之一。
“Looks like billionaires will stay and figure out a way to pay the tax,” Khanna said on X. “Gavin, can you and Sergey Brin stop with your fear-mongering of a billionaire exodus?”Khanna, a congressman who represents Silicon Valley, was referring to California Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who opposes the tax, and Google co-founder Brin, one of the world’s richest people.
布林已采取措施离开加州，并为反对“40号提案”的运动提供资金支持。该提案拟对该州亿万富翁的财富一次性征收 5% 的税，将在 11 月的选票上供选民表决。民调显示，选民对该措施意见不一。纽森和布林的代表未立即回应置评请求。
Brin has taken steps to leave California and is bankrolling a campaign against Proposition 40, a proposed one-time 5% tax on the wealth of the state’s billionaires that’s on the November ballot. Polls show voters are divided on the measure. Representatives of Newsom and Brin didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment.
富有居民离开加州的前景，已成为反对向该州亿万富翁征税的核心论据。征税支持者现在抓住扎克伯格同意留在该州这一事实，作为相反的证据。
The prospect of wealthy residents leaving California has become a central argument against taxing the state’s billionaires. Supporters of the levy are now seizing on Zuckerberg’s agreement to stay in the state as evidence to the contrary.
在“40号提案”获得入选资格后，扎克伯格曾考虑退出加州。根据彭博亿万富翁指数，这位 Meta 联合创始人的净资产目前估值为 2300 亿美元，如果该措施生效，他可能面临数十亿美元的税单。
Zuckerberg considered exiting California after Proposition 40 qualified for the ballot. The Meta co-founder, whose net worth is currently valued at $230 billion by the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, could face a multibillion-dollar bill if the measure takes effect.
随后，Meta 批准创建一类新的无投票权股票，这将允许扎克伯格在不放弃对公司投票控制权的情况下筹集现金。他承诺在加州居住——或在 Meta 总部所在地居住——长达八年。
Meta subsequently approved the creation of a new class of nonvoting stock that would allow Zuckerberg to raise cash without giving up voting control of the company. He committed to reside in California — or wherever Meta keeps its headquarters — for eight years.
“这是关于潜在亿万富翁外流谎言的最后一根稻草，”支持该税收的竞选团队发言人苏珊·希门尼斯在一份声明中说。她说，扎克伯格承诺留在加州，表明“亿万富翁外流的恐吓故事正在瓦解。”在一次采访中，卡纳也称扎克伯格的同意“听觉失调”，并援引了英伟达首席执行官黄仁勋的例子，后者曾表示他“完全没问题”缴纳拟议的税收。
“This is the nail in the coffin of the lies about potential billionaire flight,” Suzanne Jimenez, a spokesperson for the campaign supporting the tax, said in a statement. Zuckerberg’s commitment to remain in California, she said, shows “the billionaire exodus scare story is falling apart.”In an interview, Khanna also called Zuckerberg’s agreement “tone deaf” and cited the example of Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang, who has said he is “perfectly fine” with paying the proposed levy.
“身价数十亿美元、过去三年财富增长了144%的人，应该持有黄仁勋那样的态度，即我们将缴纳这笔税款，”卡纳说。
“People who are worth billions of dollars, whose wealth has gone up 144% in the last three years should have the attitude that Jensen does, which is we’re going to pay the tax,” said Khanna.