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亚马逊创始人杰夫·贝佐斯周三接受CNBC采访时表示，美国底层一半的工薪阶层不应缴纳联邦所得税，他认为取消这些税收可以缓解经济压力并激励创业。
目前美国半数纳税人缴纳的联邦所得税约占总税额的3%，贝佐斯称这一比例应降至“零”。据彭博亿万富翁指数显示，2021年卸任亚马逊首席执行官的贝佐斯是全球第四大富豪，身家估值达2790亿美元。
无党派税收政策机构税收基金会的数据显示，美国最富有的1%家庭缴纳了约40%的联邦所得税。
贝佐斯此番言论正值美国部分民主党州议员和国会议员再次推动针对百万富翁和亿万富翁的新财富税之际。与此同时，共和党所谓的“宏伟且完善”的税收与支出法案包含了减税条款，批评人士称这些减税政策主要惠及最富裕家庭。
贝佐斯表示，政府可以通过“取消困难人群的纳税义务”，为他们“提供更好的创业成功机会”。
“他们或许会成为下一个史蒂夫·乔布斯，”贝佐斯在谈及已故苹果联合创始人时说道。
零税负，而非减税
贝佐斯明确表示，他并非呼吁降低低收入家庭的所得税。
“我不是要减税，而是要彻底免税，”他在接受CNBC采访人安德鲁·罗斯·索尔金采访时表示，“我认为零税率意义非凡，零比1美元这个数字要好得多。”
贝佐斯发表此番观点之际，部分民主党州正在提议对超级富豪居民征税。上个月，加州一项针对亿万富翁征税的提案支持者征集到了足够签名，该提案将出现在11月的投票清单中。该提案将对净资产超过10亿美元的加州居民征收一次性5%的税。
今年3月，马萨诸塞州联邦参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦提出了《2026年超级百万富翁税法》。该法案呼吁对资产超过5000万美元的家庭和信托基金征收每年2%的税，并对亿万富翁的财富额外征收1%的税。该法案还提议对放弃美国公民身份、资产超过5000万美元的个人征收40%的“出境税”。
此外，新泽西州参议员科里·布克提出了《保留薪酬法案》，该法案将取消联合报税家庭首7.5万美元收入的所得税。
税收基金会的数据显示，根据联邦所得税体系，2023年年收入低于53801美元的半数纳税人平均所得税税率为3.7%。而最富有的1%纳税人平均税率为26.3%。
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Jeff Bezos says bottom half of U.S. earners should pay no federal income tax
May 20, 2026 1:23 PM EDT / CBS News
By Megan Cerullo Reporter, MoneyWatch
Megan Cerullo is a New York-based reporter for CBS MoneyWatch covering small business, workplace, health care, consumer spending and personal finance topics. She regularly appears on CBS News 24/7 to discuss her reporting.
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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos told CNBC on Wednesday that the bottom half of U.S. earners should pay no federal income tax, arguing that eliminating those taxes could ease financial strain and encourage entrepreneurship.
The bottom half of U.S. taxpayers currently pays about 3% of federal income taxes, a share Bezos said should fall to “zero.” Bezos, who stepped back as Amazon’s CEO in 2021, is the world’s fourth-richest person, with a fortune valued at $279 billion, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.
The top 1% of households pay about 40% of federal income taxes, according to the Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan tax policy institute.
Bezos’ comments come amid renewed pushes from some Democratic state and federal lawmakers to institute new wealth taxes aimed at millionaires and billionaires. At the same time, the Republicans’ “big, beautiful” tax and spending bill included tax breaks that critics say predominantly help the wealthiest households.
The government can give “people who are struggling today” a better chance at entrepreneurial success “by eliminating their tax bill,” Bezos said.
“Maybe they’re going to be the next Steve Jobs,” Bezos said, referring to the late co-founder of Apple.
Zero taxes, not lower taxes
Bezos made it clear that he’s not calling for a reduction in income tax for lower-income families.
“I don’t want to reduce it, I want to eliminate it,” he told CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin. “I think there’s something very powerful about zero. Zero is a better number than $1.”
Bezos stated his views as some Democratic states are proposing taxes on ultra-wealthy residents. Last month, proponents of a proposal to tax California billionaires obtained enough signatures for the measure to appear on the November ballot. The measure would impose a one-time 5% tax on Californians with net worths of $1 billion or more.
In March, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, introduced the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act of 2026. The bill calls for an annual 2% tax on households and trusts worth more than $50 million, plus an extra 1% tax on billionaires’ wealth. It also proposes a 40% “exit tax” on individuals worth more than $50 million who renounce their American citizenship.
Additionally, Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey has proposed the Keep Your Pay Act, which would eliminate taxes on the first $75,000 for households filing joint tax returns.
Under the federal income-tax system, the bottom half of taxpayers — those making less than $53,801 annually — faced an average income-tax rate of 3.7% in 2023, Tax Foundation data shows. The top 1% paid an average rate of 26.3%.
Edited by Aimee Picchi
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