The Panama Papers prove it:
America can afford a universal basic income
作者：
Colin Holtz
［文章鏈接：］http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/07/panama-papers-taxes-universal-basic-income-public-services
文章說：米國可有錢啦！如果米國富人都把他們欠的稅交上，米國完全有足夠的錢用來投入到公共服務、公共設施建設中去。
但是，米國的富人把錢偷走了，藏在了巴拿馬、百慕大和開曼群島，不交稅，因而剝奪了米國人民應該享有的好處。
這些錢有多少呢？大約是21萬億到32萬億美元（$21–32tn）。你算算：如果給每個米國人發$12,000，總共也不過就是3萬6千億美元（$3.6tn），比21萬億乘上39.6%的稅率，得出的8萬3千億美元要少多啦！
If the super-rich actually paid what they owe in taxes, the US would have loads more money available for public services.
But while working and middle-class families pay their taxes or face consequences, the Panama Papers remind us that the worst of the 1% have, for years, essentially been stealing access to Americans’ common birthright, and to the benefits of our shared endeavors.
The Tax Justice Network estimates the global elite are sitting on $21–32tn of untaxed assets. … To ensure that no American fell into absolute abject poverty – say, $12,000 a year for every adult – would cost around $3.6tn.
