The Panama Papers prove it:
America can afford a universal basic income
作者：
Colin Holtz
［文章链接：］http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/apr/07/panama-papers-taxes-universal-basic-income-public-services
文章说：米国可有钱啦！如果米国富人都把他们欠的税交上，米国完全有足够的钱用来投入到公共服务、公共设施建设中去。
但是，米国的富人把钱偷走了，藏在了巴拿马、百慕大和开曼群岛，不交税，因而剥夺了米国人民应该享有的好处。
这些钱有多少呢？大约是21万亿到32万亿美元（$21–32tn）。你算算：如果给每个米国人发$12,000，总共也不过就是3万6千亿美元（$3.6tn），比21万亿乘上39.6%的税率，得出的8万3千亿美元要少多啦！
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.
