Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Says DOGE Department Is A 'Once-In-A-Lifetime-Opprtunity,' Advocates Abolishing Individual Income Tax
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong Says DOGE Department Is A 'Once-In-A-Lifetime-Opprtunity,' Advocates Abolishing Individual Income Tax
He argued that offloading the tax reporting burden from millions of individual Americans to approximately 10,000 of the largest companies would simplify the system significantly.Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has proposed eliminating individual income taxes in the U.S., suggesting a radical shift in the tax burden to businesses and alternative revenue sources like sales taxes.
Coinbase首席执行官布赖恩·阿姆斯特朗提议在美国取消个人所得税，暗示将税收负担激进地转移到企业及销售税等替代营收来源上。
What Happened: Armstrong's call, shared in a series of tweets on Sunday, aligns with his broader vision for reducing government size and enhancing economic freedom.
阿姆斯特朗在周日一系列推文中表示，他的看涨与他缩小政府规模、增强经济自由的更广泛愿景一致。
"It's kind of crazy that we ask every adult in the U.S. to figure out how to pay their taxes," Armstrong tweeted, pointing to the complexity of the current tax code, which spans an estimated 150,000 pages.
“让每位美国成年人都要想法支付他们的税款，有点疯狂，”阿姆斯特朗在推特上发文，指出了目前税法复杂性的问题，据估计有15万页。
He argued that offloading the tax reporting burden from millions of individual Americans to approximately 10,000 of the largest companies would simplify the system significantly.
他认为，将数百万美国个人的税收申报责任转嫁给大约1万家最大的公司，将大大简化制度。
Armstrong added, "Try to generate equivalent revenue via a sales tax, or on business income, etc."
阿姆斯特朗补充说：“可以尝试通过销售税或营业收入等方式实现相应的收入。”
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He also highlighted United States Department of Government Efficiency's unique potential to drive economic freedom in the U.S., describing it as a "once-in-a-lifetime opportunity."
他还强调了美国政府效率部门在推动美国经济自由方面的独特潜力，称其为“千载难逢的机遇”。
On Nov. 13, Trump officially named Musk and Ramaswamy as leaders of a newly established agency focused on optimizing federal operations through waste reduction, regulatory cuts, and agency restructuring.
特朗普于11月13日正式任命马斯克和拉马斯瓦米为新成立的机构领导人，重点是通过减少浪费、简化监管和重组机构来优化联邦运营。
He cited the need for systemic reforms, including a potential constitutional amendment capping government expenditure, to curtail what he sees as adverse incentives that expand government size over time.
他提到了需要系统性改革，包括潜在的宪法修正案，限制政府支出，以遏制他认为会随着时间扩大政府规模的不利激励。
Armstrong proposed, "Every citizen then has skin in the game," suggesting a U.S. sovereign wealth fund that would provide citizens with shares and dividends from budget surpluses.
阿姆斯特朗提议：“每个公民都应该有利益相关”，建议设立一个美国主权财富基金，为公民提供股份和预算盈余的分红。
What's Next: The debate is particularly timely as the industry prepares for events like Benzinga's Future of Digital Assets conference on Nov. 19, where such disruptive ideas and technologies are set to take center stage.
下一步该是什么呢：在行业为11月19日的财富数字资产未来活动做准备之际，这场辩论显得尤为及时，届时这些颠覆性的想法和技术将成为亮点。
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