Coinbase CEO weighs California exit over ‘deeply un-American’ wealth tax
Coinbase CEO 因「极度非美国」的财富税考虑撤出加州
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said he is considering exiting California over the state’s “deeply un-American” proposed wealth tax.
Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong 表示，他正考虑撤出加州，原因是该州「极度非美国」的拟议财富税。
During a Tuesday evening appearance on “The Katie Miller Podcast,” Armstrong warned that tech founders are fleeing California over the state’s proposed first-of-its-kind billionaire tax – and hinted his firm, which operates its largest office in San Francisco, might be next in line.
周二晚间做客《The Katie Miller Podcast》时，Armstrong 警告：科技创始人正因该州拟议的首创性亿万富翁税逃离加州——并暗示他的公司（在旧金山设有最大办公室）可能是下一个。
“I think it’s deeply un-American to seize people’s assets. It might be unconstitutional,” said Armstrong, who is worth an estimated $8.8 billion, according to Forbes.
「我认为没收人们的资产极度非美国。这可能违宪，」Armstrong 说——据福布斯，他身家估计 88 亿美元。
He argued that he has paid “tons of taxes” on his income and has no problem doing so – but that an extra tax on wealth and assets “starts to feel like a third-world country. That is a dangerous, dangerous path to go down.
他辩称自己的收入已缴「大量税款」、对此没有问题——但对财富和资产的额外税「开始像第三世界国家。那是一条危险、危险的道路。」
“It’s against my values, I would say. I think it’s bad for the state and for America. So we’re considering any and all options basically at this point to be, in terms of relocation,” Armstrong said.
「这违背我的价值观，我想说。我认为这对州和美国都不好。所以在搬迁这件事上，我们 basically 正在考虑任何和所有选项，」Armstrong 说。
The exec added that he wouldn’t be so opposed to additional taxes if there wasn’t so much fraud and waste in the government.
这位高管还说，要是政府没有那么多欺诈和浪费，他对额外税收不会那么反对。
Armstrong told CNBC last week that he’s considering relocating his home out of California by the end of the year.
Armstrong 上周告诉 CNBC，他正考虑年底前把住所搬离加州。
As of June, Coinbase – an American crypto exchange and wallet platform with venture capitalist powerhouse Marc Andreessen on its board – employed 4,300 workers internationally.
截至 6 月，Coinbase——一家美国加密货币交易所和钱包平台、风投大亨 Marc Andreessen 在其董事会——全球雇员 4300 人。
The company insists it is a remote-first operation – but last May it signed a lease for 150,000 square feet of San Francisco office space. That came just four years after it paid $25 million to break its previous office lease in the same city.
公司坚称自己是远程优先运营——但去年 5 月它签下旧金山 15 万平方英尺办公室的租约。而这距离它花 2500 万美元在同一城市解约旧办公室才过了四年。
