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高三英语培优外刊阅读 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 外刊精选｜美国顶级富豪纳税率远低上班族，再掀“富人税”争议 近日，美国非盈利新闻机构ProPublica发布的一份报告指出，包括亚马逊CEO贝索斯、传媒巨头布隆伯格和特斯拉CEO马斯克在内的25名最富有的美国人，在2014至2018年间仅缴纳了极低的税款，甚至有未纳税的情况，纳税率远低于普通工薪阶层。这究竟是怎么一回事？拥有巨额财产的富豪们纳税率为何更低？ Wealthiest Executives Paid Little to Nothing in Federal Income Taxes, Report Says By Alan Rappeport The 25 richest Americans, including Jeff Bezos, Michael Bloomberg and Elon Musk, paid relatively little — and sometimes nothing — in federal income taxes between 2014 and 2018, according to an analysis from the news organization ProPublica that was based on a trove of Internal Revenue Service tax data. The documents reveal the stark inequity in the American tax system, as plutocrats were able to benefit from a complex web of loopholes in the tax code and the fact that the United States puts its emphasis on taxing labor income versus wealth. Much of the wealth that the rich accrue — like shares in companies they run, vacation homes, yachts and other investments — isn’t considered “taxable income” unless those assets are sold and a gain is realized. Even then, there are loopholes in the tax code that can limit or erase all tax liability. The rare window into the tactics of the nation’s top billionaires comes as President Biden is trying to overhaul the tax code so that corporations and the rich pay more. Lawmakers like Senator Elizabeth Warren have championed the idea of placing a 2 percent tax on an individual’s net worth above $50 million — including the value of stocks, houses, boats and anything else a person owns, after subtracting any debts. Ms. Warren said, “The real action in America is on wealth, not income.” 【词汇过关】 请写出下面文单词在文章中的中文意思。 1.executive [?ɡ?zekj?t?v] n. ____________________________ 2.stark [stɑ?k] adj. ____________________________ 3.plutocrat [?plu?t?kr?t] n. ____________________________ 4.tax [t?ks] vt. ____________________________ 5.versus (vs.) [?v??s?s] prep. ____________________________ 6.accrue [??kru?] vi. ____