Name: 它比你想象的要糟糕得多--它將毀滅美國 (It’s much WORSE than you think - It will wipe out America)
Uploaded: 2025-08-21T17:56:02.000Z
Duration: 23 min 46 s

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If you're a business owner, you probably hate paying taxes.

如果您是企業主，您可能討厭納稅。

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And that's why Trump proposed to eliminate the income tax entirely.

這也是特朗普提議完全取消所得稅的原因。

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So here in this video, I wanna try to answer the question, is it possible for the United States to completely eliminate income tax?

是以，在這段視頻中，我想回答這樣一個問題：美國有可能完全取消所得稅嗎？

想象一下，你會變得多麼富有。

Finally, the government is going to do something in order to help the average Joe, the average American.

終於，政府要做點什麼來幫助普通人，普通的美國人了。

Because usually when you take a look at the taxes, you kind of realize that most of the taxes are being paid by the average doctor, lawyer, engineer, and the top 1% doesn't really pays much of taxes.

因為通常情況下，當你看一下稅收情況，你就會意識到大部分稅收都是由普通醫生、律師、工程師繳納的，而前 1%的人其實並沒有繳納多少稅。

So here in this video, we're gonna figure out if tariffs can actually replace the entire income tax.

是以，在這段視頻中，我們要弄清楚關稅是否真的能取代整個所得稅。

Now, in order to do that, we have to take a look at how the US government actually earns its money and then spends its money.

現在，為了做到這一點，我們必須看看美國政府究竟是如何掙錢，然後又是如何花錢的。

So this is the government revenue of the United States.

And you can clearly see that half of the revenue comes from the income tax, which is around $2.2 trillion or 49%.

你可以清楚地看到，收入的一半來自所得稅，約為 2.2 萬億美元，佔 49%。

So when we are talking about getting rid of the income tax, we're not talking about something small, a tiny tax or a tiny source of revenue for the government.

是以，當我們在談論取消所得稅時，我們談論的並不是什麼小事情，一個很小的稅種或政府的一個很小的收入來源。

We are talking about 50% of the government's budget.

Now, if we wanna get a deep deeper into that, we kind of realize that the payroll tax is the second largest source of revenue for the government at around 37% or $1.6 trillion.

現在，如果我們想更深入地瞭解這一點，就會發現工資稅是政府的第二大收入來源，約佔 37% 或 1.6 萬億美元。

And if you're gonna be honest with each other, payroll tax is also income tax.

如果你們要坦誠相待，工資稅也是所得稅。

Yes, it's not called income tax, but it's actually being proposed in order to tax you.

是的，這不叫所得稅，但實際上是為了向你徵稅而提出的。

是以，它是由僱主和你共同支付的。

And when your employer proposes or creates or gives that job to you, guess what?

當你的僱主向你提議、創造或提供這份工作時，你猜怎麼著？

They will factor in the payroll tax within your income.

他們會將工資稅計入您的收入。

So if we did not have the payroll tax, your income would be much higher than it's today.

是以，如果我們沒有工資稅，你的收入會比現在高得多。

So if we eliminate the income tax and the payroll tax, then we eliminate around 80 to 90% of all the government's revenue.

是以，如果我們取消了所得稅和工資稅，那麼我們就取消了大約 80% 至 90% 的政府收入。

And it's very clear because all the taxes that are being paid by the corporations represent around 90% of the government's budget or less than half a trillion dollars.

這一點非常清楚，因為企業繳納的所有稅款約佔政府預算的 90%，即不到 5 萬億美元。

And everything else is around $230 billion, which is less than 5%.

而其他一切約為 2300 億美元，不到 5%。

So how is it possible that there was a time in the US history that everything was covered by tariffs?

那麼，在美國曆史上，怎麼可能出現過什麼都要徵收關稅的時代呢？

And when Trump said it, it was not a joke.

特朗普說這話時，可不是在開玩笑。

It actually was a period in the history of the United States where the government was making so much money from tariffs that it covered everything and there was no income tax in the United States.

實際上，在美國曆史上的一個時期，政府從關稅中賺了很多錢，以至於涵蓋了一切，美國沒有所得稅。

So is it possible to go back to that golden age?

那麼，有可能回到那個黃金時代嗎？

So the US government spends around $6.2 trillion and it earns around $4.5 trillion.

是以，美國政府的支出約為 6.2 萬億美元，收入約為 4.5 萬億美元。

And if you're wondering how on earth is the US government spending more than it earns, it's very simple.

如果你想知道美國政府究竟是如何做到入不敷出的，其實很簡單。

We are running a huge deficit and we are taking a debt.

我們的財政赤字巨大，而且還揹負著債務。

So the government borrows trillions of dollars every single year in order to make sure that it can meet its obligations.

是以，政府每年都要借入數萬億美元，以確保能夠履行其義務。

And that's why the US national debt is so huge.

這就是美國國債如此龐大的原因。

And most of those spending goes into social security, national defense, Medicare, and the payroll tax or the payroll income and the income tax together represent around $3.8 trillion.

其中大部分支出用於社會保障、國防、醫療保險、工資稅或工資收入和所得稅，合計約 3.8 萬億美元。

So if we get rid of this, the government will have around $500 to $600 billion.

是以，如果我們擺脫了這一點，政府將擁有大約 5000 億至 6000 億美元。

So imagine for a moment that it's the average person who's funding the government.

是以，請想象一下，資助政府的是普通人。

這不是富人的問題，也不是前 1%的人的問題。

These are not the billionaires or the trillionaires.

他們不是億萬富翁，也不是萬億富翁。

I mean, we don't have trillionaires, I mean, at least for now, but anyhow, you're the one who's paying most of those taxes because rich people pay capital gain tax.

我的意思是，我們沒有萬億富豪，我的意思是，至少現在沒有，但不管怎麼說，你是支付大部分稅款的人，因為富人要支付資本利得稅。

And a capital gain tax is represented in this chart.

而資本利得稅在本圖中有所體現。

它是如此微小，以至於你看不到它。

It's part of the other sources of income for the government.

這是政府其他收入來源的一部分。

And that's because capital gain tax is paid by the rich and it's usually not paid at all.

這是因為資本利得稅是由富人繳納的，而且通常根本不用繳納。

And it basically means that rich people usually make their money from investments.

這基本上意味著，富人通常通過投資賺錢。

And you actually pay money or the taxes on your investments only when you sell your investments.

實際上，只有在出售投資時，您才需要支付投資款或稅款。

So when you watch the news and you see that Elon Musk has made $100 billion, guess what?

所以，當你看新聞，看到埃隆-馬斯克賺了 1000 億美元時，你猜怎麼著？

Because in order for Elon Musk to pay taxes on his $100 billion, he need to sell, he must sell his investments, realize his gains, have that cash in the pocket, then only he's going to pay taxes.

因為為了讓埃隆-馬斯克為他的 1000 億美元納稅，他需要出售，他必須出售他的投資，實現他的收益，將現金收入囊中，然後他才能納稅。

So unless he does that, he's not paying taxes.

是以，除非他這樣做，否則他就沒有納稅。

My Nvidia stocks has grown by 150%, for example, over the last 12 months.

例如，我持有的英偉達股票在過去 12 個月裡增長了 150%。

Because I'm not selling my investments unless I sell my investments.

因為除非我賣掉我的投資，否則我不會賣掉我的投資。

So if I invested, for example, a million dollars into Nvidia, and now they're worth $2.5 million, I'm not paying any taxes unless I'm selling that.

是以，舉例來說，如果我向 Nvidia 投資了一百萬美元，現在他們的價值是 250 萬美元，除非我賣掉它，否則我不需要繳納任何稅款。

And that's why billionaires get so insanely rich while they don't pay any taxes at all.

這就是為什麼億萬富翁富得流油，而他們卻不用繳納任何稅款的原因。

And even if they pay taxes, guess what's their tax rate?

即使他們納稅，你猜他們的稅率是多少？

It is anything between zero to 15% at the best case scenario.

And that's why even if they pay taxes, they will pay much smaller than that.

這就是為什麼即使他們交稅，也會比交稅少得多。

And that's why if you take a look at this number, you see that it's a tiny percentage of the government's revenue.

這就是為什麼如果你看一下這個數字，就會發現它只佔政府收入的很小一部分。

They're not dumb, and that's why they're so insanely rich.

他們並不傻，所以才會如此富有。

When they realize that capital gain tax rate is so high, they will not be selling their investments.

當他們意識到資本利得稅率如此之高時，他們就不會出售自己的投資了。

So there will be a president who will lower down taxes, and then only they are going to sell their investments, and they will pay a much lower percentage than everybody else.

是以，會有一位總統降低稅率，然後只有他們會出售自己的投資，他們的納稅比例會比其他人低得多。

So if we actually get rid of the income tax and the payroll tax, the government will actually go bankrupt.

是以，如果我們真的取消了所得稅和工資稅，政府實際上就會破產。

And that's an important thing to keep in mind.

So how did the United States survive so many years without paying any taxes, without having an income tax or payroll tax?

那麼，美國是如何在不納稅、不徵收所得稅或工資稅的情況下生存了這麼多年的呢？

This is how the government used to collect income and taxes historically.

歷史上，政府就是這樣徵收收入和稅收的。

And if you see at the yellow chart or the yellow color, this is tariffs.

如果你看到黃色的圖表或黃色的顏色，這就是關稅。

So for a long time, the United States used to cover all of its expenses from tariffs.

是以，在很長一段時間裡，美國曾經用關稅來支付所有開支。

And something fundamentally changed over this period when the sources of revenue for the government has changed.

在此期間，政府的收入來源發生了根本性的變化。

And now tariffs represent a tiny percentage as you can see it right now.

而現在，關稅只佔很小的比例。

So what exactly happened back in 1912 and 1914 when income tax was introduced and it started playing a fundamentally huge role in the government?

那麼，在 1912 年和 1914 年引入所得稅並開始在政府中發揮根本性的巨大作用時，究竟發生了什麼？

How did the people woke up one day and they saw that now they have to pay a 20, 30% income tax and nobody cared about that?

人們怎麼會在某一天醒悟過來，發現自己現在要繳納 20%、30% 的所得稅，卻無人問津呢？

Because the United States got its independence and fought for its independence in the first place because one of the reasons was that they did not want to keep paying taxes to the Britain.

因為美國當初之所以能夠獨立併為之奮鬥，原因之一就是他們不想繼續向英國納稅。

So how did the US people actually accepted that?

那麼，美國人民究竟是如何接受的呢？

And to answer that question, we have to take a look at the history.

要回答這個問題，我們必須回顧一下歷史。

So if you just go back, for example, to 1914, World War I happened.

是以，如果你回到 1914 年，第一次世界大戰就發生了。

And World War I was probably the main reason why income tax actually started playing such an important role in the US government.

第一次世界大戰可能是所得稅開始在美國政府中扮演如此重要角色的主要原因。

So before World War I, United States had around 200,000 people in its military and it's had a small outdated Navy.

是以，在第一次世界大戰之前，美國的軍隊大約有 20 萬人，而且它的海軍規模很小，已經過時。

Remember, the United States is covered or, I mean, from one side it has an ocean and from the other side it has an ocean.

請記住，美國是被覆蓋的，或者說，從一邊看是海洋，從另一邊看也是海洋。

So to protect itself, it needs a huge Navy.

是以，為了保護自己，它需要一支龐大的海軍。

But back in those days, it did not have a Navy.

但在那個年代，它還沒有海軍。

So to sustain such a small military, it's very easy.

是以，要維持這樣一支小規模的軍隊，非常容易。

But when World War I happened and the United States was dragged into that war, United States had to maximize its spending on its military.

但是，當第一次世界大戰爆發，美國被捲入戰爭時，美國不得不最大限度地增加軍費開支。

So suddenly it went to around 4.8 million active personnel.

是以，現役人員突然增加到 480 萬左右。

The United States increased its number of ships to around 774 ships and became the second largest Navy in the world, just behind Great Britain.

美國的艦船數量增加到約 774 艘，成為僅次於英國的世界第二大海軍。

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