American Fortune Life

"Time will teach her, including us, a lot of things, some of which we thought didn't exist at all, and later discovered that it does exist, and some of which we cared about very much, but later discovered that they are not that important at all..."

Andy looked at Charlize with a mocking smile on his face, shook his head and said with a smile, seeing the slight change in the expression on her face, he lowered his head and cut a piece of beef with the knife and fork in his hand and put it into his mouth.

"I never thought of controlling you. This time I let you take little Laura to Hawaii because..."

Having said that, Andy looked at the maid, waved his hand, and said, "Go down first."

"Okay, sir." The two maids in the restaurant bowed slightly and left the restaurant.

Then Andy continued to look at Charlize, who was frowning slightly, and continued in a low voice: "I don't know if you have read the newspaper report about the swine flu virus found in Mexico. According to the news I got, some people have been infected, and It can spread from person to person, and I worry that it will become another bird flu, and California and Mexico are separated by a wall, and I worry that California will become a hotspot for infection.”

"hiss--"

Charlize, who was frowning slightly, couldn't help but change her face when she heard Andy's explanation. She definitely still remembered the panic caused by bird flu.

"My God...why didn't you tell me the truth sooner!"

Looking at the nervous Charlize, Andy shook his head slightly and said: "Don't be so nervous, I'm also taking precautions. I don't know what will happen. However, whether it's my overreaction, a false alarm, or It will really spread, and it is necessary for us to stay away from California and the United States temporarily. What do you think?"

"Nonsense, of course we have to leave, but will Hawaii be safe?" Charlize was a little anxious, after all, nothing is more important than the safety of little Laura.

"I have already prepared a seaside manor in Kauai Island, Hawaii, which has a medical room. You go there this time and bring the whole team. I have prepared all the anti-flu medicines. At least there can be isolated outsiders. , and then see how things go as we decide on the next step.

Before that, no matter what, be careful, you and little Laura will go there first, and I will fly there as soon as possible. "Andy knew that there was no need to say anything more, just by looking at Charlize's expression now, she would not stay in California even if something big happened.

After lunch, Andy took little Laura to play, and Charlize, who became nervous, began to direct and mobilize everyone, because she didn't know how long she would live in Hawaii, so she had to pack all kinds of little Laura and her own common items , ready to take all to Hawaii, including Charlize's adopted three dogs and two koalas.

All of a sudden, the entire Shanhai Manor became insane.

Around three o'clock in the afternoon, everything was ready.

"Okay, the plane is ready, call me when you arrive." Andy stood beside the convoy that was ready to leave, and said with a hug and kiss to Charlize who was holding little Laura in one hand.

"I see, you should leave as soon as possible, baby, goodbye to Dad." Charlize nodded and said to little Laura.

"baba, hold—"

The little Laura in a pink sweater opened her mouth, opened her arms and kept moving forward, looking for Andy to hug her, which almost melted Andy's heart. She hugged little Laura without saying a word , kissed her many times on the cheek.

"Heck..." It seemed to be tickled by Andy's prickly stubble, little Laura lowered her head to avoid Andy's kiss, while holding Andy's tie tightly with her little hands, Laughter like silver bells.

With a sweet smile on Charlize's glamorous pretty face, watching the intimacy between the father and daughter, Andy kept making funny faces to tease little Laura, making little Laura laugh endlessly. After ten minutes, Charlie Zicai reached out and hugged little Laura, and said to Andy: "Okay, don't make her laugh all the time, we should go, Baby, wave to Dad, goodbye..."

Little Laura raised her little hand with a coquettish smile, and after shaking it twice in the air, Charlize smiled and said goodbye to Andy again. After Laura was placed on the child seat and fixed, Andy helped close the car door. Charlize lowered the window and said to Andy, "Be careful, we're waiting for you in Hawaii."

"Well, it's time to make a call." Andy leaned on the car window and blew a kiss to little Laura, who stared at him with big eyes, and after Charlize Hongchun kissed her, he Taking a step back, he waved his hand and watched the convoy slowly drive out of Shanhai Manor.

Da da da--

"Boss, the helicopter is here."

Andy nodded to Martin, "Let's go." After finishing speaking, he took the lead and walked to the lawn in the courtyard. The whirlwind blown by the helicopter propeller made the lawn look like waves, and Andy's suit was also blown loudly. .

"This was the straw that broke the camel's back..."

"I love New York and don't want to leave here. But one small change changed the balance. It got me thinking, is this city where I want to live? It's driving people away with taxes. I consider Moving to Connecticut . . . ”

"Increasing personal tax will make it more difficult for New York State's economy to recover. From a positive point of view, the implementation period is not 5 years as previously rumored. However, the large increase in personal tax this time will have an impact on the purchasing power of the taxpayers."

After dinner, Andy lay lazily on the sofa, watching the news broadcast on TV, shaking his head involuntarily. At this time, Scarlett in a nightgown came over with two cups of coffee and sat in the chair. Dee's side, bring coffee.

"Have they really decided to tax the rich?"

"Well, Governor Patterson has always emphasized that he would only increase the personal tax to balance the government budget deficit as a last resort, but he finally nodded in agreement, reflecting to a certain extent the sharp decline in New York State's financial situation. However, this time the tax on the rich is imposed. It will undoubtedly lead to domestic capital flight, and at the same time, rich people will leave New York State one after another, and as far as I know, California also has a plan to increase taxes, almost invariably targeting high-income earners again, preparing to push the rich tax, Hollywood tycoons and Manhattan Top earners, such as stockbrokers, will face a shock going forward."

After taking two sips of coffee, Andy put the coffee cup on the table, put his arms around Scarlett's waist, lay on the sofa, sniffed the fragrance of the golden hair, and said lightly.

The wealth tax proposed by New York State this time will add two more tax groups on the basis of the current personal income tax collection plan. For those with an annual income of more than 500,000 US dollars, the tax rate will rise to 8.97%, which is the same as the highest tax rate in New Jersey. For those with an annual income of more than RMB 300,000, the tax rate increases to 7.85%. And this tax increase plan has received some applause.

Of course, this applause mainly comes from the working class and the middle class, and the rich are ready to vote with their feet. Since they can’t influence the policy, they decided to stage it. Moving away from New York State, after all, this kind of wealth tax also faces considerable opposition, and it is impossible for all states in the United States to learn and promote it.

"You don't seem to be worried?" Scarlett was originally from New York, and she was naturally the recipient of the wealth tax. She originally thought that California would be better, but when she heard Andy said that California was also preparing to collect tax, she was a little bit frown.

"Hehe, I'm not worried. I don't have much personal income. It's just the salary that various companies send me. Let them collect it. The rest of the money is the company's money, and they have done reasonable tax avoidance. This rich man The tax has little impact on me, the key is that you big stars and professional managers on Wall Street are the main targets of being levied." Andy is not worried at all about the impact of this wealth tax on him.

"Besides, in the 1920s, France also introduced a wealth tax. As a result, in order to protect their own interests, the rich quickly sold their national debt and assets valued in francs and replaced them with assets valued in pounds or dollars. , so as to transfer assets abroad. In the most serious period, the French government replaced a finance minister every five weeks on average to deal with the crisis of serious capital flight.

Under such circumstances, the French government can only make it clear that it will no longer levy capital gains tax, and the capital that fled abroad will return to France, and the turmoil caused by the "rich tax" will finally subside.

This time, it is still unknown whether the launch of the "rich tax" plan in New York State and California will repeat the old path of the French government more than 70 years ago. in the chain reaction. "

"Will you do the same?"

"Hehe, I didn't put all my eggs in one basket from the beginning. If necessary, I can transfer them out at any time!" Andy laughed.