United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby is quite the guy. It’s not just what he has to say about the industry, but also what he has to say that doesn’t involve the industry. In this case, he’s doubling down on the concept of a national wealth tax, and he’s adding the concept of compulsory national service to the mix.

United CEO has opinions on taxes & national service

Is the timing of this deliberate, or what’s going on?

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United CEO has opinions on taxes & national service

Recently, United’s CEO had an interview where he talked about how “wealth inequality has become a danger to our society, and we need to address that,” and he suggested “we should have a national wealth tax,” and “we should have inheritance taxes that get close to 100 percent at some level,” and he “would pay them.” Kirby is of course a very wealthy guy , and he has taken home $84.8 million from his job as United CEO in the past three years alone.

That wasn’t just a one-off statement, but in a Bloomberg TV interview on Wednesday,…