The genetic code is said to be degenerate because I can read in one direction.

遗传密码的这种性质称为简并性,我可以从一个方向去解读

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Sometimes the tax code goes overboard in the other direction, however, subjecting some income to double taxation.

FORBES: The 'Tax Expenditure' Con Job

The Uniform Trust Code provides some guidance when it states that any individual providing direction to a trustee is fiduciary per se. (Footnote 4) Contrast this with Alaska and Arizona, whose statutes state that a trust protector shall not be treated as a fiduciary unless the trust instrument provides for such treatment.

FORBES: Trust Protectors: Coming Out of the Woodwork

Lower Taxes, Fewer Deductions: Are Romney and Ryan Dodging the Specifics? and Fact-checking Romney-Ryan: Does the math add up? and A Progressive Tax Code is Economically Destructive Lowering, not raise, the top marginal rate is the right direction.

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