The hue and cry about death duties is all the more puzzling since they affect few people.

由于遗产税几乎没有影响民众，因此，大家对遗产税的各种不满就显得很莫名其妙。

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Both chancellors of the exchequer used extra revenues from death duties to lower the income tax.

两位财政大臣都用从遗产税增加的额外税收抵减所得税，并使所得税降低。

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Another argument for death duties is that big bequests make people less likely to work and to be enterprising.

另一个关于遗产税的争论就是大额的遗赠极有可能让人们脱离工作和失去事业心。

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Both chancellors of the exchequer used extra revenues from death duties to lower the income tax.

ECONOMIST: How to improve an unpopular tax

The gut dislike of death duties seems to arise because the tax clashes with heartfelt dynastic instincts.

ECONOMIST: How to improve an unpopular tax

Another argument for death duties is that big bequests make people less likely to work and to be enterprising.

ECONOMIST: How to improve an unpopular tax