On moral grounds, then, we could argue for a flat income tax of 90 percent to return that wealth to its real owners.

于是，在道德基础我们赞成把90%的单一所得税退回给它真正的所有者。

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Net of inflation and net of taxes, that's awfully close to zero real after-tax return.

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It offers a crummy yield on its bonds, repays your principal with cheesy, inflated dollars and then has the gall to tax you on your nonexistent real return.

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By dealing with the revenue question piecemeal, the deals have wasted political capital that might otherwise be spent convincing Republicans that they could accept more in tax revenue overall, if that came in return for a real overhaul of the tax code that would generate more economic growth.

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