And they would certainly be a less extreme solution than the general debt cancellation envisaged in the Old Testament.

而且比起《旧约全书》中设想的全面免除债务，它们显然相对不是那么极端。

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Progressive taxation is not the sole solution to extreme economic inequality in the US, but it can mitigate its effects.

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But this is domestic policy of extreme importance, and it is a solution rather than an unsolvable problem in a faraway land.

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My idea does sound a bit absurd, but it is just an extreme and very direct attempt at a solution, because this really is a huge crisis and something drastic does need to be done.

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