That is all down to financial companies, which have had to raise capital to repair their balance-sheets; net issuance from the rest of the market is basically flat.

这都源于金融公司，他们不得不筹集资本以修补他们的资产负债表，而其他市场的净发行量基本平稳。

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In this flat country, people grow wheat and corn and raise cattle.

在这平坦的乡间，人们种植小麦和玉米，并且养牛。

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PAUL KRUGMAN: a flat tax would either (a) be much higher for most people than the tax they currently pay or (b) raise much less revenue than the current system.

保罗·克鲁格曼：统一的所得税率(a)对于大多数人来说会比现在付的税更高或者(b)比现行制度征收少得多的税收。

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By all accounts, a flat tax would actually raise taxes on most Americans.

FORBES: Fairness and Taxes

And then much like the flat tax, a consumption tax could easily be perverted by future Congresses eager to raise it in return for some favor handed out to a narrow part of the electorate.

FORBES: A Flat Tax Would Be Fine, A Consumption Tax True Perfection

The EFSF is supposed to raise the money through selling AAA bonds guaranteed by the European Union (many of whose members are flat broke), then give the money to the Spanish government which in turn doles it out to the spendthrift banks.

FORBES: Spain: Liar, Liar, Pants On Fire