They want Latvia to dump its flat tax for a more progressive system.

他们希望拉脱维亚抛弃单一税，转而实施累进税。

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Under a progressive system, the amount of a tax owed depends both on the person who earns the income and the year in which that income is received.

累进税的多少则取决于挣取收入的个人以及收入发生的年份。

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Instead, scrapping tax breaks such as those given to home-buyers could make the tax system more progressive.

相反，抹去优惠税率，比如那些给予买房者的优惠税率，可能会使税收系统更具完善。

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We have a system, which you say it really-- The progressive tax system is very important but it's not conceptualized right.

我们有个制度，你们都觉得-,累进税制非常重要,但它被错误的概念化了。

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You have a progressive tax system that takes more money from the wealthier people and you have a welfare system that looks at individual hardship and pays out.

我们有随富有程度加重税负的,累进税制,还有关注个体并进行再分配支出的,福利制度。

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In a flat-tax system, these deductions would not be as critical as they are our highly progressive system.

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These deductions avoid marginal tax rates exceeding 100% in a highly progressive system.

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Having made the argument for a progressive tax system, the next question is whether it should be more progressive than at present.

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