So you had these twin forces - one progressive, one not so progressive - interacting powerfully.

因此我们便有了两种双生的力量有力地相互影响：一种是进步的，而另外一种则不那么进步了。

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And because its taxes are so progressive, it relies especially heavily on the fortunes of the rich.

而且，由于他的税率如此累进，其收入尤其倚重有钱人的财富。

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The gradual drying of the soil caused by its diminished ability to absorb water results in the further loss of vegetation, so that a cycle of progressive surface deterioration is established.

土壤吸收水分的能力减弱使土壤逐渐变得干燥，导致植被进一步减少，从而建立了一个渐进的地表退化循环。

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And so I decided to have a progressive scale that increases according to what you earn like the tax scale.

所以，我决定制定一个累进的捐款标准表,捐款的数量随着收入的增加而增加,就像税率表一样，这个标准表从收入的1%起步。

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So I think there's just a lot of progressive thought in San Francisco, a lot of people pushing for changes.

旧金山有很多进步思想，很多人一直在推动着变化的发生。

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But if we now introduce some progressive memory, so--a progressive memory loss-- so that I know longer remember what I did 100,000 years earlier.

但是如果引入持续的记忆…,持续的记忆缺失-,我不记得,十万年前做过什么。

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And because its taxes are so progressive, it relies especially heavily on the fortunes of the rich.

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So how progressive should our federal income tax system be?

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