And the concentration of wealth in relatively few hands opens the possibility that much of the next generation's elite might achieve their status through inheritance, not hard or innovative work.

财富集中于相当少的一部分人手中的现实开启了一种可能性：精英分子的后代不需要努力工作或者创造性的工作便可以通过继承的方式获得他们的地位。

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But what is needed is not new jobs to perform inefficient, wealth-consuming work, but jobs in private industry to create real wealth.

此时我们需要的并不是低效率，消耗财富的工作，而是创造真正财富的私人企业的工作。

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He has hinted at raising the tax rate on capital gains, arguing that it is "not right" for income from wealth and work to be treated differently.

他已暗示将在资本利润上提高税率，认为不该区别对待资产收入和工作收入。

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"Ted Kennedy's life's work was not to champion the causes of those with wealth or power or special connections.

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In sum, we tax work, not wealth.

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With greater wealth, people in Asia may not have to work as many hours as they do now.

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And she has welcomed any acceptance by the Tories that the "trickle down effect" of wealth from the richest to the poorest did not work.

BBC: Analysis