高昂的个税和慷慨的福利金——连续三年支付失业者原先收入的80%——意味着不鼓励工作。
High personal taxes and generous welfare benefits-which pay people who lose their jobs as much as 80% of previous incomes for three years-discourage work.
一次总付税不扭曲行为,但不是一种受欢迎的政策工具。然而,它可作为一种重要的标准,用来比较其他税种的超额负担。
Lump sum taxes do not distort but are unattractive as policy tools. Nevertheless, they are an important standard against which to compare the excess burdens of other taxes.
大体上来说,美国有三个主要的社会阶层:上流阶级,保有所有钱,不付一分税。
In general, there are three major divisions in American social classes: there is the upper class, which keeps all of the money, pays none of the taxes.
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