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The poor like taxing the rich less than you would think

穷人不像你想的那样喜欢富人被征税【穷人不像你想得那样喜欢征富人的税】

Aug 13th 2011 | from the print edition

IN THE 1939 classic Western “Stagecoach”, a villainous banker with a bag of

embezzled cash in his lap frets about the state of the American economy: “Our

national debt is something shocking!” he complains. That year American public

debt was just over two-fifths of GDP. This year, the IMF reckons, it will be just over

98%, rising to over 102% in 2012. Were he still around, the unscrupulous banker

might have struggled to express his outrage, although he might have found solace

in the fact that America’s August 2nd deal to increase the debt ceiling envisages

$2.4 trillion in spending cuts but no tax hikes. This strikes many, both outside the

United States and within it, as odd. A Democratic congressman called the debt

deal a “sugar-coated Satan sandwich”.

1939年在经典的西部”驿站马车”里, 一个腐败的银行家, 腿上放着一袋子的贪污款,

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他对美国经济的现状十分担忧:” 我们国家的债务规模实在太吓人了!” 他抱怨道. 那一

年, 美国的公共债务仅仅占到GDP的五分之二. 今年, 国际货币基金组织IMF承认, 美国

公共债务的GDP占比达到了98%, 预计2012年将超过102%. 如果他现在还在世的话, 这

个无耻的银行家可能会费尽心思的来表达他的愤怒, 尽管8.2号美国的提高债务上限, 开支

消减2.4万亿但无税务增加的一揽子计划会给他一丝安慰. 这使得美国国内外一片惊讶. 一

位民主党国会议员将这个债务计划称为”糖衣魔鬼三明治”.

It does, however, loosely reflect longstanding differences between

Americans’ attitudes to taxation and those in much of the rest of the rich world.

America is far less inclined than many of its rich-world peers to use taxation and

redistribution to reduce inequality. The OECD, a think-tank, reckons that taxation

eats up a little less than 30% of the average American’s total compensation,

compared with nearly 50% in Germany and France. America’s top federal

income-tax rate of 35% is lower than in many other advanced economies

(although most Americans also pay state taxes). Britain’s top tax rate is 50%.

Swedes and Danes acquiesce to tax rates that would outrage many Americans:

Sweden’s top rate is 57% and Denmark’s is 55%. Unsurprisingly, the American

state is also less generous to the poor. Unemployment benefits in the United

States replace a smaller share of income, and run out more quickly, than in most

European countries.

但是, 这确实隐约反应出了长期以来美国对赋税的态度与其他发达国家中的大部分不

同. 美国远不像他许多发达国家的同僚们那样喜欢用赋税和再分配来减少不平等. 智囊团

OECD表明, 在平均美国总补贴中, 赋税占比不到30%, 而德国和法国几乎为50%. 美国

最高联邦收入税率为35%, 比许多其他发达经济体都低(尽管大部分美国人还要交纳州所

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