The US Congress should agree to higher taxes on the wealthy to avoid the fiscal cliff, a top Republican economist has conceded in a sign of the rapidly shifting political climate in Washington before negotiations to avert the looming budget crisis.
一名美国共和党高层经济学家承认,美国国会应同意对富人增税,以免跌落“财政悬崖。这个迹象显示,在有关方面为避免迫在眉睫的预算危机而举行谈判前,华盛顿的政治气候正迅速改变。
Writing in the Financial Times, Glenn Hubbard, who advised Barack Obama’s rival Mitt Romney on his losing presidential bid, is the latest prominent conservative to suggest Republicans should change tack and accept the president’s structure for impending budget talks.
米特·罗姆尼(Mitt Romney,他在本次大选中最终不敌巴拉克·奥巴马(Barack Obama))的竞选顾问格伦·哈伯德(Glenn Hubbard)在英国《金融时报》撰文称,共和党应该改变策略,接受奥巴马总统为即将举行的预算谈判提出的架构。哈伯德是最新一位提出这种观点的知名保守派人士。
“The first step is to raise average (not marginal) tax rates on upper-income taxpayers, he wrote. “Revenues should come first from these individuals.
“第一步是提高较高收入纳税人的平均(而非边际)税率。哈伯德写道,“财政收入首先应来自这一人群。
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