What about the perpetuation of privilege? Parents always seek to help their children, and it is not realistic to think privileged parents will do any differently. But there is no reason why the estate tax should decrease relative to the economy at a time when great fortunes are increasingly dominant. Nor should tax-planning techniques that are de facto tax cuts only for those with millions of dollars of income and tens of millions in wealth continue to be legal.
应该如何对待特权传承?父母总是寻求帮助自己的孩子,认为有特权的父母不会从俗是不现实的。但是,在一个巨额财富日益占据主导地位的时代,遗产税相对于经济的份量不增反降是没有道理的。面向那些收入数百万美元、财富数千万美元的人士的税收规划操作(事实上是适用于这些人的减税措施),也不应继续合法下去。
These are some ideas for advancing equality of opportunity. There are many more. It is an aspiration those of every political stripe should share.
这些是促进机遇均等的一些构想,这样的构想还有很多。这是每一个政治派别都应分享的抱负。
The writer is Charles W.?Eliot university professor at Harvard
本文作者是美国哈佛大学(Harvard University)查尔斯·W·艾略特大学教授(Charles W. Eliot University Professor)
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