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1、ECONOMICVIEWWhattheRichDon’tNeedByRICHARDH.THALERPublished:September25,2010·Twitter·SignIntoE-Mail·Print·窗体顶端窗体底端Reprints·ShareCloseoLinkedinoDiggoMixxoMySpaceoYahoo!BuzzoPermalinkoWANTtogiveaffluent富足的households家庭apresentworth$700billionoverthenextdecade?
2、Inaperiodofhighunemploymentandfiscalausterity经济紧缩,thisideamayseemlaughable.荒唐可笑Amazingly,令人惊奇的though,itisgettingtraction牵引inWashington.Enlarge扩大ThisImageIllustration插图byDavidG.KleinAddtoPortfolio文件夹·GoldmanSachsGroupGotoyourPortfolio»Iamreferring,谈及咨询ofcou
3、rse,tothecurrentdebate谈论辩论aboutwhethertoextendall,orjustsome,ofthetaxcutsofPresidentGeorgeW.Bush—cutsthatareduetoexpire期满，逝世，失效atyear-end年终.They’reexpiringbecausetheonlywaytheycouldbeenacted制定（法律）initially最初的wasbypretendingthattheyweretemporary.临时的Inthissi
4、tuation,it’snotclearwhatshouldbecalledatax“cut.”Ifthetemporarylawisallowedtoexpireasplanned,doesthatrepresentareturntonormal,orataxincrease?Conversely,相反的，ifsomepartsofthecurrentratesareextended,shouldthosecountasataxcut?Psychologists心理学家callthesedescripti
5、ve说明choices“framing.”框架构架Nooneisproposing提议thattaxratesbelowerthantheyarenow,sothequestioniswhethersomepeopleshouldpaymore,and,ifso,who.PresidentObamahasproposedretainingthecurrentratesonincomesupto$200,000forindividualsand$250,000forcouples.Underthisplan,
6、everyonewouldreceiveatax“cut”relativetotheratesineffectintheClintonera.Forafamilywitha$250,000incomeormore,thecutwouldbeabout$6,000,becauseitsfirst$250,000ofincomewouldbesubjecttothecurrent,lowerrate.Butsuchfamilieswouldhaveahigherbillthantheydonow.Withthe
7、exceptionoftheHouseminority少数leader,JohnBoehner,theRepublican共和国的leadershiphasdrawnalineinthesand,sayingitwilloppose反对Mr.Obama’sbillunlessalltaxpayersremain剩余物atcurrentrates.Althoughitwouldn’tputitthisway,theRepublicanpositionis,ineffect事实上,thatiftherichca
8、n’tshareinthebounty奖金奖赏,ratesshouldriseforeveryone.Theyofferthreeargumentstosupporttheirview.Thefirstisthatitisfolly愚蠢的toraisetaxesinaweakeconomy.Thereissomemerit功劳功勋tothisargument,ofcourse,buteconomicpolicyi
