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来自美国税制改革组织的信息资料

美国，准备好，民主党人认为增税是万灵药

Inan oped published in Fox Business last week, ATR President Grover Norquistwarned how Democrats use every policy issue as an excuse to push for new andhigher taxes on American businesses and families.

美国税制改革主席格罗弗·诺奎斯特上周在福克斯商业网发表的评论中提醒大家，民主党人是如何利用政策问题为借口，对美国企业和家庭提升税率并开征新税。

Fromraising the minimum wage, to healthcare, to infrastructure spending, and to the“climate crisis," every issue is an excuse to expand the size and scope ofgovernment and implement trillions in new taxes.

从提高最低工资，到医疗、基础设施支出和“气候危机”，每个问题都成了扩大政府规模和权限范围，开征数万亿新税种的借口。

Forinstance, key Biden officials, including Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen,support a $2 trillion energy tax to address climate issues. If implemented, asNorquist warns, this carbon tax would increase the cost of electricity andconsumer goods and services for Americans across the country.

例如，包括财政部长珍妮特·耶伦在内的拜登得力干将们，支持征收2万亿美元的能源税，以解决气候问题。正如诺奎斯特所说，如果实施这项碳税，将增加全体美国人的电力、消费品和服务费用。

In addition,Democrats want to address healthcare costs by passing a massive 95 percentexcise tax on medicines. This tax would kick in if pharmaceutical manufacturersfail to accept the prices demanded by federal health bureaucrats, as proposedby House Speaker (D-Calif.) in the “Lower Drug Costs Now Act.”

此外，民主党希望通过对药品征收95%的消费税来解决医疗费用问题。正如众议院议长南希·佩洛（Nancy Pelosi）在"立即降低药品费用法案"中提出的，如果制药商不接受联邦卫生官员的报价，这项新税制就会启动。

TheCongressional Budget Office argues that the tax is so onerous thatmanufacturers would be forced to accept whatever price the federal governmentdemands or stop selling the drug in the U.S. entirely. This plan would costAmerican patients $1 trillion a year for the next decade due to lack of accessto lifesaving cures. According to the Council of Economic Advisors, it wouldprevent 100 lifesaving and life-preserving medicines from being created overthe next decade.

国会预算办公室认为，新税制过于繁重，制造商将被迫接受联邦政府的任何报价，或者全面停止这种药物在美国的销售。由于救命药短缺，未来十年内，该计划会导致美国患者每年多花费1万亿美元。据经济顾问委员会称，这项新政会阻碍100种救命保命药物在未来10年内的研发上市。

TheLeft has seized GamestopRobinhood trading controversy as a reason to impose a$1 trillion financial transactions tax on trading stocks and bonds. However, asNorquist notes: “This tax (as well as corporate tax hikes and capital gains taxhikes) will reduce the life savings of the 80 to 100 million Americans thathave a 401(k) and the 46.4 million households that have an individualretirement account. “

左派抓住了罗宾汉游戏驿站（Gamestop-Robinhood）的交易争议，作为对股票及债券交易征收1万亿美元金融交易税的理由。然而，正如诺奎斯特指出：“美国参加401（k）养老金计划的人数有8000万到1亿，拥有个人退休账户的家庭有4640万，金融交易税（以及公司税和资本利得税的上调）会减少他们的毕生积蓄。”

Raisingtaxes will not only harm American businesses and workers, but will also sloweconomic growth, something Democrats tend to forget to prioritize whenproposing new taxes. Norquist points out: “Thinking of tax hikes all day evidently damages one’s ability toremember things. How quickly the Democrats forgot the Obama years when his hightax rates led to “inversions” -- American companies being bought by foreigncompanies because they were worth more headquartered in Canada or Ireland. WhenRepublicans lowered the American corporate tax rate from 35% -- the highest inthe world -- to 21% the Obama-era exodus of companies ended.”

增税不仅会损害美国企业和工人的利益，还会减缓经济增长，民主党人在提议新税种时，往往会忘记优先考虑这一点。诺奎斯特指出：“整天考虑增税显然会损害人的记忆力。民主党很快忘记了奥巴马时代，当时的高税率导致了“税收倒置”，美国公司被外国公司收购，因为当总部设在加拿大或爱尔兰，公司的价值更高。当共和党人将美国企业税率从全球最高的35%降至21%时，奥巴马时代的公司外流就结束了。”

Democratswant to use taxes to punish those they dislike and use this to finance newspending for their own special interests.

民主党人希望利用税收惩罚那些他们不喜欢的人，并以此为自身特殊利益支出筹措资金。

Eachof these taxes would cause immense harm to American families and businesses.The cost of energy taxes is most deeply felt by low- and middle-incomeAmericans. The "Lower Drug Costs Now Act" would rob millions ofAmericans of lifesaving and life-preserving medicines. A financial transactionstax would reduce the life savings of nearly 150 million Americans. These arenot solutions. Rather, they are tools to expand the size and scope of thefederal government.

这类税收会严重损害美国家庭和企业的利益。中低收入的美国人对能源税费用感受最深。"立即降低药品费用法案"会使数百万美国人没有救命保命药品可用。金融交易税会减少近1.5亿美国人的毕生积蓄。这些税制新政并非解决方案。更确切地说，新政是扩大联邦政府规模和权限范围的工具。

来源：https://www.atr.org/norquist-fox-business-op-ed-get-ready-america-democrats-think-tax-hikes-are-answer-everything