20171125_Economist Day49(A hated tax but a fair one - Inheritance tax)_英语_学习_201711

第一部份大意：

遗产税通常被美国人和英国人认为是最不公平的。它扩大了贫富差距。调查显示，对于遗产税和房产税，穷人比富人有更多的反对意见。

作为一种政治拉票的手段，共和党人决定将在2025年废除死亡税。许多别的国家也将走上这条道路。这些税收影响了两个互相影响的自由主义原则：人们应该能够自由处理其财富。一个永久的，世袭的上层集团对社会是不公平且不健康的。

Inheritance tax is routinely seen as the least fair by Americans and Britons. This hostility spans the income brackets. Surveys suggest that the poor shows more opposition than the rich with regard to inheritance estate tax.

As a vote-winner to politicians, the Republicans want to abolish the death taxes before 2025. Many other countries have gone down the same path. These taxes had an influence on two vital liberal principles which are against each other. One is that people should dispose his wealth at his will. The second is that a perminant and hereditary elite is unhealth and unfair to society.