this was set at 18% in 2007, far below a top tax rate on earned income of 43%.

2007年制定的18%资本收益税远远低于最高为43%的所得税。

there is very little leverage in earned income. the primary way most people increase their earned income is by working harder.

赚钱收入很少有杠桿可以利用。增加这种收入最常用的方法是更加努力的工作。

some make sense, like a big expansion of the earned income tax credit, which tops up the earnings of poor workers.

有些政策很有意义，比如所得税的抵免扩大化，这可以增加贫困工人的收入。

the earned income tax credit, begun in 1975 and expanded several times since then, does just that, and has been the country’s best anti-poverty program.

始于1975年的收入所得税抵免（eitc）就是这样一种政策，这项政策以后又扩大了几次，并成为这个国家最好的反贫困计划。

in one case, they restore the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit, both of which benefit lower income households.

在一种情况下，他们能恢复收入所得税抵减和儿童福利优惠，这两项内容能给低收入家庭带来益处。

without the earned income tax credit, the poverty rate under the revised formula would jump from 15.7 percent to 17.7 percent.

如果没有所得收入税收减免，依据修订準则来得出的贫困比率会从15.7%升至17.7%。

twelve million families will benefit from a $1, 000 child tax credit and an expanded earned income tax credit.

000家庭将获得1000多美元的儿童税收抵免，并将继续享受劳动所得税收抵免。

the exchequer should tax earned income heavily enough to deter one-upmanship, they say.

他们说：财政部应该对收入所得征收足以制止取巧占上风的伎俩的重税。

however, the ratio of female-to-male earned income is well below parity in all countries for which data are available.

然而，在可得到数据的所有国家，女性与男性的收入比例远远谈不上平等。

we might consider, for example, extending the earned income tax credit all the way up through the middle class, and paying for it with a tax on carbon.

我们可能认为，一路对中产阶级中所获薪水的实施税务扣除，用对碳收税加以平衡。

「remittances are hard earned income that, in most cases, has already been taxed,」 bourguignon says. 「they should not be taxed again and governments should not try to count them as development aid.」

布吉尼翁说：「汇款是来之不易的收入，而且在多数情况下都已经征过税，不应再重复征税，而且政府也不应该试图把汇款看成是发展援助」。

twelve million families with twenty-four million children will benefit from extensions of the earned income tax credit and the child tax credit.

包括2400万儿童的1200万家庭将从延期的劳动所得税收抵免和儿童税收抵免中获益。

fifth, to help working families with children through difficult times, we increased the earned income tax credit and allowed more families to qualify for the child tax credit.

第五点，为了帮助有孩子的工人家庭度过难关，我们增加了工资税收抵免，从而让更多的家庭有资格获得儿童税收抵免。

citing john stuart mill, they advocate rebalancing taxation away from earned income towards unproductive assets, notably the wealth generated by the long property boom.

他们引用约翰?斯图亚特?米尔的理论，鼓吹在收入和非生产性资产方面重新平衡。值得注意的是长期资产的兴旺发达给他们带来的财富。

moreover, unlike with an individual retirement account, you don't need earned income to fund a variable annuity, so you can open an account for a toddler.

此外，不象个人退休帐户，可变年金账户并不需要靠固定收入来维持。所以你甚至可以给婴儿开设这样的账户。

we had made a dent in the problem by doubling the earned income tax credit.

我们已通过加倍劳务所得收入抵免来削弱这个问题的影响。

the new method for the first time adds the value of food stamps, school lunches, housing subsidies and the earned income tax credit.

新方法第一次增加了食品配给券，学校午餐，家庭补助金以及工资退税优惠。