the standard ‘trickle-down’ argument against redistribution (through progressive taxation etc) is that instead of making the poor richer, it makes the rich poorer.
顺着反对再分配(通过累进税等)的标準观点,其含义在,不是使穷人富起来,而是让富人穷下来。
the answer is to build an alternative party which campaigns for a welfare state, progressive taxation and opposition to neo-liberalism.
正确的解决方法是建立一个为福利国家、进步的税则以及反对新自由主义而奋斗的可替代(他信)的政党。
and before the trolls jump in to say aha, krugman concedes the truth of supply-side economics, that’s not an argument against progressive taxation and the welfare state;
以防有小丑跳出来说:啊哈,克鲁格曼服了供给学派的理了,说在前面,这不是针对累进税或福利状态的讨论;
question from erik donnella: would you explain a little bit about why a federal sales tax is a bad idea, and what the social value is of a graduated income tax and progressive taxation scheme?