the economy did better before these tax cuts than after.
未实行税收削减措施前,经济状况反而更好。
here’s why this lame duck session is so important. early in the lastdecade, president bush and congress enacted a series of tax cuts that weredesigned to expire at the end of this year.
如果你要问我为什么这个即将离任的议员会议如此重要,那是因为本世纪初由布什总统和议会通过的一系列减税政策仅仅延续到本年年末。
whether congress will extend the bush-era tax cuts for everyone, let them expire for the wealthy, delay the expiration for the wealthy only, or let them lapse for everyone at the end of 2010.
议会是否会针对所有人延长布什执政时期通过的减税法案、会否针对富豪们令法案失效、或者只对富豪们延长法案效力,还是在2010年年底令其对所有人失效。
now stimulus opponents want to extend the tax cuts of president george w. bush — cuts that are scheduled to expire at year-end.
现在,刺激计划的反对者希望延长乔治·布什总统的减税计划,按照安排,该计划将在今年年末结束。
that’s why aid to the unemployed is an effective stimulus; it also suggests that tax cuts for lower-income workers will be relatively effective at raising demand.
这就是为什么给失业者帮助是一种有效刺激;这也说明削减低收入工人的税收对增加需求是有相应作用的。
we need to extend tax cuts for working and middle class families so you have more money in your paychecks next year.
我们需要为劳工和中产阶级的家庭扩大减税以便你们来年在你们的付薪水的支票上有更多的钱。
tax cuts might be saved, or spent on imports.
削减的税收或被储蓄起来、或用于进口。
they propose moderate tax cuts for the middle class.
他们建议适当的削减中产阶级的纳税。
at his farewell press conference on january 12th mr bush called his tax cuts the 「right course of action」, as if they were an unpopular but heroic decision.
在他1月12日告别发布会上,布什将他的税收削减称作「正确的行动」,似乎这是个虽犯众怒却英勇明智的决定。但它不是。
tax cuts should stimulate demand in germany and france.
减税应该会刺激德国和法国的需求。
so does that mean we should just let the bush tax cuts on the wealthy expire?
这是否意味着我们就应该这么让小布什的赋税减少政策逾期失效呢?
bush’s tax cuts resulted in the four years with the least tax revenue since 1970.
布什的税收削减措施导致其后四年内的税收收入为1970年以来的最低点。
in the us there is debate on whether infrastructure spending or tax cuts will be most effective.
在美国,围绕基础设施支出或减税是否最为有效,人们存在着争议。
without the payroll tax cuts and unemployment insurance negotiated last autumn we might now be looking at the possibility of a double dip.
如果没有去年秋天谈判达成的工资税削减和失业保险方案,我们现在可能在考虑双底衰退的可能性。