885 testA 2 flat tax & progressive tax

不是天真

为什么 However, the present crazy quilt of tax deductions, exemptions, credits, and loopholes benefits primarily the high-income taxpayer, who is consequently able to reduce his or her effective tax rate, often to a level below that paid by the lower-income taxpayer. 这句话是指ＰＲＯＧＲＥＳＳＩＶＥ　ＮＡＴＵＲＥ～！？？？？？？？谢谢　～！

同问。。。。。。。。

木棉

天哪，我都没有看出第三层意思： However, the present crazy quilt of tax deductions, exemptions, credits, and loopholes benefits primarily the high-income taxpayer, who is consequently able to reduce his or her effective tax rate, often to a level below that paid by the lower-income taxpayer。这是攻击progressive taxsystem.

想晕倒！

回天真，你得重新看原文。他说One tax-reform proposal that has gained increasing support in recent years is the flat tax, 这就说明现在的tax-system不是flat tax，再结合下文，那就是"progressive taxsystem"了。

yichousun

这里要注意however，转折了语气，反对了progressive tax!