事实上,它根本算不上一个制度:它只是一个异常昂贵、使人疲惫而且勾心斗角的游戏。在这一制度下,几乎每个人都是输家。
If introduced at the same flat rate throughout the country, this could be ruinously expensive for many small businesses, and stoke more inflation as employees seek to maintain their pay differentials.如果在全国范围内实行统一的比例税率,这将使得许多小企业无法承受高昂的成本,而且雇员在追求差别工资的同时也会加剧通货膨胀。