The immediate increase in tax rates is only part of the story. At the same time, automatic reductions in the defense budget and “discretionary” domestic spending – agreed to by both Democrats and Republicans in the summer of 2011 –&#160;will take effect.
减税计划到期后税率即刻调升还不是全部问题。与此同时，民主共和两党于2011年夏达成的自动削减国防预算和“自由裁量”国内消费的协议也将开始实施。