Democracies rely on a spirit of trust and cooperation in paying taxes. If every individual devoted as much energy and resources as the rich do to avoiding their fair share of taxes, the tax system either would collapse, or would have to be replaced by a far more intrusive and coercive scheme.
民主建立在信任精神和纳税合作的基础上。如果每个个人都像富人那样花大量的能量和资源用於避免公平税负，那么税收系统要么将崩溃，要么被更具侵略性和强制性的机制取代。而这两个结果都是不可接受的。