While eliminating inefficient spending, especially inefficient tax subsidies, can generate some of these funds, more tax revenues may be needed. The rich can certainly afford to pay more, but if governments increase taxes on the wealthy, they should do it with the aim of improving opportunities for all, rather than as a punitive measure to rectify an imagined wrong.
所有这些都不容易，也不可能很快见效，其中一些还要求较多的资源投入。消除低效支出，特别是低效的税收补贴，能够为这些措施筹集一些资金，但归根结底还需要更多的税收。富人阶层当然付得起更高的税收，但如果政府对富人增税，就应该将着眼点放在改善所有人的机会上，而不是将增税视为对假想责任人的惩罚措施。