During the past three decades, income inequality in the United States has increased significantly; indeed, the US now has the fourth-highest level of income inequality in the OECD, behind Chile, Mexico, and Turkey. At the same time, as the largest tax cuts have gone to high-income taxpayers, the US tax system has become considerably less progressive.
过去30年来，美国的收入不平等增长非常显著；实际上，美国目前的收入不平等程度在经合组织国家中仅次于智利、墨西哥和土耳其排名第四。此外，随着高收入纳税人享受了减税政策带来的绝大部分好处，美国税收系统的进步性也越来越低。美国需要在遏制赤字的同时遏制收入差距不断扩大，以及由此引发机遇不平等的财政政策。