Income redistribution may be an attractive idea for some – including, to a lesser extent, the Republicans who support a watered-down version, in which relatively high marginal tax rates support expanded family assistance – but it is fool’s gold. As a recent Brookings Institution paper shows, higher marginal tax rates would do little to diminish income inequality in the US.
收入再分配也许对于某些人很有吸引力——包括（在较小程度上）支持一个淡化版本政策的共和党人，该政策用相对较高的边际税率支持扩大家庭援助——但这只是愚人金。布鲁金斯研究所的一篇最新文章显示，提高边际税率对于降低美国收入不平等几乎毫无用处。