But the rich are not the idle rich of the past; they are the working rich. To balance the budget only by taxing the rich will require a significant increase in income taxes, to the point that it would lower incentives for work and entrepreneurial activity considerably.
但我们把所需支出一加总就会发现这根本是无法负担的，特别是在联邦岁入只有GDP的15%的情况下。在很多民主党看来，这可以通过向富人征税以增加岁入来解决。但富人已经不再是过去的有闲阶级了；现在的富人是劳动致富的。仅仅依靠向富人征税来平衡预算将使所得税大幅提高，就目前的情况而言，这会大大降低努力工作的激励和企业家行为。