There is another vicious circle: Economic inequality translates into political inequality, which in turn reinforces the former, including through a tax system that allows people like Romney – who insists that he has been subject to an income-tax rate of “at least 13%” for the last ten years – not to pay their fair share. The resulting economic inequality – a result of politics as much as market forces – contributes to today’s overall economic weakness.
还有另一个恶性循环：经济不平等性转化为政治不平等性，而后者又反过来强化前者，反馈渠道就包括允许向罗姆尼这样的人——他坚持认为自己过去十年中经受着“至少13%”所得税税率的折磨——不用缴纳公平税负的税收制度。由此产生的经济不平等性——这既是市场力量的结果，也是政治力量的结果——是如今总体经济疲软的原因之一。