The Democrats’ internal disagreement on this issue is apparent when one compares three major proposals to address income inequality that the party and its allies have presented in recent weeks. There are only small differences between President Barack Obama’s proposals (in his budget and State of the Union address), those made in a high-profile report from the Center for American Progress, and ideas advanced by Chris Van Hollen, an influential member of Congress.
相对于近几周民主党及其同盟提出的针对收入不均问题的三份主要政策建议，民主党内在上述金融议题上的内部分歧显得格外碍眼。在收入不均上，总统奥巴马（在其政府预算及国情咨文中）提出的策略，民主党智库美国进步中心发布的一份重要报告，以及由知名众议员克里斯·范·霍伦推动的相关理念——议员建议在高收入群体中进行更多转移支付以抵消对中等收入群体更大规模减税所造成的影响——之间都只存在一些小差异。