The billionaire investor Warren Buffett argues that he should pay only the taxes that he must, but that there is something fundamentally wrong with a system that taxes his income at a lower rate than his secretary is required to pay. He is right.
亿万富翁投资家巴菲特指出，他只应该纳必须纳的税，但如果他的收入所纳的税率比他秘书还低，那么这个制度肯定存在根本性问题。巴菲特是对的。罗姆尼如果采取与巴菲特一样的立场，那他或许还值得原谅。事实上，这或许是可以和尼克松访华相比的时刻：位于权力之巅富有政客呼吁提高富人税收将改变历史进程。