I assured you that the budget deficit could be fixed by eliminating waste , fraud and abuse , and by increasing taxes on only the richest americans .
我曾向你们保证,预算赤字的消减应该是通过减少浪费、腐败和滥用,以及通过增加富人的税收实现的。
In recent weeks , for example , the democrats appear to have garnered more political support by focusing on the idea that the richest should pay more tax .
例如,最近几周,民主党似乎通过关注富人应该多纳税的观点,获得了更多政治支持。
Another common complaint is that mr cain 's plan would be hugely regressive , slashing effective tax rates for the richest while actually raising them for the poor , who would pay 9 % on their food bills .
And of course we must also undo the errors of both mr bush and , as of last december , president barack obama , and let the bush tax cuts for the richest americans expire .
The white house threw cold water on a proposal of avoiding the looming " fiscal cliff " of spending cuts and tax highs by limiting tax deductions and loopholes , instead of allowing tax rates to rise for the richest americans .
A good idea , but both mr obama and the republicans are hellbent on fighting the next presidential election over the tax cuts ( with mr obama keen to let the cuts for the richest americans lapse ) .
The west is richer than the east , and the outer city is richer than the inner city . So unemployment and deprivation are higher in eastern and central boroughs , and ( aside from in the very centre of the city , where the richest live ) wages are lower .