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The article Wealth taxes often failed in Europe in Time on Nov 3rd 2019, mentions that in 1990, 12 affluent nations in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development had wealth taxes； today it’s down to three. The failed attempts share three distinctive, preventable flaws. First,Europe tolerates tax competition. A tax-averse Parisian just needs to move to Brussels to become immediately free from taxation in France. What’s more, E.U. member states don’t try to tax their nationals living abroad. Europeans also tolerated tax evasion to a foolish degree.

最新一期的美國《時代》周刊題為《財富稅在歐洲行不通》的文章提到，1990年，經合組織中有12個富裕國家實行了財富稅，如今僅剩3個。這9個國家之所以廢棄財富稅，那是因為他們在執(zhí)行過程中面臨3個明顯、本可以預防的共同問題。首先，歐洲容忍“稅斗”。巴黎人只需搬到布魯塞爾就立馬無需繳納法國的稅了。此外，歐盟成員國對居住在國外的國民免征財富稅。最后，歐洲人容忍避稅到了愚蠢的地步。

The article with the title saying The White House resorts to character assassination in Washingtonpost on Nov 1st, 2019, mentioned that unable to answer the mounting evidence that President Trump abused his office to advance his reelection campaign, the White House is resorting to character assassination. The attempt to sully Mr. Taylor’s reputation,and that of other government servants who have testified in the Ukraine affair, is ludicrous — and vile.

2019年11月1日的《華盛頓郵報》一篇題為《白宮大玩人身攻擊》的文章稱，針對越來越多的證據表明特朗普濫用職權來推進他的連任競選活動，白宮對此不僅無法回應，還對那些敢于仗義執(zhí)言的公務員進行人身攻擊。白宮企圖毀壞包括泰勒在內的那些在烏克蘭事件中作證的公務員名聲的做法真可謂是既可笑又卑鄙。