温柔、强硬的税收诞生

详细内容

'

TheGentleandToughTaxesonBirth

Peoplealwayshavethetendencytoregardgovernmentpollciesaseithergentleortough.  However,thereisalwaysexception.Takethetaxesonbirthforinstance.Itisreallyanincrediblebinationofboth.

Somebodyarguesthatthetaxesonbirthproclaimtothepublicwhatthegovernmentwants.  That＇strue.  Butwillthepublictakebirthcontrolwithouthesitationjustbecausethegovernmentwantsit?Besides,wecan＇talwayscountontaxestoreversepeople＇sbehavior.Thedoubledtaxesonwineandcigarettesoverthepastyearsdon＇tdiscouragetheconsumptionofthematall,nottomentionotherluxuries.Toacertaindegree,drinkingandsmokinghavebeemoreattractivetopeopleasasymboloffinancialabilities.Howcanweexpectthingstoworkoutbetterifwesimplyapplythesimilarkindsoftaxesonbirth?

Withthetaxesonbirthpolicy,thegovernmentseemstosuggesttopeoplethatitisaeptabletohavemorechildren,aslongastheirfamiliescanaffordthetaxes.Thusnewchallengestosocialequalitywereposed.Richpeoplecanenjoylargerfamilieswhilepoorpeoplearesupposedtohavefewerchildren.Therightsofgivingmorebirthsseemedtobeentitledtowealthypeopleunderthetaxespolicy.

Besides,onceachildisborn,heshouldbeguaranteedtheverybesthisparentscouldoffer.Inpoorfamilies,wouldn＇tthechildren,whoaretaxedberegardedasburdensbyotherfamilymembersbecausethey＇veimposedmoreeconomicpressuresontheirfamilies?Thetaxalsodirectlydepriveshisorherrightstogrowupinabettereconomionditionwhilesuchdeprivationtoachildinawealthyfamilydoesn＇thavemuchinfluenceatall.

Thetaxesonbirthpolicyis,afterall,gentletotherichandtoughtothepoor,especiallytothetaxedchildreninpoorfamilies.Thus,itisnotworthsomuchremendation.

简  评

这是一篇给增收人口税定性的文章。标题所谓的“柔和”是对谁柔和，而“苛刻”又是向谁苛刻，文章在论述时并不是步步紧逼措辞强烈，而是笔调温和、舒缓。黄雯同学在表述中没有使用第一人称，也没有出现如“inmyhumbleopinion，asforme，Idon＇t

agree"等字眼，而选择了peopleorsomebody等作主语，因此笔调措辞显得柔和。但她态度明确，多处用了反问或否定语气来强调自己的立场观点.