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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.

最新一期的美国《时代》周刊题为《财富税在欧洲行不通》的文章提到，1990年，经合组织中有12个富裕国家实行了财富税，如今仅剩3个。这9个国家之所以废弃财富税，那是因为他们在执行过程中面临3个明显、本可以预防的共同问题。首先，欧洲容忍“税斗”。巴黎人只需搬到布鲁塞尔就立马无需缴纳法国的税了。此外，欧盟成员国对居住在国外的国民免征财富税。最后，欧洲人容忍避税到了愚蠢的地步。

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《华盛顿邮报》一篇题为《白宫大玩人身攻击》的文章称，针对越来越多的证据表明特朗普滥用职权来推进他的连任竞选活动，白宫对此不仅无法回应，还对那些敢于仗义执言的公务员进行人身攻击。白宫企图毁坏包括泰勒在内的那些在乌克兰事件中作证的公务员名声的做法真可谓是既可笑又卑鄙。