It was fitting that Donald Trump was on the way to the Vatican when he came out with his US budget. Only a pope could hear a confession as egregious as President Trump’s fiscal plan. Pope Francis champions “social capitalism”, a philosophy that values each member of society. Mr Trump’s budget would decimate support for America’s poorest to fund a tax bonanza for its wealthiest. His budget achieves balance through numerological voodoo. Rarely has a fiscal document relied on such dark accounting.
美国总统唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)在去梵蒂冈的路上推出了他的财政预算提案，这一安排堪称贴切。也只有教皇才能倾听像该提案这般骇人的忏悔。教皇方济各(Pope Francis)支持“社会资本主义”，其理念是尊重社会的每一位成员。而特朗普的财政预算将大幅减少对美国最贫穷人群的支持，以便为针对最富裕人群的减税买单。他的预算仅靠数字巫术实现平衡。很少有哪份财政文件是建立在这样的暗箱会计手法之上的。
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