The Republican tax plan will soon enter American law. The bill passed the Senate in the early hours of Saturday, and will now be reconciled to the not-too-different House version, readying it for the presidential pen. The vote fell strictly on party lines amid an ugly frenzy of last-second amendments scribbled in the margins. Even the senators did not know precisely what they were voting on. So it is worth taking a step back to consider, in broad outline, the changes that the plan will bring.
美国共和党的税改计划很快将成为法律。上周六凌晨,该法案在参议院获得通过,现在将与大同小异的众议院版本进行协调,随后递交给总统签署。投票严格按照党派站队,在最后一秒匆匆加入了很多修正(疯狂的“马拉松连续投票”程序)。甚至连参议员们自己都并非准确知道自己在为怎样的法案投票。因此现在有必要退一步,大致考虑一下,这项税改计划将带来哪些变化。