VOA常速英语:Trump Tax History in Spotlight Once Again(翻译)

Sent anonymously to The Times,the documents show Trump declared a $916 million loss on his 1995 returns,allowing him to pay no tax on any income in subsequent years totaling the same amount.
泰晤士报最近收到一些匿名文件，上面显示，1995年特朗普在自己的纳税申报单上声称有9亿1千6百万美金的财政亏损，这让他在随后的几年中逃过了一切收入所得税，这些税额总计也与所报亏损额相同。

“He didn’t pay any Federal income tax.So if he’s paid...”
“联邦所得税他一分钱都没有缴纳。所以要是他支付了...”

The topic played prominently in last week’s debate between Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton.
在上周特朗普与民主党人希拉里·克林顿的大选辩论中，关于特朗普逃税的话题又被特别提出来。

“And we have a country that needs new roads, new tunnels, new bridges, new airports, new schools, new hospitals.And we don’t have the money because it’s been squandered on so many of your ideas.”
“我们的国家现在需要新道路、新隧道、新桥梁、新机场、新学校还有新医院。可我们却没钱去实现这些目标，因为钱都被浪费在你的许多想法上了。”

“And maybe it’s because you haven’t paid any Federal income tax for a lot of years.”
“也或者是因为你太多年没有缴纳过联邦所得税了。”

Trump surrogate are defending the nominee’s refusal to release his tax returns as well as his record as a businessman.
特朗普的代理人正在为这名候选人辩护，辩护内容即为特朗普缘何拒绝公布自己的纳税申报单以及其作为一名商人的履历。

“This man, 26 years ago, had some failures and then he built an empire.He was a genius in being able to do that.Went down, came all the way back up.America needs a turnaround right now, and Donald Trump is a turnaround artist.”
“这个男人在26年以前经历过一些失败，不过后来他创立了一个帝国。他在做这种事情方面就是个天才。跌入谷底，然后又东山再起。美国现在需要一个转机，而唐纳德·特朗普就是一位扭转局势的艺术家。”

“Well, I’ll tell you what.If not paying taxes makes him smart, what does that make the rest of us?It’s probably true he hasn’t paid a penny in Federal taxes to actually support our military, or our vets, or our schools.”
“好啦，咱们来这么说吧。如果不交税让他变得聪明，那我们剩下的这些人呢，如果不交税又会变得怎么样？下面我说的这件事很可能是真实的，那就是他从来没有为联邦所得税缴纳过一分钱，从而真正用来支持我国军队，照顾退伍军人，或者资助学校。”

Nothing in the documents sent to The Times shows illegal behavior by Trump.All Americans can offset taxable gains with financial losses.But in a political cycle where income inequality and transparency have been major issues,Trump’s tax history – what is known and unknown – is giving Democrats ammunition as the election draws closer.
泰晤士报收到的匿名文件当中，没有任何一项内容表明特朗普曾实施违法行为。任何一个美国人都可以用财政亏损来抵消应税收益。不过在一个所得不均以及财产透明度成为主要问题的政治性周期中，特朗普的逃税历史——公众知道的还有那些不为人所知的——在大选日渐临近之时，都给了民主党人攻击对方的把柄。

Michael Bowman, VOA news, Washington
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