As John Maynard Keynes and his followers made clear, a tax increase on a recessionary economy is a recipe for falling tax revenues as well as economic hardship.

• ?正如约翰·梅纳德凯恩斯和他的支持者们所明确的那样，当经济衰退时提高税收，只能造成税收收入下降和经济恶化。