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It would not be beneficial to financial interest, so it was very much opposed by the sort of financial establishment
但這也與金融業的利益背道而馳，遭到了各個金融機構的強烈反對
The populist though had a lot of other ideas considered radical of the time
平民論派在當時還有很多其他被認為較為激進的主張
It's interesting a lot of them later came to pass
有趣的是很多主張都在后來逐一實現了
For example, they wanted regulation of banks
例如他們要求對銀行加強管理
They wanted a graduated income tax, in another words, a progressive income tax
提倡分級的個人所得稅制度即漸進式的收入稅制，
where the wealthy have to pay higher percentages on their marginal income
對收入高者征稅比重應較高
They wanted senators to be directly elected
他們還提倡參議員的之選
Back in these days, US senators were elected by the state legislature, not by the people
當時美國的參議員是由各州的立法機關選出的，而非來自普選
They wanted 8 hour work day
他們倡導每日8小時工作制
and they wanted government control of railroads, telegraphs and the new telephone system
認為政府應該接管鐵路、電報和新建立的電話通訊體系
Railroads was a huge issue
鐵路是個很重要的問題
The populist view the railroads as monopolistic charging farmers far too much money
平民論者認為鐵路被巨頭壟斷壓榨農民的辛苦錢
has been far too cozy with financial interest
從而獲取暴利
and that was a big part of their platform
因此鐵路問題占了他們政綱很大篇幅
Well, you can see where the populist did well
從圖中能看到平民黨在哪里比較受歡迎
They formed a new party, Populist Party
他們組建了一個新的政黨，平民黨
and they did extremely well in some of the great plains states Kansas and Nebraska,
他們在大平原堪薩斯，內布拉斯加州區戰績非常出色
also pretty well in North Dakota and they did really well in Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Nevada
北達科他州支持率都很高，在科羅拉多州，懷俄明州，愛達荷州和內華達州，也一樣
