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F.D.R pushed it up to 75% in the Depression, up to 94% in the World War II
羅斯福在大蕭條時期又把它提高到了75%，在二戰期間，一度達到了94%
and then from 1945 to 1964 all through the conservative Eisenhower years it stayed at 91%
接著從1945年到1964年，也就是艾森豪威爾在位的保守時期稅率一直保持在91%
One thing I should say about Eisenhower, He was very much a moderate
關于艾森豪威爾，我有一點要說的是，他是一個十足的溫和派人士
He let the Republican right wing attack communist and suppose it communist, He didn't really object to Joseph McCarthy
他允許共和黨右翼攻擊共產黨人或有嫌疑的共產黨人，不反對麥卡錫鼓吹蘇聯陰謀論
His vice president Richard Nixon was famous as a red batter at this period
他的副總統尼克松也是出名的反共主義者
but when you look at these tax policies today
但當你從現在的角度看這些稅收政策
well you can imagine, how top marginal tax rate of 91% would be framed in today's political climate
你就能想象出來，91%的最高邊際稅率是如何在今天的政治環境下制定的
under the Democrats it dropped down to 70%, under Reagan era down to 50% and then 28%, Clinton brought that to 39%, it stands 35% now
民主黨執政期間稅率降到了70%，在里根時代稅率降到50%，后來降到28%，克林頓在任時，升到了39%，現在穩定在35%
and there is obviously in this election, lots of talk about if that figure goes up again to something like 39% or 40%
在這次大選中如果稅率，再次上升到39%或40%的水平，又會有很多可以挖掘的話題
that's something we can talk about more later on
這點我們可以以后再討論
In the election 1956, Eisenhower against Stevenson again
在1956年大選中，艾森豪威爾再次對決史蒂芬森
Stevenson this time is advocating a less aggressive military policy around the world
史蒂芬森這一次主張一種不那么咄咄逼人的全球軍事政策
he wanted to reduce military spending which was high in the 1950s of the percentage of US GDP
他希望減少軍事開支，在1950年代軍事開支是很高的，占了國內生產總值的很大一部分
He wanted to negotiate with the Soviet Union to reduce tensions
他想通過與蘇聯協商來緩和緊張的局面
and lo and behold the Russians invaded Budapest and crashed the Hungarian uprising
但后來俄羅斯襲擊了布達佩斯并且鎮壓了匈牙利的起義
that doesn't do much for Stevenson's campaign at all
這對史蒂芬森的競選起不到什么積極作用
