After the House passed its version of Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) last year – the one that paired a $5tn-plus tax cut with $1tn-plus of cuts from food stamps and Medicaid – the House speaker, Mike Johnson, explained that “this is not giving tax cuts to the millionaires”.(在众议院通过特朗普法案后，议长约翰逊解释说这不是给百万富翁减税。) The beneficiaries(受益人), he said, were “small business owners” that “provide the jobs(提供就业机会) in every community in America”.
去年，众议院通过了唐纳德·特朗普的《一个宏大而美丽的法案》（OBBBA）的版本——该法案将超过5万亿美元的减税与超过1万亿美元的食品券和医疗补助削减相结合——之后，众议院议长迈克·约翰逊解释说，“这不是给百万富翁减税”。他说，受益者是“小企业主”，他们“为美国每个社区提供就业机会”。
Johnson was playing to(迎合，投其所好) the myth of the modest, sturdy(结实的，坚固的) Main Street job creator. It is an appealing story. It’s also the most consequential(重要的，有重大影响的) piece of BS distorting American policy that deprives the government of tax revenue, stunts(阻碍，遏制) American capitalism, twists regulations, thwarts(阻挠，挫败) competition and overwhelmingly serves millionaires’ interests(服务于百万富翁的利益).
约翰逊是在迎合关于谦逊、坚韧的“主街”就业创造者的神话。这是一个动人的故事。但它也是最重大的胡说八道，扭曲了美国政策，剥夺了政府的税收，阻碍了美国资本主义的发展，扭曲了法规，扼杀了竞争，并且压倒性地服务于百万富翁的利益。
The speaker was specifically talking about “pass through(穿透（企业形式）)” businesses. About 95% of businesses in the country take this form(采用这种形式). They employ half of all workers and generate more than half the nation’s business income. These creatures of the tax code(税法的产物) are freed from(免于，摆脱) paying the corporate income tax rate. Instead, their untaxed profits are distributed to their owners, who generally face lower individual tax rates, saving them billions(为他们节省数十亿).
议长特别指的是“穿透”企业。美国约95%的企业采用这种形式。它们雇佣了一半的工人，创造了全国超过一半的企业收入。这些税法产物免于缴纳企业所得税。相反，它们未征税的利润分配给所有者，而所有者通常面临较低的个人税率，从而为他们节省了数十亿美元。