The midterm elections are already upon us, and every Democrat and independent running against a Republican should ask voters the question Ronald Reagan asked on 28 October 1980, at the end of his televised debate against Jimmy Carter: “Are you better off now than you were before this presidency?”(中期选举迫在眉睫，每个民主党人和独立人士都应向选民提出里根1980年辩论时的问题。)
中期选举已经迫在眉睫，每一位与共和党人竞争的民主党人和独立人士都应该向选民提出罗纳德·里根在1980年10月28日与吉米·卡特电视辩论结束时提出的问题：“与本届总统上任之前相比，你现在过得更好吗？”
Unless you’re very, very rich, the answer is obviously: “No, I’m worse off(境况更差，更糟糕).”
除非你非常非常富有，否则答案显然是：“不，我变得更糟了。”
Start with his tariffs(关税), which are costing every American household(家庭，住户) an average of $1,100 annually, according to the Yale Budget Lab. (If you don’t trust Yale, the conservative Tax Foundation estimated last year’s tab(账单，费用) to be $1,000 a household.)
先从他的关税说起。根据耶鲁预算实验室的数据，关税使每个美国家庭平均每年损失1100美元。（如果你不信任耶鲁，保守派税务基金会估计去年的账单为每户1000美元。）