The Democratic party has been put on notice. If it picks a pro-tax candidate to take on Donald Trump next year, a billionaire will probably enter the US presidential race as a spoiler. Whether that is Howard Schultz, the former chief executive of Starbucks, or someone else, is secondary. Any third-party plutocrat would have the means to split the vote and enable Mr Trump’s re-election. The inference is clear: a large chunk of America’s plutocracy would risk a second Trump term to keep their taxes low.
美国民主党已收到警告。如果它选择一位支持增税的候选人来挑战唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)，有位亿万富豪可能会以搅局者身份参加总统大选。至于他是星巴克(Starbucks)前首席执行官霍华德•舒尔茨(Howard Schultz，见文首照片)或是别的什么人，那是次要的。任何第三方富豪都有实力分走选票，让特朗普得以连任。推论很明显：美国相当大一部分富豪为了继续享受低税率，都愿意让特朗普连任。
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