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.
美國民主黨已收到警告。如果它選擇一位支持增稅的候選人來挑戰唐納•川普(Donald Trump)，有位億萬富豪可能會以攪局者身份參加總統大選。至於他是星巴克(Starbucks)前執行長霍華•舒茲(Howard Schultz，見文首照片)或是別的什麼人，那是次要的。任何第三方富豪都有實力分走選票，讓川普得以連任。推論很明顯：美國相當大一部分富豪爲了繼續享受低稅率，都願意讓川普連任。
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