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進入《中英對照讀新聞》George Osborne’s £7bn tax cuts plan is a ’total fantasy’, warns Vince Cable 凱博警告：歐斯本的70億英鎊減稅計畫是「十足的幻想」
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The business secretary, Vince Cable, has torn into the Conservatives for promising £7bn of new tax cuts at a time of renewed uncertainty about the global economy, saying it was "total fantasy" to think they could be delivered without raising other taxes or making massive extra cuts to public services.
商務大臣凱博痛批保守黨，在全球經濟前景再陷不明的此刻，承諾70億英鎊新減稅計畫。他說，認為不需要另增其他稅收或大幅削減公共服務就能實現減稅，是「十足的幻想」。
Cable told the Observer that officials inside the Treasury were increasingly concerned that the pledges made by the chancellor, George Osborne, and David Cameron at the Tory conference in October were not affordable and could put the government’s reputation for fiscal credibility at risk.
凱博告訴《觀察家報》，財政部官員越來越擔心，負擔不起財政大臣歐斯本和首相卡麥隆在10月保守黨年會上所做的這些承諾，而且可能傷害政府財政信用聲譽。
"When you look at the numbers, tax cuts on any significant scale are simply not deliverable unless you make horrific cuts to key public services such as the police and defence," Cable said.
「你看看這些數字，就是做不到任何顯著規模的減稅，除非大幅削減警察、國防等關鍵公共服務，」凱博說。
"Technically, of course, you can always make tax cuts, but if you are to avoid hitting services you would have to put up other taxes or cut services massively. It is total fantasy to suggest otherwise."
「當然，技術上來說，你隨時都可以減稅，但若要避免衝擊公共服務，就得增加其他稅收或大幅削減服務，否則就全是幻想。」
Cable said that while the Liberal Democrats, who have championed the policy of raising the tax-free threshold, remained wedded to it to help low earners, further rises could only be made when they were affordable.
凱博說，儘管主張提高免稅額的自由民主黨依然堅持這個理念以幫助低收入者，但只能在負擔得起的情況下進一步提高免稅額。
新聞辭典
tear into someone：動詞，強烈批評某人。例句：My boss tore into me just because he didn’t agree with me.（我的主管只因和我意見不同就痛批我。）
deliver：動詞，實現、達成（承諾、期望）。例句：He failed to deliver on his promises.（他未能兌現他的承諾。）
wedded to：形容詞，執著的、堅信的、支持的（對想法、理念等）。例句：Josh is still wedded to the Democratic Party.（喬許還是很支持民主黨。）
