It would be a fiscal stimulus only if taxpayers had previously expected that Congress and the administration would allow the tax rates to rise – an unlikely prospect, given the highly adverse effects that doing so would have had on the currently weak economy.
Sarebbe uno stimolo fiscale solo se i contribuenti avessero subito in precedenza l’aumento delle aliquote fiscali per mano del Congresso e dell’amministrazione – una prospettiva improbabile, considerati gli effetti altamente dannosi che una tale manovra avrebbe comportato sulla debole economia di oggi.