Our top, or highest, federal income tax rate is now close to 40 percent.

我们的最高或最高联邦所得税率现在接近 40%。

Well, a federal income tax return is, in many ways, a snapshot of a person’s socioeconomic profile.

好吧，从很多方面来说，联邦所得税申报表是一个人社会经济概况的快照。

As of the 2019 fiscal year, the residents of DC pay more in overall federal income tax than the residents of 21 actual US states.

截至 2019 财年，华盛顿特区居民缴纳的联邦所得税总额超过了美国 21 个实际州的居民。

This time over the issue of tariffs. With federal income tax still decades away, import duties one of the only ways that the federal government made money.

这次是在关税问题上。由于联邦所得税还有几十年才开征，进口关税是联邦政府赚钱的唯一途径之一。