However, by the early part of the twentieth century, the federal or national government in the United States decided it needed more money, and so it passed a law establishing a permanent income tax.

然而，到了二十世纪初期，美国联邦政府或中央政府决定需要更多资金， 因此通过了一项建立永久所得税的法律。

Her unhappy father is, I am glad to say, under the impression that she is attending a more than usually lengthy lecture by the University Extension Scheme on the Influence of a permanent income on Thought.

我很高兴地说， 她不幸的父亲给人的印象是， 她正在参加大学扩展计划举办的关于永久性收入对思想的影响的比平时更长的讲座。