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Defining class in Mexico 墨西哥阶层划定 Middle worth 中产阶级的价值 Politicians and statisticians hunt for the middleclass 政治家和统计员们寻找中产阶级 IN THE hallowed name of the middle class, Mexico s politicians have been doing a lot ofhuffing and puffing lately. 在中产阶级的神圣名义下，墨西哥的政治家最近一直在进行大量愤怒抨击。 The source of their indignation is the president s plan to raise income tax on annual salariesover 500,000 pesos and impose value-added tax on private schooling and mortgagepayments. 他们愤怒的起因是总统对年工资收入超过500,000比索的人提高所得税和对私人学校和抵押贷款征收增值税的计划。 That, the people s representatives complain, would beat the stuffing out of ordinary,hard-working families, so they plan to spare them the tax on schooling and housing. 这样的话，人民的代表们抱怨道，会使普通的，努力工作的家庭一蹶不振，所以他们打算帮他们在教育和房贷方面减轻税务负担。 If only the middle class were so lucky. 如果中产阶级有这么幸运的话。 According to measurements by thenational statistics institute, most of its members earn nowhere near the 500,000-pesothreshold, let alone send their children to private school or pay mortgages. | 
