Contested issues have included supposedly confiscatory taxes, a law that threatens media freedom and central-bank independence.

极具争议性的议题可能包括一项关于税收将被充公的法律，此法会危及媒体自由和中央银行独立性的法律。

One hedge-fund manager who, before the election, was terrified Mr. Obama would usher in “confiscatory” tax policies breathed a sigh of relief.

大选之前,某对冲基金经理曾担心奥巴马会开创”充公性”的税收政策,如今,他长舒了一口气.

In its ruling, the council said that its rejection was made without examining "other grievances" against the tax, such as its possible "confiscatory character".

委员会说道在裁定拒绝这个方案时，没有衡量其他违背税收的因素，比如税收可能有充公的因素。

I got many responses from readers, with a common theme being that this was silly, that even confiscatory taxes on the wealthy couldn't possibly raise enough money to matter.

文章得到许多读者的响应，有一个共同的主题，即认为这种做法属于愚蠢之举，对富人甚至征收充公般的税收也不可能筹集有足够分量的金钱。