The epicentre of the financial meltdown in 2008 has risen to become a new starting point for progressive social reforms in The United States of America: The new mayor of New York City, Bill de Blasio, who was inaugurated on New Year's day, has launched an ambitious plan to offer full-day universal pre-K and after-school programs for every middle school student, paid for by a new tax on high-earners of "about the cost of a small soy latte at your local Starbucks."
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机译：2008年金融危机的重中之重已成为美国逐步进行社会改革的新起点：纽约市新任市长比尔·德·布拉西奥（Bill de Blasio）于元旦那天就职后，就发起了一项雄心勃勃的计划，为每个中学生提供全日制的幼儿园前和放学后计划，并通过向高收入者征收“大约在您当地星巴克购买一小杯大豆拿铁的成本”的新税来支付。
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