The ghost of taxes present took finance minister Scrooge to home after home, homes where there were sick people, homes where there were poor people, homes where there were old pclass=yellow1>eople, homes of the middle class, alclass=yellow1>l homes where Sclass=yellow1>crooge's taxes were squeezing the life class=yellow1>out of men, women, children and families.
Le Spectre des taxes présentes conduisit Scrooge, le ministre des Finances, de foyer en foyer; ils y virent des gens malades, des gens pauvres, des personnes âgées et des gens de la classe moyenne, des hommes, des femmes, des enfants et des familles qui étaient tous accablés par les taxes de Scrooge.