Tax-exempt means donors can claim their donations on their tax returns and possibly reduce the amount they owe the government.

VOA: special.2009.11.02

But TEFRA was coupled with a promise by Tip O'Neil and Bob Dole that for every dollar in tax increases government spending would be cut by 3 dollars.

但前提是，欧尼尔和鲍勃·杜尔必须承诺,每增税1美元,政府财政支出须减少3美元。

斯坦福公开课 - 经济学课程节选

I mean, why can't the government just provide some type of a tax benefit

我的意思是说，为什么政府不能就提供某些税收优惠，

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The International Monetary Fund recently called for government spending, tax cuts and international cooperation to support growth.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

Do you have any views on the fiscal side of things the government is talking now 850 billion dollar package, the mix of fiscal stimulus, tax cuts, and the like?

你对政府财政是怎么看的,例如，财政刺激,减税等，8500亿的刺激计划？

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A second government program a tax credit for first-time home buyers has helped the housing market.

VOA: special.2009.11.06

Go ahead and let the Bush tax cuts expire on the theory that the government needs extra revenues to cover the higher spending or should he try to ? make the Bush tax cuts permanent, Ken Judd?

第一种是让布什减税政策自动终结，然后增税,这个倒也在情在理，毕竟政府需要,额外增加财政收入，来承担高额的财政支出,第二种是，采取措施,让该政策继续生效，肯·贾德，你怎么看？

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The president said the federal government has already reformed the student loan system and increased tax credits for families struggling to pay college education costs.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

He said it was wrong to raise more tax money than the government needed.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

About 1/3 is tax cuts for individuals and businesses and 2/3 is government spending.

VOA: special.2009.01.31

His proposals could cost around in government spending and tax cuts over two years.

VOA: special.2009.01.09

The government,he said, received most of this unnecessary tax money from tariffs.

VOA: special.2010.05.20

This was tax money the government collected, but did not use.

VOA: special.2010.05.27

The president says Americans need to have confidence that the government is spending their tax dollars wisely.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

The Washington rally coincided with tax deadline day in the United States, the day Americans must file their income tax returns with the government.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

He says the strike began in response to a new 70-percent tax on merchants by the government, and the strike has continued despite major government concessions.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

The government has also submitted legislation that would increase the excise tax on beer by an average of 50 percent per year from 2010 to 2012.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

The anti-tax,anti-big government Tea Party movement takes inspiration from the anti-tax protesters just before the American Revolution who threw tea into Boston Harbor to protest British taxes.

VOA: standard.2010.03.16

He said the government will also make it easier for people to save their federal tax refunds, with an option for depositing the money into their retirement accounts.

VOA: standard.2009.09.05

But recent reports showed U.S.consumer confidence dipping and consumer spending down as government subsidies to purchase new cars have ended and tax credits for first-time home buyers are soon to expire.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

"So,you pile up all this Democrat spending, all their borrowing,all their debt, you add it to their government takeover of health care, their 'cap and trade' national energy tax and their continued bailouts.

VOA: standard.2010.02.06

Many were members of the Tea Party movement, which is made up of loosely organized groups of grass roots conservative, Libertarian and anti-tax activists who oppose the Democrats' health care plan, saying that it imposes too much government involvement in the economy and people's lives.

VOA: standard.2010.03.25

"Let's go from here," he said "Let's scrap the bill. Let's build health care reform that respects the limited government and liberty of the American people, so help us God!" Grassroots conservatives, many of them members of the so-called Tea Party movement, are out in force at the rally, eager to spread their anti-Obama, anti-tax,anti-big government message.

VOA: standard.2010.03.18