In this view, Russian peasants' status as serfs kept them poor through burdensome taxes in cash, in labor, and in-kind; through restrictions on mobility; and through various forms of coercion.

在这个观点中，通过沉重的现金税、劳动税和实物税、限制流动性和各种形式的胁迫使有着农奴地位的俄国农民保持贫穷。

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Why could't Singapore exploit the same opportunity in Asia? One feature of the Swiss banking scene was deliberately left off the blueprint: Switzerland's increasingly burdensome taxes.

新加坡为什么不可以在亚洲开发同样的商机？新加坡蓝图刻意遗漏掉瑞士银行业的一个特色：瑞士益趋繁重的赋税。

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The miners say that the RSPT could push rates to nearly 60%, making Australia's mining taxes the world's most burdensome by some distance.

矿商方面表示RSPT会把这个比例推到60%附近，从而使澳大利亚矿业税在某种程度上成为世界上最繁重的。

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The government wants to change that, by adding burdensome taxes on auto imports.

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Cliff Kincaid, the indefatigable president of the UN watchdog, America's Survival, has pointed out that the prospects for sovereignty-sapping and financially burdensome international taxes are being further enhanced by the recruitment to this cause of deep-pocketed individuals besides George Soros and Ted Turner (the latter's foundation actually has for years had employees working in the UN Secretariat).

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But burdensome though the taxes are, they are not the only reason why India's private airlines are suffering.

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