Recessions, after all, cause real damage: job losses, higher levels of business failures, and falling tax receipts.

毕竟，衰退造成实实在在的损失：失业，大量企业倒闭，财政收入锐减。

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The tax increases will more than triple what the Democrats advocated, including a large new Value Added Tax (probably called a Business Receipts Tax).

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Still, if you underreported income by large amounts, say, skimming off your cash business receipts, consider this: The IRS' criminal division has gone back to investigating tax cheats with legal source income, as opposed to just chasing white-collar swindlers and drug lords.

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