That the UK lags behind is due to our weak, by international standards, local government, as well as the opposition to taxes and regulation of our aggressively pro-market ruling party.

以国际标准衡量，英国之所以落后，是因为我们地方政府的软弱，以及对税收的反对，和对积极支持市场的执政党的监管。

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If you believe, as many do, that wealth inequality is inherently bad, then these taxes improve society while also swelling government coffers.

如果你像许多人一样，认为财富不平等从根本上就不好，那么这些税收在改善社会的同时，也充实了政府的金库。

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Government officials were paid their salary in silk, and farmers paid their taxes in grain and silk.

政府官员的工资是用丝绸支付的，而农民的赋税用粮食和丝绸支付。

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The party opposes his plan to cut taxes for middle class Americans and use of government spending to increase economic activity.

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The government taxes people and it takes some of the money and redistributes it to people in need.

政府向人民征税,并将部分税款,再重新分配给需要的人们。

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and he started with the position that you ought to cut taxes but only where you can find offsetting cuts and government spending.

最开始，他的观点是,减税是正道,但必须先想到如何补偿这部分损失,如何削减财政支出。

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State and local government taxes also represent about 25% of consumer telecom bills, Speta says.

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The assessments built into the calculator act like taxes, and they come on top of government taxes.

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Rather, it makes going without insurance just another thing the Government taxes, like buying gasoline or earning income.

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