Health policy experts suggest curbing the consumption of sugared drinks through an excise tax of one cent per ounce of beverage, which would be expected to decrease consumption by 10 per cent.

健康政策专家建议通过对饮料征收每盎司1美分的消费税来控制含糖软饮料的消耗。他们希望这一措施可以将软饮料的消耗量降低10%。

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In 2004, a one-third decrease in the alcohol tax led to a significant drop in the prices of alcoholic beverages in Finland. As a result, total alcohol consumption in that country leapt by 10 percent.

2004年，酒税下降三分之一后，芬兰的酒价大幅缩水，该国酒类消费量陡增10%。

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The new tax is meant to reduce fuel consumption and fight pollution. Rather than further raising the tax on fuel, which increased by almost 20% in June, the government is taxing gas-guzzling cars.

该举措不是继续提高已经于6月份上涨了接近20%的燃油税，而是意在减少燃油消费从而对抗污染：准备对高油耗汽车征税。

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The strengthening yen was a factor, making local products less attractive to foreign buyers, but investors were also riled after a parliamentary select committee approved a bill to double consumption tax by 2015.

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From 2003 to 2007, the primary balance deficit was reduced from JPY 28 trillion to JPY 6 trillion, a reduction of JPY 22 trillion, equivalent to increasing the consumption tax by 9 percentage points.

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And it surely is not the cosmic shift to a consumption tax favored by others.

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