The chancellor, Alistair Darling, raised the top income-tax rate to 50% and also increased duties on fuel, alcohol and tobacco.

英国财政大臣阿利斯·太尔·达林已经将个税的最高税率等级提高到50%，而且还对石油，酒精和香烟增税。

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In recent years, rural income has increased by a rate of 8% or more in real terms, substantially higher than the decade before 2004.

近年来，按扣除物价上涨因素计算，农村收入增长超过8%，明显高于2004年前的十年。农村收入快速增长有两个原因。

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The obesity rate of children in higher income family was significantly increased than those in lower income family, which had the trend of elevation with the increase of family income.

高收入家庭的少年儿童肥胖率显著高于中低收入家庭的少年儿童，肥胖发生率有随家庭经济收入增加而升高的趋势。

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For that top 1% of taxpayers, however, the maximum rate on ordinary income has increased from 35% to 39.6%, while the top rate on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends has increased from 15% to 20%.

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From 2001 to 2011, the report shows that the income of the poorest 20% of Brazilians increased at a rate seven times higher than that of the richest, growing by an average of 5.1% per year above inflation, compared to 0.7%.

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Under a law passed in 1932, Franklin Roosevelt became the first president subject to the income tax, but he refused to pay an increased rate that he helped enact in 1934.

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