As Ben has taught me, austerity is a good auditor, but it doesn't require us to cut anything or increase taxes on anyone.

正如本教会我朴实是很好的听众，但是紧缩并不要求我们减少或增加个人的税收。

youdao

Some spending has gone up a little bit as a proportion of GDP... But it worked. It did work. You cut the taxes... But it then fell apart in 2001.

尽管有些支出，按gdp的比例有过小幅增长，但毕竟奏效了，事实摆在那里，先减税。，但好景不长，到2001年就不行了。

youdao

Finally, the idea that the world's rich countries need to cut spending and raise taxes has a lot of truth to it.

最后，全球富国需要削减开支和增加税收的想法颇有些道理。

youdao

It has hinted that a cut in payroll taxes granted last year to sectors heavily exposed to foreign competition, such as shoes and software, may be extended to all employers.

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Having knocked the government of Lionel Jospin for failing to cut taxes enough while he was outside it, Mr Fabius has yet to prove he is politically nimble enough to persuade France's unwieldy left-wing coalition to swallow such reforms.

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Congress has also cut taxes to stimulate the economy in downturns, as it did in each of the last three years.

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