Higher commodity prices act like a consumption tax, transferring income from households and companies which use the resources to companies and countries that produce them.

较高的商品价格的作用就像消费税，把财富由消费资源的个人或公司转移到生产此资源的公司或国家。

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So if these tax changes produce more "skin in the game" that will be a good thing.

因此，如果税种改变会产生更多的“共担风险”，这将会是一件好事。

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One is that you cut tax rates, and therefore give people incentives to do things like work and produce more and pay more — maybe, depending on what kind of taxes.

一个是，削减税率可以给人们以激励去做事情比如工作，从而产出更多，支付更多——或许，这有赖于削减的是哪种税收。

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Next, Hoffman whined about having to produce tax returns, claiming that they should have been protected from discovery to protect his financial privacy and for other reasons.

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And if the committee can produce tax reform that raises revenues and contributes to deficit reduction but simplifies the tax code, that would also be a good thing.

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Requiring unlimited taxes over and above the level of government services you provide to a taxpayer and threatening criminal sanctions to enforce this requirement, will in the short-term produce tax revenue.

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