Greece has had to raise revenue as well as cut spending but is at least looking to the "right" sorts of levies, such as value-added tax (VAT) and "sin" taxes on cigarettes, alcohol and petrol.

希腊增加了税收削减了开支，但也只是增加了如增值税和烟酒、汽油的“罪恶税”这类“正义”的税种。

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Talking about why you deserve a raise or promotion should not be about the "I," she said, but instead how you have added value to the company or saved it costs.

她说，谈论你为什么应该加薪或升职时，不应该说“我”，而是谈论你是如何另公司增值或节约成本的。

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The study, development and application of processing technology of green food are the important way to raise the added value of agricultural products and international power of our country.

研究、开发和应用绿色加工技术是提高我国农产品附加值及国际竞争力的重要途径。

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Business spirits are low and the black economy untamed (a decision this week to raise value-added tax to a stonking 27% will not help).

ECONOMIST: Hungary��s economy

Just when German consumers seem to have recovered their confidence, after years of low wage-growth and worries about jobs and pensions, the government wants to raise value-added tax by three percentage points next January.

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Are the Republicans afraid to raise the issue of a value added tax?

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