Officials declined to borrow against next year's state aid, they refused to trim extracurricular activities and they did not consider seeking a smaller—perhaps more acceptable—tax increase.

官员们拒绝借用下一年度的国家补助金，拒绝削减课外活动，也没有考虑寻求一个更低的（也许是更易接受的）税收增长。

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German politicians promised their voters that the euro would never lead to fiscal union or tax increases, yet aid to Greece would put those issues on the table.

德国政客向选民保证欧元不会导致财政联盟或是税收增加，但是帮助希腊的行为把问题都摆到了桌面上。

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Grybauskaite has said she wants to help formulate a policy that will stabilise public finances, stimulate exports, absorb EU aid faster and provide tax breaks for small and medium-sized businesses.

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates on Friday backed a controversial financial transactions tax to aid development in poor countries but France acknowledged that most G20 countries did not like the idea.

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President Obama is seeking to aid the group through increasing their pre-tax income while Gov. Romney is seeking to aid the group by increasing their pre-tax capital.

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