A more direct, though controversial, approach would simply be to tax people on the basis of their weight.

控制肥胖的一个更直接的方法是：简单按体重来征税，当然这种做法存在着争议。

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Most voters tell pollsters they favour a balanced approach to the deficit, meaning tax increases as well as spending cuts, with a bigger share of the taxes coming from the rich.

大多数选民在接受民意调查时都提出他们倾向于以平衡的方式来处理赤字，这意味着同时加税和开支削减，以及从富人那里获取更大的税收。

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A carbon price or tax, which raises the cost of emitting carbon dioxide while leaving it up to the private sector to pick technologies, is the better approach.

调整碳排放价格或是征税会是一个更好的方法，这样提高了排放二氧化碳的成本，同时也使得私人企业有自由去选择采用何种技术。

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The consumption tax approach is one that at least places part of the burden of financing the welfare system on current recipients.

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For example, it could be up to 17, 18 year period before the money comes back, and that's a very long period of time to finance, and that's a serious disadvantage of the graduate tax approach.

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Republicans say a broad tax cutting approach is needed.

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