Mr. Kan has previously said Japan’s rising social welfare expenses and its soaring national debt make a sales tax increase inevitable.

菅直人此前表示，日本社会福利花费上涨，国债激增，使得消费税调涨难以避免。

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The construction of the rural social welfare system will inevitably requires the enormous costs, which includes the cost for implementation and the expenditure cost for the social welfare expenses.

建立农村社会保障制度必然要付出巨大的成本，包括推行成本和社会保障费用支出成本。

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For poor students, North European countries with relatively low living expenses and favorable social welfare may be good choices.

例如，家庭经济条件如果不是很好的话，可以选择生活费用相对较低、社会福利良好的北欧国家。

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Though some argue that this method would cut welfare abuse, government expenses and eventually taxes, the suggestion raises the uncomfortable possibility of restricting buying behavior for everyone.

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So for each dollar of corporate welfare that is cut, we save more than one dollar, either through less inflation, reduced interest expenses, increased future private sector spending (due to lower taxation), reduced government costs, or all of the above.

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