自1988年以来，德州一直有来源于石油税和天然气税的“穷困资金”；如今该资金为67亿美元。

Since 1988 the state has maintained a "rainy-day fund", paid for by taxes on oil and gas companies, which is now worth $6.7 billion;

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一些其他税收也可能下放，不过主要都是次要的税收，如飞机旅客税，以及其他显然的非纳税大户，如企业税和北海石油天然气税。

A few other taxes might also be devolved (mostly minor ones, such as air-passenger duty, and explicitly not big earners such as corporation tax or North Sea oil and gas levies).

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把税提高一倍，天然气就能和核能和风能竞争，埃克森美孚称。

Double the tax, and gas would remain competitive with nuclear and wind power, too, says Exxon Mobil.

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