11.   Lower export taxes could help Brazil close a trade deficit.

12.   Mitsuzuka said that, while lower corporate taxes would help the economy, his ministry would offset lost revenue by closing tax loopholes.

13.   Perhaps lower taxes would help the economy create more jobs, but most people are sick of the job churning.

14.   Rabin, treasury officials said, was persuaded that the tax would help curb inflation.

15.   Policy analysts also question whether taxes would help keep jobs growth in Massachusetts.

16.   Republicans say the tax helped raise prices and rolling it back will provide some relief for consumers.

17.   Such a tax would help governments like the United States that are under pressure to reduce foreign aid, he said.

18.   The higher taxes will help drive down that debt.

19.   The high tax helps fund health and education programs for young people and makes cigarettes too expensive for many teenagers.

20.   The soaring oil price and high gasoline taxes helped to inspire widespread protests across Europe last month.