31.   When he complained about the tax increase, he was joining the whiny chorus of local boys on the Ryder Cup team.

32.   Tax increases were a way of damping down consumer spending.

33.   The tax increases will be spread over the next three years.

34.   There will be tax increases on a range of goods and services.

35.   Recent tax increases have affected the poor more than the rich.

36.   A reduction in interest rates would soften the blow of tax increases.

37.   They are calling for large spending cuts and tax increases.

38.   He announced big tax increases for the next two financial years.

39.   The tax increase sounded the death knell for the business.