1.   He also maintained that increases in public expenditure would lead to increased taxation and higher unemployment.

2.   And in the end, it may force local officials to bite the bullet and find other ways to increase revenue through increased taxation.

3.   That relief would be funded in part by increased indirect taxation, including taxation on energy.

4.   The OECD also favors increased indirect taxation, including energy taxes in particular, he said.

5.   There is little that warns citizens about increased taxation or cuts in domestic spending that would accompany the addition of just the first three countries.

6.   To pay for promised benefits through increased taxation is unfeasible.