71.   Those taxes would go to the tribe, however, not to state or local governments.

72.   To be sure, after prices rallied for a brief period, they retreated after traders failed to confirm that the tax would go into effect.

73.   Undoubtedly the profit margin per pair of sneaks is so narrow that if the tax goes through, Nike will be forced to lay off half the Philippines.

74.   Well, if there are enough votes in Congress, taxes will go down.

75.   What they are doing is causing the local taxes to go up.

76.   Others complain their taxes would only go into the black hole of Russian bureaucracy.

77.   As a result, taxes will go up and public projects will be scrubbed for lack of money.

78.   But to everyone else it might sound like taxes would go away.

79.   If the tax goes up, they will not be able to afford it.

80.   Import taxes often go unpaid because smugglers have take contraband overland from the provinces, where customs houses are severely understaffed.