1. Because of strong opposition, the government has dropped plans to increase taxes on fuel. 2. He also said he doubted that Congress would vote to increase taxes on Social Security benefits. 3. It is the Labour party which wants to increase tax by extending national insurance. 4. It is their declared intention to increase taxes. 5. It meant doubling or tripling the budget, increasing taxes heavily, and imposing various kinds of economic controls. 6. Mr Breaux would find some spending cuts but partially replace the energy tax by increasing the tax on petrol. 7. One possible course of action is to increase taxes on alcohol and tobacco. 8. She argued that taxes must be increased to pay for public services. 9. The bluntest way to encourage this would be to increase petrol tax. 10. The Chancellor resisted pressure to increase taxes. |