Sentence examples for difficult to raise tax from inspiring English sources

Policy makers say it will become increasingly difficult to raise tax revenue to support retirees and maintain economic growth.

Assorted propositions approved by voters have made it very difficult to raise taxes at all.

Many recession-battered states, including some led by Democrats, have been forced to cut other services because Republicans have made it so politically difficult to raise taxes.

Tax rates dropped in 43 states in the 1990's, and many states passed laws that would make it difficult to raise taxes again.

But the current situation began to take shape after 1980, when an amendment to the state constitution made it more difficult to raise taxes.

One of the reasons that communities in St . Louis Countycame to rely so heavily upon revenue from fines and fees is that a Missouri state constitutional amendment makes it difficult for municipalities to raise tax rates: Most such increases have to approved by public referendum.

Cities in California are under particular pressure because it is so difficult to raise property taxes in the state, and because in 1999, at the height of the tech bubble, the Legislature voted for a huge benefit increase allowing, for instance, police officers to retire at age 50 with 90 percent of their salaries.

We will never get the deficit under control unless we make the difficult but necessary decision to raise taxes.

Weak growth made it difficult for Mr. Darling to raise taxes, but he could not afford to cut them either, given a rising fiscal deficit.

The political instability has made it increasingly difficult for the government to raise taxes from Egypt's 80 million-strong population.

The United States could lead an effort to block further desperately needed loans from the International Monetary Fund -- and this after General Musharraf had already taken politically difficult steps over the last year to raise taxes and cut subsidies as the I.M.F.