Mr Matolcsy and Viktor Orbán, the prime minister, wanted to add to demand by instituting a flat tax, plugging the revenue gap with a windfall tax on banks.
Like Mr. Huckabee, he raised the sales tax to plug a substantial budget gap, then traversed the state to generate support.
"Collection of online sales tax could plug 30 to 50percentt of state budget deficits this year and next," said Frank Shafroth, director for state and federal relations at the National Governors Association.
Greece took desperate measures last nighton Sunday to calm fears that it is on the brink of default – or might even leave the eurozone – by announcing a new property tax to plug budget shortfalls.
Democrats, who control the Legislature and who seek a temporary increase in the sales tax to plug the budget gap, are at odds with Republicans, who want to cut services.
To deal with the hideous cost of farm subsidies, Mr Abe has appointed an affable farmer's friend as agriculture minister.Though Mr Yosano, the chief secretary, is a firm advocate of raising the consumption tax to plug Japan's budget deficits and pay for future pensions, Mr Abe appears in no mood to launch such a debate.
Ghodsi: Tobacco companies have some risk because many states are or will increase the cigarette tax to plug holes in their budgets.
Memories of Montreal needing an emergency tobacco tax to plug its losses, or the sight of weeds growing on Athens' new baseball stadium, have been replaced with images of beaming broadcasters, smiling sponsors and the Queen parachuting into the opening ceremony.
They raised taxes to plug the massive deficit, reformed the tax system, and slashed expenditure.
Most careers in conservative politics, where purity is highly valued, would not survive a public declaration of love for the president, let alone a professed willingness to raise taxes to plug the deficit.
