Any increase in personal taxation cuts both ways: the government collects more in direct taxes but gets less from indirect taxation because people have less to spend on goods and services.

• 对个人税收的提高所起的作用有利亦有弊：政府直接税款收得多了，但间接税款得到少了，因为人们花费在货物和服务方面的钱就少了。