Taxing consumers is not popular with voters. So much so that Japan, for example, has avoided the issue for almost two decades. But last week a consumption tax rise was passed by the lower house. In response, Ichiro Ozawa, former leader of the Democratic Party of Japan, resigned from the ruling bloc on Monday to form his own political group. Why so emotive?
向消費者征稅不受選民歡迎，以至于日本近20年來一直回避這個問題。但在上周，日本眾議院通過了上調消費稅的議案。作為回應，日本民主黨前領導人小澤一郎(Ichiro Ozawa)周一宣布退出執政黨，另立新黨。為何如此情緒化？
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