Of course, I could just be a cynic.

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One would have to be something of a cynic to think that it was all rather planted: volunteer a near trivial rise in taxes, pre-agreed, in order to fend off demands for rises that might actually bite.

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It may merely be a subtle way to keep noses to the grindstone for longer, says one cynic, causing more stress, not less.

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