Brown himself has been a stern critic of taxing financial transactions, and he himself knows that this kind of idea is totally unreliable.

布朗曾严厉的抨击过金融税，而他本人也知道，这种点子是根本靠不住的。

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Tobin proposed taxing financial transactions to slow the flow of money to and from markets.

托宾建议对金融交易征税以减缓市场上的资金流动。

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In the past, Brown himself has been a stern critic of taxing financial transactions in this way, and knows perfectly well that the idea doesn't stand an icicle's chance in Hades.

放在过去，布朗曾严厉的抨击过金融税，而他本人也知道，这种点子就像冥府中的一根冰柱，是根本靠不住的。

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Not only do consumers abandon overly taxing transactions, they are also unlikely to return to the site or recommend the vendor to others.

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We should also envisage taxing financial transactions and prohibition of products like hedge funds.

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Economists generally frown on taxing financial transactions because that gums up markets.

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