意大利“猫狗税”提案遭强烈反对
<p>上周五，意大利当地媒体报道该国议会委员会提议向猫狗等宠物征税，以帮助饱受债务危机困扰的城镇增加收入。这一消息发布后立即受到各界批评，动物权益保护组织称这一做法会让更多动物被遗弃，而不少政界人士则表示这一提议“很古怪”、“不现实”、“很白痴”，“很丢人”。一位议员甚至表示，现在就剩下老婆孩子没有征税了。因为遭遇强烈反对，这一征税提议在当天傍晚被撤回。</p><p><span word="A">A</span> <span word="proposal">proposal</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="levy">levy</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tax">tax</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="cats">cats</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="dogs">dogs</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="stunned">stunned</span> <span word="Italy">Italy</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="bark">bark</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="bite">bite</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="wave">wave</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="anger">anger</span> <span word="saw">saw</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="withdrawn">withdrawn</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="day">day</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="made">made</span> <span word="public">public</span>.</p><p><span word="Italy">Italy</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="abuzz">abuzz</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="hours">hours</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="parliamentary">parliamentary</span> <span word="commission">commission</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="proposed">proposed</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="tax">tax</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="domestic">domestic</span> “<span word="animals">animals</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="affection">affection</span>” <span word="to">to</span> <span word="raise">raise</span> <span word="revenue">revenue</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="debt">debt</span>-<span word="strapped">strapped</span> <span word="cities">cities</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="towns">towns</span>.</p><p><span word="Protests">Protests</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="voiced">voiced</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="everyone">everyone</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="animal">animal</span> <span word="rights">rights</span> <span word="groups">groups</span> – <span word="who">who</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="prompt">prompt</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="abandon">abandon</span> <span word="animals">animals</span> – <span word="to">to</span> <span word="politicians">politicians</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="everything">everything</span> <span word="from">from</span> “<span word="grotesque">grotesque</span>” <span word="to">to</span> “<span word="surreal">surreal</span>” <span word="to">to</span> “<span word="idiotic">idiotic</span>” <span word="to">to</span> “<span word="shameful">shameful</span>”.</p><p><span word="There">There</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="reaction">reaction</span> – <span word="all">all</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="incredulous">incredulous</span> – <span word="that">that</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="Italian">Italian</span> <span word="agency">agency</span> <span word="ran">ran</span> <span word="nearly">nearly</span> 40 <span word="news">news</span> <span word="items">items</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="proposal">proposal</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="four">four</span> <span word="hours">hours</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="proposal">proposal</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="withdrawn">withdrawn</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="Friday">Friday</span> <span word="evening">evening</span> <span word="however">however</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="seemed">seemed</span> <span word="everyone">everyone</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="commission">commission</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="discussed">discussed</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="denying">denying</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="paternity">paternity</span>.</p>
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