Majority of Japanese against tax hike plan: polls 多くの日本人が増税計画に反対

So...the article reads that Yomiuri Shimbun daily reported 55% of the Japanese are opposed to the tax hike plan; the Asahi Shimbun, said 57% of the respondents were against the government raising the sales tax.

The life in Japan is tougher. As you can see in this figure [   http://nensyu-labo.com/heikin_suii.htm the horizontal line shows the year from (Heisei ) 7 i.e. 1997 till ( Heisei)22 i.e. 2011 ], the average salary in Japan has decreased basically which means Japanese are poorer than ever now. Due to the ever rising oil price many things in Japan are more important than ever.  

Why can we not hike the tax only for the luxurious product/service? The tax rise will hit the poor most. The rich will be always resilient to the living cost being high, the poor not. It is known that many western European countries have the high tax but it is not for all products. Usually high tax for the expensive products and no/low tax for normal foods.

日本は食品など一般の製品の税金は高めるべきではない。贅沢品の税金は上げたいだけあげるべき。この図（　 http://nensyu-labo.com/heikin_suii.htm 　）が示すように、日本人の給与レベルは下がる一方である。しかし、物価は原油高の影響等であがる一方。

お金持ちはパンが無ければケーキを食べることも出来るが、パンしか食べられない人が日本には増えている。少ない給料でなんとか生きている家庭が守られなければならない。

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