For example, Margaret Thatcher, the Iron Lady of British politics, was brought down by her advocacy of the poll tax; George Bush lost his bid for reelection after breaking his "no new taxes" pledge; and the cabinet of former Japanese prime minister Ryutaro Hashimoto was undone after he proposed raising the business tax rate.
例如有鐵娘子之稱的英國前首相柴契爾夫人，因倡議「人頭稅」而下台；美國老布希總統因違反「任內不加稅」的競選誓言而蟬聯失利；前日本橋本龍太郎內閣，則因主張提高消費稅而慘遭倒閣。