Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi waves to supporters as his girlfriend Francesca Pascale looks on during a rally to protest his tax fraud conviction, outside his palace in central Rome August 4, 2013. Tensions in Italy's squabbling coalition heightened ahead of a rally by supporters of Silvio Berlusconi in Rome on Sunday in protest at a tax fraud conviction that threatens his future in politics and the fragile government. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Police officer detain a demonstrator during a protest march organised by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), in Oxford Street, in central London October 20, 2012. Thousands of British protesters marched through central London on Saturday against public spending cuts and tax rises enacted by a government fighting accusations it is run by an upper-class elite that ignores the plight of recession-hit voters. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS EMPLOYMENT) 

Nathan Peterson of Liberty Tax Services, dressed as the Statue of Liberty, waves a sign at drivers in Westminster, Colorado February 4, 2009. Peterson was trying to encourage customers to come into the tax office to have their taxes prepared and was advertising loans against tax refunds. U.S. tax forms are due to be filed April 15th. REUTERS/Rick Wilking (UNITED STATES) 

Anti-government demonstrators supporting the farmers on strike beat a fence protecting the Casa Rosada presidential house during a protest against Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner in Buenos Aires March 25, 2008. President Fernandez on Tuesday refused to budge on a tax hike, as farmers protesting the measure vowed to extend a two-week strike amid early signs of food shortages. Protesters have blocked roads and paralyzed grain markets for nearly two weeks in the biggest conflict to face Fernandez since she took office in December. Soon after Fernandez spoke, hundreds of Buenos Aires residents banged pots and pans on street corners and in front of the presidential palace in support of the farmers. REUTERS/Enrique Marcarian (ARGENTINA) 

An Amazon employee in a nearby building watches people hold "tax Amazon" signs during a protest to demand that the city of Seattle tax the largest corporations to help fund affordable housing, according to organizers, in Seattle, Washington, U.S., April 10, 2018. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson 

Protest signs are seen during a rally against the Republican tax bill on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., November 15, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a media forum of the All-Russia People's Front in St. Petersburg, Russia, April 7, 2016. REUTERS/Dmitry Lovetsky/Pool TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA Chief Executive Mark Branson talks to the media during a news conference in Bern, Switzerland April 7, 2016. REUTERS/Ruben Sprich TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

People demonstrate against Iceland's Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson in Reykjavik, Iceland April 5, 2016. Gunnlaugsson became the first major casualty of the Panama Papers revelations, stepping down on Tuesday after leaked files showed his wife owned an offshore firm with big claims on the country's collapsed banks. REUTERS/Stigtryggur Johannsson TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Mossack Fonseca law firm sign is pictured in Panama City, April 4, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A company list showing the Mossack Fonseca law firm is pictured on a sign at the Arango Orillac Building in Panama City April 3, 2016. REUTERS/Carlos Jasso TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

A sign showing the price of unleaded petrol at 101.9 pence ($1.46) a litre is seen in a raindrop on a car window at a Texaco gas station in central London, Britain January 26, 2016. A dramatic drop in oil prices, driven down by a glut in supply, is translating into a mixed bag for motorists. All countries have access to the same oil prices on international markets, but retail prices vary wildly, largely because of taxes and subsidies. Picture rotated 180 degrees. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth SEARCH "THE WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY 

A man exits a butcher shop at the main food market in central Athens, Greece, July 20, 2015. Greece reopened its banks and started the process of paying off billions of euros owed to international creditors on Monday in the first signs of a return to normal after a deal to agree a new package of bailout reforms. Increases in value added tax agreed under the bailout terms also took effect, with VAT on food and public transport jumping to 23 percent from 13 percent. The stock market remained closed until further notice. REUTERS/Yiannis Kourtoglou TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

British Prime Minister David Cameron speaks during a campaign visit in Frinton-on-Sea, Britain April 24, 2015. Cameron, courted English voters on Friday ahead of a tight UK-wide election, promising to create a separate rate of income tax for England and to give English lawmakers greater powers if re-elected. REUTERS/Toby Melville
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Japan's Prime Minister and leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party Shinzo Abe speaks ahead of a general election, in front of a Shinjuku train station in Tokyo November 28, 2014. Japanese voters head to the polls on Dec. 14 for the snap election called by Abe that he says is a referendum on his economic policies and decision to put off an unpopular tax hike. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

People hold up their mobile phones as they protest against a new tax on Internet data transfers in the centre of Budapest October 26, 2014. REUTERS/Laszlo Balogh (HUNGARY - Tags: BUSINESS TELECOMS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Letters are removed from the Trump Plaza Casino signage in Atlantic City, New Jersey October 24, 2014. The Taj Mahal was slated to close on Nov. 13 but said it would stay open for an unspecified period after winning benefit cuts in court. But state and local governments have balked at offering tax concessions. If the Taj closes, it will be the fifth of 12 casinos in the city to close amid fierce competition from casinos in neighboring states. REUTERS/Mark Makela (UNITED STATES - Tags: TRAVEL BUSINESS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A woman holding umbrella walks past a Louis Vuitton logo outside its branch store at Ginza shopping street in Tokyo August 28, 2014. Japanese household spending fell in July from a year ago, government data showed on Friday, in a sign that consumer spending is struggling to recover after an increase in the national sales tax. Picture taken August 28, 2014. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS SOCIETY WEALTH) 

Bank of France Governor Christian Noyer attends a news conference at Bercy Finance Ministry in Paris January 27, 2014. France and Germany agree on the principle that banks' speculative activities must be separated from other business lines, French Finance Minister Pierre Moscovici said on Monday. His German counterpart, Wolfgang Schaeuble, said that the two countries also aimed to ensure that a new financial transaction tax did not not harm the functioning of their financial markets. REUTERS/Charles Platiau (FRANCE - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (R) and Japan's Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Taro Aso sit at the lower house of the parliament in Tokyo January 24, 2014. Japanese government calculations indicate that Abe cannot meet his budget-balancing promise in coming years on the current course, suggesting greater pressure from fiscal hawks for future tax increases. To match Exclusive JAPAN-ECONOMY/BUDGET REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Demonstrators hold up signs during a march against the federal government's economic and tax reforms in Ciudad Juarez October 22, 2013. The Lower House maintained the government's plan to raise the lower 11 percent value-added tax (VAT) rate for border states to match the national rate of 16 percent. The signs read: "No to the 16 percent price increase", "No to the 16 percent lack of tourism", "No to the 16 percent closure of assembly plants" and "No to the 16 percent crime increase". REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez (MEXICO - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS BUSINESS SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Barcelona's soccer player Lionel Messi (C) gives a thumbs up as he leaves after answering charges of tax evasion in a court in Gava September 27, 2013. Barcelona forward Messi and his father Jorge have paid five million euros ($6.6 million) as a "corrective payment" to the Spanish authorities after they were accused in June of filing false tax returns, a court statement said on September 4. REUTERS/Albert Gea (SPAIN - Tags: SPORT SOCCER BUSINESS CRIME LAW) 

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda speaks during a news conference in Tokyo September 5, 2013. Kuroda said on Thursday that the central bank stands ready to take further monetary easing steps if a planned sales tax hike or other risks derail the economy on its path to achieving the bank's 2 percent inflation target. REUTERS/Yuya Shino (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) 

A rainbow is seen over an advertising sign for the insurance provider Suncorp atop a building in central Sydney July 31, 2013. Suncorp Group Ltd, a provider of general insurance, banking, life insurance and wealth management in Australia and New Zealand, reported a full year after tax profit of $491 million. Picture taken July 31, 2013. REUTERS/David Gray (AUSTRALIA - Tags: BUSINESS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY ENVIRONMENT) 

Workers from Troqueleria Del Norte, die-manufacturers for the automotive sector, clash with riot police during an eviction in Sondika, 12 km (7 miles) from Bilbao June 18, 2013. 70 members of the workforce were evicted on Tuesday after occupying the factory for nearly two months and blocking an earlier attempt by the company's former owners and current proprietors of the building to expel them. The company went into liquidation in 2012 and its owners owe 18 million euros in taxes, according to representatives of the workers committee. REUTERS/Vincent West (SPAIN - Tags: BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (C) delivers a speech at a seminar in Tokyo June 5, 2013. Abe will pledge to boost incomes by 3 percent annually and allow tax cuts and reduce red tape in special economic zones when he unveils the government's latest polices aimed at revitalizing the world's third-biggest economy, Japanese media said. The sign reads: "The third stage of growth strategy speech". REUTERS/Toru Hanai (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Harley Davidson riders attend the annual Harley Davidson National Rally in Qian Dao Lake, in Zhejiang Province May 11, 2013. Around 1,000 Harley Davidson enthusiasts from all over China met to celebrate the 5th Harley Davidson National Rally in China, as part of the company's 110-year anniversary.
Major Chinese cities ban motorcycles from circulating on highways and major avenues. Meanwhile, Harley Davidson motorbikes are considered by Chinese tax authorities to be luxury items, so they are taxed at extremely high rates-- sometimes the taxes alone is equivalent to the bike's U.S. price tag. Traffic and transportation authorities have also weighed in, putting Harleys in the same category as electric bikes, horses and bicycles, meaning that they cannot be on highways and major avenues. Picture taken May 11, 2013. REUTERS/Carlos Barria (CHINA - Tags: TRANSPORT SOCIETY TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Italian Economy Minister Fabrizio Saccomanni gestures next to Foreign Minister Emma Bonino (L) at the lower house of the parliament in Rome April 29, 2013. Newly-appointed Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta said on Monday his government would stop the scheduled June installment of a hated property tax and would weigh a wider reform of the levy. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi (ITALY - Tags: POLITICS) 

A plant belonging to Germany's largest drugmaker Bayer is seen in Leverkusen January 30, 2013. Bayer, which celebrates its 150th anniversary this year, said on February 28, 2013 it expected growth in adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) in the mid single-digit percentage range, compared with analysts' expectations of about 8 percent. Picture taken January 30, 2013. Picture taken with long exposure. REUTERS/Ina Fassbender (GERMANY - Tags: BUSINESS HEALTH TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Palestinians wave flags during a rally marking the U.N. General Assembly's upgrading of the Palestinians' status from "observer entity" to "non-member state", in the West Bank city of Ramallah December 2, 2012. Israel said on Sunday it was withholding this month's transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority, after the United Nations' de facto recognition of a Palestinian state. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (WEST BANK - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

A protester makes obscene gestures to riot police officers outside Parliament during clashes at 24-hour nationwide general strike in Lisbon, November 14, 2012. Spanish and Portuguese workers will stage the first coordinated general strike across the Iberian Peninsula on Wednesday, shutting transport, grounding flights and closing schools to protest against spending cuts and tax hikes. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (PORTUGAL - Tags: CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT POLITICS) 

Women talk in the Barrio Alto neighbourhood in Lisbon October 23, 2012. The European Commission threw its support on Tuesday behind a plan by 10 euro zone to use a single rule to tax transactions by financial institutions as a way of contributing to the cost of the sovereign debt crisis. REUTERS/Rafael Marchante (PORTUGAL - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS SOCIETY) 

A man sits on the steps of the Parliament in front of the riot police officers, protesting against new 2013 state budget in Lisbon October 15, 2012. Portugal's government presented on Monday its draft 2013 budget, confirming a previously announced plan for an "enormous" tax hike, which Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar said is the only way for the country to meet its fiscal targets under a bailout. REUTERS/Jose Manuel Ribeiro (PORTUGAL - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST) 

A man protests against the new 2013 state budget in front of the parliament as a fire burns in front of it in Lisbon October 15, 2012. Portugal's government presented on Monday its draft 2013 budget, confirming a previously announced plan for an "enormous" tax hike, which Finance Minister Vitor Gaspar said is the only way for the country to meet its fiscal targets under a bailout. REUTERS/Jose Manuel Ribeiro (PORTUGAL - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) 

An elderly woman waits to buy a ticket at Albeniz cinema in Malaga, southern Spain August 31, 2012. Spanish art institutions, already feeling the pinch of funding cuts, fear a steep hike in taxes on tickets to cultural events from Saturday could push them over the edge. As of September 1, Spain's tax rate for a range of cultural activities will jump to 21 percent from 8 percent as part of a wider government plan to boost revenues, cut the deficit and avoid a full-blown European bailout. REUTERS/Jon Nazca (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS ENTERTAINMENT SOCIETY BUSINESS) 

Rows of condominium buildings are seen behind a middle-class residential district in Mandaluyong, Metro Manila July 4, 2012. One-third of the Philippines' 94 million population lives below the poverty line and infrastructure remains mostly woeful. But a growing number of analysts and investors say this time the Philippines promises to leapfrog into a higher growth pattern with signs that President Benigno Aquino is serious about tackling old problems of graft and tax dodging. The economy grew 6.4 percent in the first three months of the year, second only to China among Asian economies, and Aquino told Reuters he expected it to accelerate in the second quarter. To match Interview PHILIPPINES-ECONOMY/AQUINO REUTERS/Erik De Castro (PHILIPPINES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS REAL ESTATE) 

Police arrest Megan Mulholland, an activist with Queerocracy and a member of ACT UP at Wall Street and Broadway, near the New York Stock Exchange, April 25, 2012. Members of the AIDS activist group, ACT UP, and members of Occupy Wall Street blocked traffic and held up signs that read, "Tax Wall St., End Aids" outside the New York Stock Exchange, resulting in arrests on Wednesday. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW BUSINESS) 

A protester shows his face to a Slovak police offiecer as they disperse the crowd during an election protest in Bratislava March 9, 2012, following up a major corruption scandal - codename 'Gorilla' - involving top politicians, government officials and Slovak private equity groups. Slovakia's center-right coalition leaders face electoral humiliation on Saturday at the hands of voters angry at a major corruption scandal, returning to power a left-wing, pro-European party that promises to tax the rich. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa (SLOVAKIA - Tags: SOCIETY) 

Spain's Economy Minister Luis de Guindos reacts during a news conference after a cabinet meeting at Madrid's Moncloa Palace December 30, 2011. Spain's new government said on Friday the public deficit for 2011 would come in at 8 percent of gross domestic product, well above a target of 6 percent, and announced income and property tax hikes and a civil servant wage freeze in response. REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

A man holds a sign at the Occupy Wall St protests in New York's Zucotti Park, October 24, 2011. An anti-capitalist group which sparked the Occupy Wall Street movement has called for global protests on Saturday to demand G20 leaders impose a "Robin Hood" tax on financial transactions and currency trades. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS) 

An "Indignant" demonstrator sleeps as they camp out on Madrid's Paseo del Prado avenue July 26, 2011. Hundreds of "Indignants" from major Spanish cities converged in Madrid this past weekend after a month-long march towards the Spanish capital and held a demonstration on the streets of Madrid against politicians, banks, the economic crisis and the austerity measures of Europe on Sunday. The signs read: "More bread and fewer thieves" and "Zero money to the church from my taxes!" REUTERS/Susana Vera (SPAIN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) 

A woman points at a policeman as she takes part in a demonstration calling for a tax on financial speculation and the abolition of tax havens in front of the Madrid stock exchange June 21, 2011. The sign reads, "This is a Robbery: The Bag... and the House". In Spanish, the word for bag is the same as stock exchange. REUTERS/Andrea Comas (SPAIN - Tags: BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY POLITICS) 

A woman shouts as she takes part in a demonstration calling for a tax on financial speculation and the abolition of tax havens in front of the Madrid stock exchange June 21, 2011. The sign reads, "This is a Robbery: The Bag... and the House". In Spanish, the word for bag is the same as stock exchange. REUTERS/Andrea Comas (SPAIN - Tags: BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) 

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gestures as he speaks to supporters outside Milan's court April 11, 2011. A defiant Berlusconi arrived in court on Monday to face the latest in a series of trials over the coming weeks on charges ranging from tax fraud to paying for sex with a minor. REUTERS/Alessandro Garofalo (ITALY - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Uncultivated farm land for sale is seen near Bucharest in this February 22, 2011 file photo. A planned tax on Romanian farm land left uncultivated will probably spark more sales, making it easier to buy large plots of fertile ground and increase output of traditional crops such as wheat and maize. Around one third of Romania's 9 million hectares of arable land is uncultivated, largely due to fragmented ownership of land restored to owners after the fall of communism, and much of the rest is farmed using inefficient methods. To match Analysis ROMANIA-AGRICULTURE/ REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: AGRICULTURE BUSINESS) 

A construction worker stands in front of an electronic board displaying a graph showing the movement of Japanese Yen's exchange rate against the U.S. dollar in the past year outside a brokerage in Tokyo February 22, 2011. Moody's Investors Service warned on Tuesday that it may cut Japan's sovereign rating if government policies fall short of comprehensive tax reform needed to bring ballooning public debt under control. The ratings agency said Japan, where the fifth prime minister since 2006 is facing mounting pressure to quit, needed stability at the top if it was to enact effective fiscal reform. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon (JAPAN - Tags: BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Directions to the Bank district are seen on a sign in the City of London February 8, 2011. Britain slapped an extra 800 million pound ($1.3 billion) tax on banks this year, taking a harder line on the sector as it negotiates a deal to curb bonuses and free up business lending. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Liu Jun, Chinese tourist from Guangzhou, shops at a duty free department store during a photo opportunity in Seoul January 25, 2011. Retailers across Asia are poised for a sales boost during the Lunar New Year holidays as China's new ranks of big spenders head abroad for the peak shopping period. Strong economic growth and rising incomes are expected to bolster Chinese retailers. REUTERS/Truth Leem (SOUTH KOREA - Tags: BUSINESS) 

A customer (L) speaks to a shop vendor at a market in Amman January 24, 2011. Jordan's Prime Minister Samir al-Rifai, under fire from an enraged public over high food prices, announced wage increases on Thursday to civil servants and the military in an apparent attempt to calm the protests. Rifai also pledged no new taxes this year to cushion ordinary Jordanians from the rising cost of living -- a burden on the already cash strapped budget, whose deficit is expected to reach $1.4 billion (875.6 million pounds) this year. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed (JORDANBUSINESS - Tags: FOOD BUSINESS) 

Pedestrians pass by sale signs on Oxford Street in London January 4, 2011. Chancellor George Osborne defended the increase in sales tax on Tuesday as the "least damaging" way to tackle a budget deficit in excess of 10 percent of national output. REUTERS/Suzanne Plunkett (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

U.S. President Barack Obama makes remarks before signing into law a bill at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, December 17, 2010. Obama on Friday signed into law a bill extending Bush-era tax cuts and other benefits based on a deal he brokered with Republicans that angered liberals. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Demonstrators hold a rally to protest against a proposed new tax code in central Kiev, December 2, 2010. Political tension is rising over the fate of the proposed new tax reform plan which has brought thousands of small business owners out on to the streets in protest. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS BUSINESS IMAGES OF THE DAY) 

Pensioners join a trade unions protest against the government's austerity measures that coincided with a no-confidence vote in parliament in Bucharest October 27, 2010. Romania's centrist government looks likely to survive a no-confidence vote in parliament on Wednesday over deep spending cuts and tax rises to meet the terms of a 20-billion-euro IMF-led bailout. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel (ROMANIA - Tags: POLITICS EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS CIVIL UNREST) 

Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (L) and Vice President Boediono finish their prayers during a ceremony to mark the country's 65th Independence Day at the presidential palace in Jakarta August 17, 2010. Yudhoyono said on Monday, Indonesia will spend more on infrastructure, raise a tax revenues and cut subsidies next year, moves that would improve prospects for an investment grade credit rating. REUTERS/Supri (INDONESIA - Tags: ANNIVERSARY POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi (C) gestures after a final confidence vote on a 25 billion euro austerity package at Italy's upper house of Parliament in Rome July 28, 2010. Berlusconi's government won the final confidence vote on the package, which cuts government spending, freezes pay for many public sector workers, and promises a crackdown on tax evasion. REUTERS/Tony Gentile (ITALY - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Bogi Johannes, who is dressed as the Statue of Liberty, tries to attract business for Liberty Tax preparers in Falls Church, Virginia April 8, 2010. The deadline for Americans to file their 2009 income tax returns in April 15th. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS POLITICS) 

Women pass real estate agency signs on a street in London March 24, 2010. Britain's Labour government set the stage on Wednesday for a looming election with a budget that promised a 2.5 billion pounds ($3.75 billion) package to boost growth, higher taxes for the well-off and lower borrowing than predicted only three months ago. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) 

Delegates of the pro-business Free Democrats (FDP) hold up their voting card as they vote in favour of the coalition contract during an extraordinary party convention in Berlin October 25, 2009. German Chancellor's Angela Merkel conservative party Christian Democratic Union (CDU) sealed a coalition deal with the FDP on Saturday after marathon talks and vowed to press ahead with 24 billion euros in tax cuts despite a yawning deficit. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch (GERMANY POLITICS) 

A man holds signs during a "tea party" protest in Flagstaff, Arizona August 31, 2009. Organizers say the event is an effort to work against members of Congress who voted for higher spending and taxes. REUTERS/Joshua Lott (UNITED STATES BUSINESS POLITICS CONFLICT)