We have become so inured to excessive taxation that we consider a rate of 40% acceptable.

The great age of smuggling lasted from the mid-18th to early 19th centuries, provoked by the same excessive taxation which fuels today's demands for bootleg cigarettes.

I would discourage excessive taxation on cigarettes, alcohol and driving.

Such revolts were rather common at the time and often were motivated by excessive taxation.

He was opposed to unfair and excessive taxation, and had no titled relatives to be supported by public sinecures.