[3] Anne Segall of The Daily Telegraph claimed on 17 January, 1998, that "taxes will rise by £7 billion this year ... as a result of a variety of measures introduced or extended by the chancellor Gordon Brown.
[8] On 22 May 2001, the expression increasing taxes by stealth was extensively used by former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on her address to the Conservative Party's rally in Plymouth.
Under 2007 US tax law 1040 Schedule A itemized deductions and the $3,400 personal exemption are phased out (reduced) at higher income levels ($234,600 for married filers).
[13] In January 1999 Conservative culture spokesman Peter Ainsworth described the National Lottery's New Opportunities fund as a "stealth tax".
[14] and Conservative leader William Hague claimed "The Labour stealth tax amounts to £1,500 for every working person".