But perhaps the most significant reason is that the issue has always been so politically charged.
但也许最重要的原因是，这一问题一直具有高度的政治敏感性。
Customers were generally responsible for paying the sales tax to the state themselves if they weren't charged it, but most didn't realize they owed it and few paid.
如果客户没有被收取销售税，通常应自行向州政府缴纳，但大多数客户并不知道自己有这个义务，也很少有人实际缴纳。
例句取自历年考研英语真题，翻译为机器生成，仅供学习参考。