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...United States pay 56.47 percent of all federal income taxes, the top 10 percent pay 67.3 percent of all income taxes, and the top 50 percent pay a whopping 96.09 percent of all income taxes. Since the top income-earners bear such an overwhelming portion of the federal tax burden, it stands to reason that they’d get more money back in a tax cut. After all, the government cannot return money in the form of tax breaks to people who don’t pay any taxes in the first place...
While it is only fair that the municipalities share some of the burden of these trying economic times, Romney’s lack of consultation with local elected officials on how to best structure these cuts is distressing. While he has clearly built trust with other Massachusetts officials—both the Senate and House of Representatives voted to grant him extended budget-cutting powers during the crunch—the governor will need to work more closely with both federal and local leaders...
...that fund raising efforts will eventually allow for the program’s expansion. In November, Summers announced a new University Fund for Graduate Student Aid, for just this purpose. We hope this new initiative will induce wealthy alumni from across the University to help lessen the financial burden of graduate school for all qualified applicants...
...some black parents that have had to shoulder the burden of desegregation, but you also see a growing acceptance of desegregated schools in the public opinion,” she said...
...hand, the price increases are necessary to meet targets laid out in the domestic budget and by the International Monetary Fund. On the other, many depend on such assistance. And while the administration has overseen some economic improvements, few people welcome Megawati's call to "bear the burden together" while corruption continues unabated. Says a Western diplomat in Jakarta, the price hikes "were not accompanied by any political strategy whatsoever to explain, justify or anticipate opposition...