Word: burdening
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...supply its Kwantung Army in Manchuria and its growing legions in China, Japan has begun to lean more heavily upon its steel industry in Manchuria. Blast furnaces there are closer to the source of coking coal, and the finished products can be shipped overland to the armies, easing the burden on the Japs' overtaxed, dwindling ship tonnage. Greatest of the steel works in Manchuria is at Anshan...
...front in the bellies of the Troop Carrier Command's C-47s. Carrying fuel and other urgent supplies, the great ships sit down, one every 14 seconds, on narrow emergency landing strips sometimes only 50 miles behind the racing tanks. Soon railways will take over much of the burden...
Spokesman Johnston prodded business to give practical guidance to developing the social security program, and made a special plea for a 50-50 employer-employe sharing of the burden. He cited the fact that the employer currently pays a 4% tax on his payroll towards social security costs, in contrast to a 1% employe contribution. Including workmen's compensation, the employer now pays 84% of the social security bill, the employe...
Cites White Man's Burden...
...generally due to inability of individuals to accumulate capital, because of the large amount of their income that is taken away from them after receipt. The Ruml diagnosis (more generally accepted): the failure is due not to absence of capital, but to the fact that a heavy tax burden not only reduces earnings but cuts consumption by adding to the cost of products...