Word: offsets
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Clinton very much intends to propose higher excise taxes on liquor and tobacco and a new tax on generous health-insurance benefits provided by employers to their workers. But he will not suggest these important, big-money items this week. Instead, he is saving them to offset what could otherwise be the budget-busting costs of health-care reform...
...docks of Soviet ports can transfer those skills to deciphering the newest details of Fujitsu's latest supercomputer or the immediate implications of a hike in German interest rates. And even if they can, the bigger issue may be whether any short-term gains by some U.S. corporations will offset the potential losses in civil liberties at home and friendships abroad. In the end, that price may be judged too high...
However, these savings will be offset by other financial forces, according to city forecasts...
President Clinton has promised subsidies to small businesses and financial aid to the unemployed to help offset the cost of health care...
...Japan's automakers face increasingly tough, lean rivals. In the U.S., where total auto sales increased an estimated 1.5% in 1992 over the previous year, the once burgeoning Japanese share of the market has retreated slightly, to 30%. The strong yen and an attempt to inflate prices overseas to offset weak profits at home have made Japanese vehicles more expensive in the U.S. A mid-priced American-built car now typically costs $1,500 less than its Japanese counterpart. Another factor is that Japanese companies are weak in the light-truck category, where such vehicles as Dodge pickups...