Word: owing
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...ALWAYS wondered how federal policymakers could be so oblivious to the size of the national debt. The United States now owe banks and foreign countries about $3 trillion, constituting a large chunk of our Gross National Product. Each year we spend more than $130 billion in interest payments on the debt--money America could otherwise use to solve several major national problems...
...owe a debt of gratitude to the president of the United States, who was willing to stand up and support a minimum wage increase, thereby reversing the policy of the prior administration, which had consistently opposed any increase," said Majority Leader George Mitchell of Maine...
...percent of taxpayers who do not itemize their deductions get nothing. Thirty-eight percent of homeowners with mortgages do not claim the deduction. And tenants, whose incomes average half that of homeowners, are not eligible for any deduction. Nor are citizens who are so poor that they owe no taxes...
Cutone and Landau owe a large part of Harvard's current success to Coach Sue Caples, who replaced Lamborghini as head coach two years...
Still, the decision to join the Party probably was a smart one for his career, as many experts say he may owe his title to his allegiance...