Word: surpluses
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...German economy is similarly healthy, growing 2.8% last year, and it is once again acting as a powerful motor for the rest of Europe. Surging exports pushed the nation's trade surplus to more than $200 billion. Germany's economy has also undergone significant re-engineering to loosen some of its infamous rigidities. The government has cut corporate taxes and reduced the burden of some nonwage costs on business, such as pensions and health care. It has shaken up its labor market, which has led to a drop in unemployment (although the proportion of jobless, at 8.8%, is still well...
...only on wines that are recognized as high quality. And it will call for a budget of $580 million for the 2008-2009 season to reimburse farmers to "grub up," or rip out, 400,000 acres of vines - 6% of the total in the E.U. - that contribute to the surplus...
...hearing our party's chairman, the fiery Chris Healy, roar over Democrats' plan to raise taxes—with a $1 billion surplus in state coffers—is certainly worth a hard day's work...
...June, McGovern detailed his priorities and positions on the issues, most of which put him in general agreement with Nolan and Schuster. McGovern said, for example, that he wants to increase the transparency of the district budget, while also giving principals a portion of the school district's fiscal surplus that they could then use as discretionary funds—two things Nolan and Schuster have called for, only to see the proposals fail...
...such a surplus of available votes materializes, it could be a windfall for Reeves. Only the election will tell if Reeves can hold his seat, or if the first half of 2007 was just the calm before the storm...