Word: taxing
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...government's reaction then was to fine companies who broke new anti-pollution laws and, in some cases, give them tax credits for being better environmental citizens. Tax credits do not have much use in a recession when many companies do not pay taxes because they are losing money or do not have the spare cash to modify existing production habits...
...Search Why were so many jobs lost? mainly because Halle's local businesses had been rendered uncompetitive by the currency swap and wage increases. That meant economic growth in the east often relied on direct government support, in the form of infrastructure projects, tax breaks for individual investors, direct transfer payments of social benefits for pensioners and the unemployed, and state subsidies for corporate investments...
...Washington Targeting Tax Havens President Obama has proposed cracking down on U.S. corporations that use offshore subsidiaries to lower their tax burdens. While most nations do not tax corporate profits earned abroad, Obama says doing so would put some $210 billion in U.S. coffers over the next 10 years. Critics say the change would make it harder for U.S. companies to compete globally and could spur some to relocate overseas. A 2008 report from the Government Accountability Office said 83 of the 100 largest public U.S. companies have subsidiaries in tax havens...
...could have predicted that Jack and I would be running mates in 1996. We didn't always agree, we ran against each other in 1988, and I was never a total convert to some of his ideas. But we agreed on a 15% across-the-board tax cut and reduced federal spending as key components of our campaign. In the end, the power of ideas, enthusiasm about the future, passion for racial equality, positivity and inclusion brought us together. Jack never claimed his ideas were flawless, but he knew that our party, to become a majority, needed new ideas...
Harvard’s tax returns for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2008, detail over $4 million in compensation for top administrators, a figure likely to draw close scrutiny over the coming months, as the University implements deep budget cuts...