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...Budget flexibility would help prevent bureaucrats and politicians from making things worse. To make things better, the administration needs to get Japan back on the road to structural economic reform. Since Fukuda became Prime Minister last September, he has not shown much enthusiasm for reform. Now is the time to review this nonagenda. A good place to start would be tax cuts. Japan's effective corporate tax rate of 40% is the highest among developed economies; it should be reduced to 35% or even less. This would not only enhance the international competitiveness of Japanese firms but also give incentives...
...much for the fragile Quittner family budget; the canine orthopedic surgeon in town (who has the gall to display a gold statue of a dog in his office) said the repair would cost $4,000. "I remember when I was a boy, all the old dogs limped," I pointed out to my wife as we helped Otto hobble over to his chafing dish of designer kibble. "You'll have to wait a little bit longer for the iPhone," she said. "Be brave...
JULY 2 After a disappointing fund-raising year and a mishandled budget, McCain dismisses campaign employees and cuts the salaries of senior staffers. Speculation mounts that he will be forced to quit the race altogether...
...need your help.' ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, California governor, asking voters to understand his decision to raise taxes. The state has a $15 billion budget shortfall...
...Before this storm," said Michael Sparks, executive vice president and CEO of Florida Citrus Mutual, "there was no doubt that greening was this industry's highest priority and greatest concern." So much so that of the Florida Department of Citrus' $60 million budget - collected from growers as a small percentage of each box of fruit produced - more than $20 million has been set aside for disease research, most of which is focused on greening...