The idea that options are an expense similar to paper clips is preposterous.

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These are the amounts deducted daily from mutual fund accounts, and it's a good idea to favor funds that have low expense ratios.

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Nor anyone more colorful in objecting to the idea of treating these incentives as an employment expense.

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But did this central idea neutralize the historical evidence that all governments eventually serve themselves at the expense of the governed?

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The expense of creating such local-tax systems from scratch is likely to deter the government from importing the idea, though there is some scope for small measures such as taxing non-residential parking spaces.

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He said he was open to the idea of Wales raising some of the money it spends but "it must not be at the expense of a needs-based settlement which is vital for Wales".

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The idea that a guy peddling a tax system that would so favor the rich at the expense of everyone else could be a serious contender for president is a sorry commentary on the intelligence of the American public.

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Ms Gee recommended that investors ask about the TER (total expense ratio) rather than the AMC (annual management charge) of a fund to give a more accurate idea of ongoing costs and look out for use of passive holdings such as those used by groups including T Bailey and 7IM, which, she says, have a comparably low-cost fund of funds offering.

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