Hungary remains hobbled by corruption (a cosy cartel, especially in local government, slices up European Union funds), a heavy burden of debt and a black economy that may account for one-fifth of GDP.
These storm-clouds aside, one unsung success of the Howard years has been its willingness to take up the burden of the South Pacific, a collection of dysfunctional island nations that no one else wants to grapple with.
If we can improve our systems, we may be able to reap many of the benefits of having a national identity card without the burden or cost of actually having to implement one.
An important reason for this is that consumers have so much more debt these days, that the burden of servicing it is a heavy one even with relatively low interest rates.
The cost of running a modern Olympic games represents a staggering burden to the host city, and endorsement contracts are one of the best ways to offset that cost.
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It is a tremendous burden, but also a great privilege, one that has been entrusted to few generations of Americans, for in our hands lies the ability to shape our world, for good or for ill.
Of course Obama would have us believe that his calls for higher taxes are those of a responsible leader, one eager to reduce the deficit burden on the people.
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This has meant that Internet radio stations have a copyright burden that their terrestrial competitors don't, which is one of the additional inequities responsible for congressional interest in changing the law.
Computers and VCRs may coas a lot, but it's doubtful that they are a greater burden than one-room school houses were for the cruelly poorer America of 60 years ago.
Jamaica is one of a number of Caribbean countries struggling with a growing debt burden amid falling tourism revenues.
The Europeans, for one thing, would have to take on a bigger share of the military burden.
Even a smart move in the early 1990s to buy Krups, a German competitor that owns one of Europe's strongest brands, was undermined by the debt burden taken on to acquire it.
They found that, even with one form of rebate, this version of a VAT would impose a larger tax burden on low- and moderate-income households than an across-the-board income tax rate increase.
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"Bill Clinton is one of the supreme political talents, but he's both a blessing and a burden, " said Reed, noting Clinton's speeches at the past two Democratic conventions.
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No one wants to shoulder the burden as it is likely the equivalent of throwing money into a black hole.
One may also infer that with reduction in tax burden would also come a reduction in the features of the tax code.
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