Do women do more because of lower pay, or might their careers suffer from a disproportionate burden at home?

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The payroll tax is a disproportionate burden on new companies because they're in a stage when these extra costs really matter.

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In other words, most of the federal budget is exempted from sequestration, and the military bears a disproportionate burden in reducing the deficit.

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In too many American communities, low-income and minority families shoulder a disproportionate burden of pollution in the places where they live, work and learn.

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The SBA's Office of Advocacy monitors federal agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Department of Commerce and the Securities and Exchange Commission--in accordance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980--to make sure they aren't creating new rules that place a disproportionate burden on small businesses.

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But doing so would also prove a disproportionate financial burden for select members as the numbers above suggest.

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Then monetary policy might have needed to be less tight, sterling might have risen by less, and manufacturing, now in recession, might have borne a less disproportionate share of the burden of slowing the economy down.

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