Mr Specter faced a strong challenge in next year's Republican primary from Patrick Toomey, a fierce conservative who has been ahead of him in the polls by some 20 points, buoyed by white-hot Republican fury at the Obama administration and generously financed by the low-tax, minimal-government lobby, the Club for Growth.
All of this is causing an increase in inequality in America rather than a decline, as higher income workers are not being forced into part-time work, dropping out of the work force, or suffering mid-wage jobs being replaced by low-wage jobs.
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In another initiative to increase tax revenues, the leaders advocated harmonising corporate tax rates across the single currency - something likely to be strongly opposed by the low-tax Republic of Ireland.
But its low profile has translated into an average annual total return over the past decade of 4.14%--dominated by the dividend it has paid and raised every year--that crushed the average annual total return of the broader market--characterized by low payouts, low yields and high growth expectations--of negative 1.81%.
One objection to the market-based system is the financial barriers faced by low-wage immigrants.
History demonstrates, however, that the illusory high-revenue path will be undermined in reality by low-growth economic performance created by tax disincentives to work, save, invest and take entrepreneurial risks.
Using an incentive-based scheme, Vitality makes healthy lifestyles easier by providing low-cost access to gyms and significant discounts on healthy foods, and offering rewards like discounts on holidays, flights and consumer products for practicing healthy lifestyle behaviors.
Stay away from bonds issued by nonprofit organizations like museums and universities or bonds issued by low-income housing projects.
Lerner, who heads the IRS division that oversees tax-exempt organizations, said last week that the practice was initiated by low-level workers in Cincinnati and was not motivated by political bias.
Short of an about-face in global monetary policy, the near-halving of Western clothing and footwear prices since 1989, enabled by low-cost Asian labor and plant, is going to struggle to keep deflating.
You're close enough to nature to pick cherries off the trees--and to be hit (if you don't duck) by low-hanging branches.
Cable and telephone companies can run all kinds of high-bandwidth wires to your neighborhood, but they're still constrained by old low-tech connections from their substation to your computer.
With the success of its quad-core Tegra 3 processor, it plans to make a deeper foray by targeting low-end tablets and cashing in on the huge untapped opportunity that the nascent tablet market offers.
Although fast-growing, the regional e-commerce market is hampered by low credit-card use and poor postal services.
He still favours an unpopular cap-and-trade scheme for emissions (like Mr Obama), but this month courted carmakers by supporting low-interest government loans to them.
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The four iShares index funds (see table below), issued by the Global Investors unit of Barclays (nyse: BCS - news - people ), sport a rock-bottom expense ratio of 0.15 versus open-end bond fund averages of around 1.00 and the 0.20 charged by low-cost leader Vanguard.
The European Commission imposed the duties in 2006, following a complaint by European manufacturers who argued that they were unable to compete with shoes dumped in the European market by low-cost producers in China and Vietnam.
Critics including the NYAG in this case say class-action firms spend far too much time reviewing documents, knowing they can submit the hours run up by low-paid contract attorneys at a substantial markup.
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While refinancing activity rose by 30% to its highest in two years inspired by a nine-month low for 30-year mortgage rates, the purchase index declined by 0.9%.
Evergreen had previously noted that near-term liquidity has been hurt by low year-to-date sales and potentially slower sales for the rest of the year, combined with increased selling pressure.
Caldwell cleared a dangerous low cross by Tevez, then a low left-footed shot by Ronaldo found the grateful gloves of Celtic's Polish keeper Boruc.
"They are being hammered by low-cost smartphones in countries such as China, " he said.
Like other black boxers, Gans was exploited by the low-life types that inhabited professional boxing.
Flying, especially on the short breaks pioneered by low-cost carriers such as easyJet, is hugely popular.
And he promises not to increase the share of income tax paid by low- and middle-income households.
Bhatia insists that what he's envisioned is more than just another urban agglomeration populated by low-cost engineers.
The referee had a gambling problem and was approached by low-level mob associates through an acquaintance, the official said.
Telecom gear maker UTStarcom grew tenfold in four years by selling low-cost phone systems in China, then suddenly stumbled.
Powered by a low-emission engine it can accommodate two crew and six passengers.
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Those prices are a stark contrast to those sported by the low-end laptops now being pushed by Apple's rivals.
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