Unfortunately, the flaw in this argument is that, by the same reasoning, the Bank is also lowering the short-term cost of the government doing nothing about the banks.

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That's the same argument made by some economists now, but not everyone is buying it.

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The importance of the case was underlined by the fact that for the first time this term, the court authorized the same day release of audio of the argument.

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Also in Germany, there are aerobic digesters which are fed by maize (corn) rather than waste and so the same argument would arise over growing crops for fuel or for food as applies to biodiesel production and must ring an eventual death-knell for both biodiesel and biogas, if the latter is made from food too.

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Opponents of same-sex marriage argue that the equality argument made by gay rights campaigners is a false one and that there are real social risks involved in redefining the notion of marriage in ways broader than the traditional union of man and woman.

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