If a consumption-based tax reform like this had been passed in 2000, North Carolina would be an entirely different place.
The short-term tactics are losing their effectiveness, and this means the transition to a consumption-based economy will be especially difficult.
In place of the old taxes, the reform calls for a new consumption-based tax system, largely via expanding and slightly increasing the state sales tax.
The proponents of consumption-based stimuli overlook the essentiality of saving.
We will most likely see international trade decline further until China embarks upon the path to becoming a service and consumption-based economy at which point the West will begin to export in a big way.
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It is a low-power consumption, radio-based system which allows devices to communicate with each other wirelessly.
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Intel (15, INTC) has all but dispatched Advanced Micro Devices as a serious competitor in computers, and now with its Atom line of tiny, low-power-consumption chips based on the x86 architecture, is moving into netbook computers, mobile Internet devices and a wide range of other consumer gadgets.
Advanced Micro Devices ( AMD - news - people ) as a serious competitor in computers, and now with its Atom line of tiny, low-power-consumption chips based on the x86 architecture, is moving into netbook computers, mobile Internet devices and a wide range of other consumer gadgets.
The ultimate in energy efficiency will come when power producers can turn on and off small substations at a moments notice based on real-time data on energy consumption at a household level, and consumers can make power purchasing decision based on real-time metering of their consumption.
Obviously, funding the basic pension through the broad-based consumption tax would lower the burden on active workers and employing firms.
The top 10 new food and beverage products thrived on home-based consumption.
But any broad-based consumption tax will generate roughly the same pattern.
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The end goal is to provide natural human control over TV-based media consumption, said Berenson, who's working to get cameras in TVs themselves sometime late next year.
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Chinese leaders are trying to nurture more self-sustaining growth based on domestic consumption rather than exports and investment.
Energy consumption would drop by 80 percent since memory-based systems consume less energy and require fewer air conditioners.
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Acer will aggressively yet cautiously develop data-consumption products, tablet PCs and smartphones based on the solid foundation of the main PC business.
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Wahler's Hunt Valley, Maryland-based firm uses database and Internet technology to track a company's consumption of printed goods -- such as business cards and stationery -- and designs programs to make these purchases less costly.
For retirement wonks, Banerjee presents detailed consumption numbers based on data collected in the long-running Health and Retirement Study, administered by the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan.
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He sees a scalable, long-term growth story based on the rising consumption of fast food, strong brands that cater to local tastes, a dominant market position at home, strong cash flow and strong management.
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The future is coal-based: half of Asia's primary energy consumption, and 70% of China's, is coal.
On top of this, new charging models are coming out, based on lifestyle and rewards for off-peak consumption.
Samsung's Magic Eco feature allows users to adjust a monitor's brightness based on different energy consumption levels with four preset energy-saving options to choose from: 100 percent, 75 percent, 50 percent, and Power-Saving Off.
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This is no half-hearted effort: Microsoft intends to compete in every variety of music consumption, including streaming, user-defined Internet radio, subscription-based music, an online music store and cloud-based music storage, taking on everyone in the market, including Pandora, Spotify and even Apple.
The corgi, which died at a breeding farm, will be prepared for consumption on the Bob and Roberta Smith radio programme broadcast on the London-based arts station 104.4 Resonance FM.
Were Japan's recovery broad-based, an export slowdown would matter less, because domestic consumption would take up the slack.
Blanco plans to turn the case study into a Web-based tool to help other companies calculate and potentially reduce the energy consumption of products moved over long distances by multiple means of transport.
Coffee drinking was categorized based on daily consumption: less than a cup (or none), 1-2 cups, 3-4 cups, and more than 4 cups.
Faculty at the University of Georgia have invented an easy-to-use, GPS-based technology that allows farmers to more accurately target irrigation needs, reducing water consumption by an average of 15 percent.
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In the U.S., Peabody sees coal coming back strong, with consumption expected to rise by more than 40 million tons next year as high natural gas prices translate into greater coal-based generation.
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