The capital gains tax ought to be reduced or abolished because it dampens risk-taking.
It dampens the growth of the welfare state, if it does not lead to its outright implosion.
Which leads to another important point: The Electoral College usually dampens postelection conflicts when a vote is close.
Common carrier-type regulation, with its strict anti-discrimination mandates and price controls, dampens investment and innovation, especially in technologically dynamic, constantly evolving markets.
This odd coupling still dampens enthusiasm for the shares in some circles, even as the industrial side of GE has started growing again.
Eco mode slows the throttle and dampens the AC to save fuel but is noticeably more sluggish than the sport or even the normal settings.
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But as he points out, it is not a commercially available product, and the price tag of 30, 000 euros usually dampens the enthusiasm of the average camper.
Pro-business groups like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Federation of Independent Business have opposed raising the minimum wage, arguing that it hurts businesses and dampens job creation.
"There is a real downside to the promotion (of the current flu vaccine), as it dampens serious investment and shuts down any real interest in start-ups to create a more effective vaccine, " Osterholm said.
To the extent that it dampens the public's expectation of higher prices - itself an inflationary factor - and generates measures to alleviate shortages and bring costs down, a well-publicized anti-inflation drive can work.
Greater inequality dampens the poverty-reducing effect of growth.
The killjoy question of economics dampens the atmosphere somewhat during the question-and-answer session at the Greenwich party, with Mr Champion having to acknowledge that "we've got an airline business, and quite rightly, these people need to make money".
He gives speeches, he gives interviews, he says words, but he doesn't really rally people, doesn't create a wave that breaks over the top of the Capitol Dome and drowns the opposition, or even dampens it for a moment.
There's a chance that in-progress titles like Star Wars 1313 will survive with outside help, according to a spokesperson in touch with GameInformer, but talk of layoffs from Kotaku dampens any chances for direct follow-ups to favorites like Grim Fandango.
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While we can't say we're surprised, knowing that Microsoft hadn't mentioned legacy support before, the news no doubt dampens the enthusiasm for developers who now need to wait for a wave of new devices before they can join the freemium app gold rush.
Even though Congress is different in this era -- with both parties deeply divided internally and a closed committee system that dampens the power of party leaders to control members -- those historical struggles offer some instructive lessons for today as to how to seize a great opportunity that emerges.
In other words, we expect that students do have an incentive to minimize their costs (unless the subsidy program is set up in such a way to negate that incentive), though the fact that students use price as a proxy measure for quality in higher ed likely significantly dampens this effect.
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