But they are gains nonetheless, and they are probably an understatement: no one knows the value of the likely scale economies, productivity gains and extra variety that freer trade brings.
If the Catchups leave the money to the kids or grandkids, the family gains decades of extra tax-free growth.
Economists argue that offshoring is a win-win phenomenon: the country that sends the work abroad gains from lower costs, and the country that gains the work gets extra jobs.
Match that with capital, and those extra years in the workforce could mean significant gains in economic output, perhaps a trillion dollars a year.
The increased threat of further conflict in the Middle East intensified the push, adding to late gains on Thursday made after an extra batch of Iranian missile tests and more tub-thumping rhetoric.
The reason reversing such gains is hard is that servicing this extra flesh means a person's maintenance diet (the food required to keep his body ticking over) creeps up with his weight and so does his appetite.
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How much would have been confiscated by extra taxes paid by shareholders when that turnover resulted in gains?
Mr Wallace told the conference that the coalition with Labour had resulted in other gains in education such as 1, 000 extra teachers for schools.
Labour have increased their majority in Hyndburn, with an extra five seats, and in Blackburn with Darwen with seven gains, meaning Labour have a 26-seat majority.
The extra pounds people are packing on their waistlines might be offsetting gains in gas mileage, according to a blog post from the insurance company Allstate.
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Lib Dem Sandra Gidley, who lost to Conservative Roy Perry in Romsey Extra, said she was disappointed but her stronger feeling was one of concern about the gains made by UKIP.
Section 206 provides a juicy capital-gains tax exemption for contributions of property for conservation, meaning wealthy environmentalists with extra acreage will be able to take a tax deduction for the appreciated property and have the environmental organization preserve it, adding to the value of the primary property.
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Though the historical gains are small, switching to cash or Treasuries now may not give you enough extra profit to justify the change.
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