Wadsworth had first inquired, by pointing to his fee scale, if the collector of customs wished for a portrait of the entire family, matching portraits of himself and his wife, or a joint portrait, with perhaps miniatures of the children.

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Under New York State law, his fee is set by a sliding scale.

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The theory is that, once they attract a wad of assets, economies of scale will bring down the fee in percentage terms.

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Trolls capture economies of scale in litigation, and lower their committed capital by using contingent fee lawyers.

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So after weeks of unproductive squabbling and with a deadline looming, Senate Democrats and Republicans agreed late last week to scale back the payroll tax holiday and pay for it with spending cuts and a new fee on mortgages.

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