The current high pay for government jobs, however, has reversed this effect to a great extent.
However, the government had to pay high rates amid growing concern that Spain's bank rescue may be followed by a full-blown sovereign bailout.
The Russian government should pay a high political price in the international community for such policies as its appalling support for the Assad regime in Syria.
The government is likely to pay a high price for its money: yields on ten-year bonds are close to 7%.
European high-yield bonds pay 10 percentage points more than government issues, even though default rates are currently very low: in the year to September, only 1.9% of issues defaulted.
Better than nothing, no doubt, but for Brazilians who must pay high interest rates partly so that the government can service its own debt, that might seem a poor return.
"These changes will mean it is children and families who will pay the price for high inflation, rather than the government, " he said.
Ethanol subsidies are a spending programme placed in the tax code that increases the burden of government, keeps tax rates artificially high, and forces consumers to pay more for fuel and energy.
Brazil government bonds pay at least 11.75% to as high as 12.5%.
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At least for the first few years of business establishment, when companies rarely break even, these fees are exorbitantly high and many entrepreneurs feel like they are working simply to pay the government fees.
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Extensive research in 16 OECD countries has shown that there is a strong correlation between high female employment rates and large government cash transfers to families, generous replacement pay during parental leave, the availability of plenty of part-time work and lots of formal child care.
Seeking that pattern has led Mr Starr a man of absolutist principles and, under the independent counsel statute, almost limitless powers of inquiry to issue dozens of subpoenas, with high and humble alike incurring legal costs that they, not the government, will have to pay.
High interest rates - or yields - become a problem for the government if it is forced to pay them when it issues new debt.
The interest rates of top U.S. government bonds have fallen below 2%, and investors have been willing to pay high prices for precrisis CMBS that carry rates of 5% or 6%.
The union, which began legal action against Ford in the High Court in January 2011, said the UK government should put pressure on the motor giant to "pay up".
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For all the satisfaction offered by a job at the centre of government, and despite greater flexibility over pay, it may be hard to lure in high-flyers from the business world.
Similarly, the case has no impact on Medicaid, the government program that does pay for these services for people who are both impoverished and need a high level of assistance.
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According to Audit Scotland, 40% of the pay-off fund was shared by just 1, 200 high earners in the sector, including government, NHS, police and fire.
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The government budgeted 14.5 trillion rupiah to pay for them this year, but, thanks to the high oil price, will probably end up shelling out four times as much.
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