The final bill solved that problem by potentially requiring high-earners repay any excess tax savings.

FORBES: Note To The Rich: Don't Spend All of Your Payroll Tax Cut Yet

In the latest example, one upheld a developer's refusal to repay loans used to construct two high-rise office buildings in Jakarta.

ECONOMIST: Indonesia

There are very few governments in the world who would not find themselves unable to repay their debt, given a sufficiently high interest rate, for a sufficiently long period of time.

BBC: Interview with an ECB president

Which also means ultimately, because many people are so highly leveraged, they have such high outstanding mortgages, they will ultimately go into foreclosure because they can't repay their mortgages with a lower sale price.

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As for the investors, who have been hit for note repayments, they allege Rothschild knew Minoco was drilling in areas where there would be a high hit ratio but never enough oil to make the deals profitable, let alone repay the loans (FORBES, Nov. 19, 1984).

FORBES: Magazine Article

The bolder sort of investor may reckon that the high yields on offer are ample reward for the risk that Greece may be unable to repay all it has borrowed.

ECONOMIST: Bailing out Greece

High interest rates and a drying up of credit in turn mean more companies are unable to repay debt.

ECONOMIST: The hopes for recovery fade

The relatively high current interest rate reflects the low expectations of lenders that the government will ever be able to repay its existing debts in full.

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