Americans have both of those rights if they are under age 65, but lose those options upon entering Medicare.

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The commission said the United States will lose its technical edge upon which national security is based if dramatic steps are not taken soon to increase the number of Americans studying advanced science, math and engineering.

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Much of his concern was based on the law creating requirements that welfare recipients would not be able to fulfill and, as a result, have its own unintended consequence of causing welfare recipients to lose the aid they depend upon to feed and house their families should it become impossible to comply with the law.

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As a result, employers have little to lose and lots to gain by making decisions based upon their own interests, compromising the interests of the participants.

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So to clarify, Congress wants the employees to recognize income to the full extent upon exercise, but for the corporation to lose or limit the corresponding deduction.

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Upon graduation, we can't afford to lose those high-skilled workers to a competitor nation simply because they can't get a green card.

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