To take just one example, the United States used to make less than 2 percent of the world's advanced batteries for hybrid cars.
So my home state governor, creationism-toting Bobby Jindal, the newly-tapped spokesperson of the Rush Limbaugh-led Republican Party, and a handful of Southern governors, took their stand on expanded unemployment benefits which make up about 2 percent of the economic recovery package.
Rumsfeld responded that the 6, 000 National Guard troops the president mentioned make up only about 2 percent of Guard and Reserve troops.
Its price-to-book ratio of 2.2x and dividend yield of 2.3 percent make it a relatively expensive market.
We simply hope that Republican leaders in Congress acknowledge the fundamental fact that rates have to go up on the top 2 percent in order to make sure that a deal is balanced and doesn't leave the middle class or seniors bearing the burden of these important economic goals.
They believe that we should also make permanent the tax cuts for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans.
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The news that the City of San Francisco is no longer going to buy Macs is not going to make Apple CEO Tim Cook lose sleep since fewer than 2 percent of their computers are Macs, but it remains to be seen is any other agencies will follow suit.
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Numbering between 2.5-3 million, Kurds make up some 15 percent of the Syrian population.
Our servicemen and women make up less than 1 percent of Americans, but also more than 1 million military spouses and 2 million children and millions more parents and relatives -- all of whom have shared the strains of deployment and sacrificed on behalf of the country that we love.
Whether inflation rises that much or comes closer to the Federal Reserve-mandated rate of 2 percent is a discussion in and of itself, though current policy and action would seem to make the higher rate the more likely reality.
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He tried several times to make growth appear as if it was in line with his 4 percent forecast earlier in the year, citing 2.5 percent growth in agribusiness GDP, up 10 percent annualized and 1.1 percent industrial sector growth, up 4.4 percent.
Make no mistake: He and his party believe we should also give a permanent tax cut to the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans.
In those remarks, he will make clear that any deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff will require higher tax rates for the wealthiest 2 percent of Americans.
The latest statistics for the ICT sector show that women make up less than 20 percent of the workforce, and the percentage of women in leadership positions is less than 2 percent.
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