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Economists have usually explained poor people's counter-intuitive disdain for something that might make them better off by invoking income mobility.
ECONOMIST: The poor like taxing the rich less than you would think
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In his letter to Mr Brown, the education secretary says the level of bursaries on offer could make some students from lower income backgrounds even better off on the very best courses.
BBC: Students have continually opposed the plans
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Using the current income to make new products which may or may not take off?
FORBES: The Day of the Tablet and the Beginning of the End for Microsoft
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These companies are looking for a way to make money on their products without first having to siphon off a portion their income to Microsoft.
CNN: Linux' success is remarkable, but nothing is guaranteed
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"These investors are not saying the bond has to pay off to make money, " said Tim Slaughter, head of fixed income at Auerbach Grayson, an agency brokerage in New York.
WSJ: North Korean Bonds? Now Could Be the Time
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Assuming you can persuade the Internal Revenue Service that you are in the museum business to make money, not to have fun, you can write off any operating losses against other income.
FORBES: Un-private Houses
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Still, too many blue-state lawmakers believe that a primary purpose of government is to redistribute income from rich to poor, even if those policies make everyone, including the poor, less well off.
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