"Given his circumstances, no one would've really thought twice about him choosing not to pay it back, " Davis said.
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Those jobs not only boost their pay sharply, says Mrs Davis, but also provide better health insurance and schedules flexible enough to let them care for their children more easily.
Now that Softbank is pulling out of these businesses to focus on the Internet, most of the proceeds from its disposals is being used to pay down debt in Ziff-Davis.
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The Davis family might sell the team to pay their estate tax bill.
Voters are also aware of his past votes for acts like Davis-Bacon, which requires taxpayers to pay union rates in government-funded contracts and disadvantages nonunion companies in right-to-work South Carolina.
Davis worked as a janitor during high school to help pay the family's bills.
And should U.S. Bancorp make a big acquisition, Davis has the cost-control skills to make it pay.
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Lott today threatened to hold up Herman's confirmation, saying he first wanted the White House to clarify the administration's position on the Davis-Bacon law, which requires federal contracts go only to those companies that pay the "prevailing wage" in their region.
McDonald's, which won't comment on Davis' specific action, says that the chain's 2% yearly options giveaway links employee pay with shareholder wealth.
Rep. DAVIS: ...have to get a picture made on the spot and you had to pay for that picture to be made.
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