But printing money to pay interest and principle on loans is not debt service.
Cooperman repeatedly emphasizes his willingness in principle to pay higher taxes, though he sees nothing wrong with paying at the lowest possible rate the law allows.
But he also worries about turning away great ladies who wouldn't pay a fee out of principle.
Millions of small borrowers mobilised into debtors' associations and refused to pay as a matter of principle.
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However, while most staff agreed in principle with performance pay, they felt that their own schemes did not accurately recognise and reward good work, and were prone to favouritism.
Sir, could you please help small businesses by allowing, some way, somehow, money we pay to the bank in principle to not count against our income, and put us in the "richest" before we ever seem a dime, and allow us to invest in this huge engine to drive economic recovery?
Mr. Lonegan counters that every working New Jersey resident should pay something -- on the principle that everyone should bear at least some of the cost of government.
Mr. Obama endorsed the political ruse he calls the Buffett rule, which asserts as a matter of moral principle that millionaires should not pay a lower tax rate than middle-class wage earners.
The principle is that affluent Americans should pay the same -- at least the same tax rate as middle American wage earners.
But the general principle still stands: what you pay over in actual cash in this time period is not the tax that is due from this time period.
And that codifies the principle and would say that millionaires and billionaires, in keeping with the principle that millionaires and billionaires should not pay taxes on their income at a lower rate than average Americans, that they would pay a minimum of 30 percent on their income.
What we have not seen is any specificity from the Republicans or any indication from the leadership that they're going to accept the basic principle that wealthier Americans are going to pay higher rates, rates that were in place under the Clinton administration when this economy grew rapidly, the middle class saw its incomes rise and the wealthy did very well, to boot.
But the principle is: are the few Brazilians who pay income tax, and the legislators they influence, willing to pull their weight in a fight that matters to all Brazil?
The overall principle that he supports the need for wealthy Americans to pay their fair share I think has been established many times by him in a variety of forums.
His anecdote centres on the moment Mahatma Gandhi discussed the principle of karma - the Hindu doctrine that you will pay for your actions, or be rewarded for them, perhaps in a future life.
They chose not to because they refused to accept the principle that the well-off and well-connected ought to pay a little bit towards deficit reduction.
An agreement in principle with banks and private-sector creditors that the Greek government will pay them back only half what they are owed came right at the last moment.
Warfare spawns brutality, but if a principle can be established that those guilty of the worst behaviour may later pay a price for it, some of those involved in future conflicts may think twice before committing atrocities on Bosnia's sickening scale.
On National Hunting and Fishing Day, we pay tribute to the community of sportsmen and women who have kept faith with that fundamental principle, and who will continue to help drive our environmental progress in the years to come.
And he went on to talk about a concrete vote the Senate will take in the next few weeks on the so-called Buffett Rule, his principle, named after Warren Buffett, built around the idea that a billionaire should not pay a lower effective tax rate on his income than his secretary.
Change is the first legislation that I signed into law, the Lilly Ledbetter Act that has a very simple principle -- (applause) -- women should get paid an equal day's pay for an equal day's work, and our daughters should be treated just like our sons when it comes to the workplace. (Applause.) That's what change is.
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