So if paying a small amount is exactly the same as paying nothing, why not keep the money for the time being?
But our structural deficit -- and what that means is the amount of money that we're paying out versus the amount of money we're taking in -- the gap between what we're spending and how much money we have has been out of whack for years now.
Most are paying an unprecedented amount, not directly through taxes, but indirectly through our cheap money policies.
And so we were paying a bigger amount every month than our mortgage.
About half those young adults say they think the presidential hopefuls are paying the right amount of attention to the economy.
"We're paying an enormous amount of money out of our rail tickets for other users to have discounted fares, " says Mr Gummer.
Finally they agree to settle, usually by paying a nuisance amount in fees to the lawyers and minor wording changes in the terms.
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What if Android handset makers ended up having to spend a significant amount paying Apple and Microsoft (MSFT) per handset due to patent infringement?
Purchase a gallon of windshield washer fluid for a couple of dollars instead of paying twice that amount for a mechanic to do it.
Rive says Wal-Mart from day one will either be saving money with the new solar panels, or paying the same amount it had previously for electricity.
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Cooper last raised its quarterly dividend (by a penny) in September 1998 to 10.5 cents per share and has been consistently paying the same amount ever since then.
Multitrans is not locked into paying a set amount representing interest on its loans regardless of its business results -- the amount it pays depends on its revenues.
But this does not stop an overwhelming number of students from paying an exorbitant amount of money or taking on huge amounts of debt in order to attend college.
Ms. Hill did not get a slap on the wrist and let off with just paying a certain amount of money but has had to go through this entire criminal prosecution.
To sweeten the deal for investors, American Eagle last raised its quarterly dividend in June 2010 by 10% to 11 cents per share and has been consistently paying the same amount ever since.
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The guts of the program is so-called optimization software that compares the bills on a monthly basis with some 13, 000 cellular rate-plan combinations available across the U.S., to make sure the client is paying the lowest amount possible.
But, in theory, Barclays, Standard Chartered and HSBC have the option of paying a lower amount by moving their respective domiciles, their homes, offshore (to be clear, they'd still have to pay a fair whack, because they would still have taxable debt in the UK).
One buyer that didn't need convincing was videogame giant Electronic Arts: When executives at subsidiary BioWare heard Day was looking to produce her first follow-up to The Guild, they approached her with a pitch for a show tied into their Dragon Age franchise, paying an undisclosed amount to fund its production and own the intellectual property.
In a home purchase, buyers are typically paying a certain dollar amount per square foot (a multiple).
So, Schulze might be getting the whole shebang for a steal, paying a much smaller amount that originally forecast.
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So maybe a higher share of the American public should be paying at least some amount of federal income tax.
For most people, this option won't actually save you any money, since you'll be paying the same total amount per year on energy regardless of how you slice it.
If you buy a junk bond with borrowed funds, you collect the high coupon on the bond while paying out a lower amount, presumably not too much more than what the U.S. government pays to borrow money.
This prevents patients from paying the delta between the amount charged and the amount contracted by an insurer.
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There simply are not enough working young, paying the full and appropriate amount of tax to fund the pension pot.
All is not lost, as you can ask HMRC to pay it back over a longer period or reduce the amount you are paying back.
Apparently, a very stiff pay-for-performance relationship, paying people a near obscene amount of money if they succeed, actually makes them less likely to perform well.
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You had this big ball going through the snake, and that big ball was paying for the relatively little amount of people that were over here.
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