This is the trouble with the present pay-as-you-go system: it relies on future governments to keep their predecessors' promises.
Instead, they should present pay plans in the context of the basic, perennial goals those plans are designed--or should be designed--to achieve.
Report author Tom Gash says that the present pay structure is a disincentive for personnel to develop specialist skills in vital fields like tackling serious crime, serious violence and gang-related gun crime.
Everyone else present can pay their share of the bill directly into your credit card account through their mobile phones.
Mohammed plans to present a "pay now, or pay more later" view of Somalia at the meeting in Addis.
Or you unveil an innovative executive training programmed and boardroom colleagues question its net present value and pay-back time calculation.
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If parents were able to bequeath debts to their children, they could, in effect, borrow against their offspring's future earnings in order to pay present expenses.
Without a doubt, Defendant has more money than he claims, and while neither side is able to put an exact dollar figure on how much he is worth, it is clear he has some present ability to pay.
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The present system of awarding pay rises was put in place after the last national strike in the 70s but the union is seeking to change it, claiming its members are losing out.
At present, empty industrial premises pay nothing, while empty offices and shops pay 50% of the full rate.
Mr Bush has proposed a radical reform of Social Security (pensions): at present, those currently working pay for those currently retired.
The plans would not necessarily mean those using motorways pay more than at present, a Treasury source said.
If he wants to defuse the whole row over executive pay, he could present business leaders with a stark choice: gongs or bonuses?
Pay attention to opportunities that present themselves no matter how improbable.
The panel veered a little from Mr Murkowski's wishes for it by toying with the idea of a state income tax (Alaskans pay no such tax at present).
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This is why it is so important to pay attention not only to the present agenda, but to a series of documents leading up to it, issued by both the U.S. and the OIC.
One obvious objection is that the reform would be unfair, since the richer would pay less tax than they do at present.
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At present, shareholders do not usually say much about pay and performance.
Due to historical patterns of lifetime employment (shushin koyo), the vast majority of parents still believe these paths present the most stable careers, the highest cumulative pay and the most prestige.
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Given the issuer-pay model, there is an ever-present concern that rating agencies have an incentive to understate the risks and provide ratings that are too high.
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The phone can also store loyalty programs, present offers, work as a boarding pass and eventually pay at electronic turnstyles, like the London underground, or as announced today, New Jersey Transit trains and buses.
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For MLB, in addition to owning undervalued assets, a buyout would present an opportunity to share in revenues rather than just pay to move talent overseas, and to take a first step toward an all-out global league.
The surpluses thereby created were used to pay down debt, and gave the government its present ample room for manoeuvre.
Accordingly, to pay for itself, a tax cut must increase the present value of future GDP by increasing real economic growth.
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At present, these younger Medicare beneficiaries cost less than older beneficiaries but pay the same premiums, thereby holding down premiums for everyone else.
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So, how much additional economic growth would we need to get to pay for eliminating the corporate income tax entirely on a present value basis?
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They simply cannot (at present at least) attract enough advertising at a high enough rate to pay for those music royalties.
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The government claims that under the present rules some civil servants are eligible for a package worth more than six years' pay.
Moroney argues that with low interest rates and low inflation, the present value of future profits goes up and so do the multiples investors are willing to pay for companies with higher profit growth.
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