If Bud misses earnings, investors will punish it the way they did Molson.

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No politician wants to punish the firm in a way that would threaten jobs at a time when the entire country faces stubbornly high unemployment.

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But Terry's punishment and his perceived bitterness regarding the way he has been treated also raises questions about the way the FA, indeed all sports organizations, punish players.

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Tax revenue is better seen as a way to fund the state, not a tool to punish the rich.

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Ryan, unfortunately, is holding a one-way conversation on entitlement reform, fiscal responsibility and reforming a tax code to incentivize, not punish, entrepreneurship and economic prosperity.

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