Once the support and fund-raising system is in place, it can take on a life of its own.
Beatty said he feared that many of his concerns would be ignored, such as universal medical cover, action against exploitation of workers, rebuilding the school system and raising teachers' pay.
In Virginia, GOP Gov. Bob McDonnell recently won approval for overhauling his state's highway maintenance system by raising diesel and retail sales taxes and creating a mechanism for a potential future gasoline tax hike.
We could fix this very fundamental problem of our income tax system without raising rates or affecting a single small business owner, and we might raise a few hundred billion dollars along the way.
And in doing so, it would consider reforms of both the tax system (code for raising the consumption tax to increase revenues) and the social security system (meaning, cutting benefits and services from unsustainable levels and increasing payments by retirees and other beneficiaries).
Professor Taniuchi is bold in re-raising postal insurance and saving system privatization as both a symbolic and substantively important issue.
That kind of behaviour - whether genuine or the result of some automated system - is raising questions about Facebook's usefulness as a platform where businesses can engage with consumers.
The last thing we would want to do in the midst of a -- what is a weak recovery, is us to essentially take more money out of the system either by raising taxes or by drastically slashing spending.
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Three-quarters of Americans agree it makes sense to make the tax system more progressive, raising the burden on the wealthy.
Race to the Top has ushered in significant change in our education system, particularly in raising standards and aligning policies and structures to the goal of college and career readiness.
His death is raising further questions about a criminal justice system already being criticized for failing to protect the nation's women.
Japan has been on a similar track--periodically raising taxes to save the national pension system--which has contributed to the virtual stagnation of its economy since the late 1980s.
Making Brazil's absurdly generous pensions system slightly less so by raising the retirement age will require congressional approval but officials working on it hope that by pushing the pain into the future there is a chance it will pass.
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But if controls don't necessarily stop Indian multinationals raising money, they do stop India's financial system from meeting these firms' requirements.
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Last year, President Sebastian Pinera, Chile's first conservative leader for 20 years, announced tax reforms aimed at raising money to help fund the country's education system.
The book includes 46 policy proposals, some of which even The Wall Street Journal favors: an immigration system that welcomes high-skilled workers, raising the Social Security retirement age, giving U.S. companies tax credits when they use funds to create American jobs, and a proposal to bring the corporate tax rate down to 28% from 35%.
Also, in what has been a consistent Nikkei theme, welfare system reform cannot and must not focus only on raising more revenues.
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Tying them even more tightly into the regulatory system is likely only to exacerbate these contradictions by raising barriers to new entrants and making the rating agencies appear even less fallible.
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Instead, it is drawing up new rules that would allow it to intervene in its banking system and close down troubled banks, which is raising questions since the whole purpose of the bailout of its banks was so they could continue to operate.
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It was obvious that the continent as a whole was slipping back into recession (to say nothing of the periphery countries suffering deflation of their economies) but the ECB has this Teutonic insistence upon raising interest rates in order to squeeze inflation out of the system.
Some argue that more state cash for politics would create a fairer system, making political communication less dependent on fund-raising.
Finalize proposals for tax and social security system reform before the end of FY 2011, including raising the consumption tax rate to 17 percent and basic pension benefits of 70, 000 yen per month for all persons 65 years and older.
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The organization also is raising funds to build a water tower, an eco-friendly sanitation system and a library and to help provide electricity.
Actions included raising staff awareness about the care of diabetic patients and improving the information and system for nurse handovers.
From Pope Benedict to prominent Protestant pastors, clergy from a variety of faiths are raising their voices on behalf of immigrants and the need to fix the broken system.
Europe's Emissions Trading System, launched in 2008, was intended to protect the environment by raising the cost of polluting and encouraging businesses to invest in cleaner technologies.
But most importantly, to the extent that we block foreigners from investing -- for raising funds in the United States, we probably undercut the viability of our own system.
Overall, the homeless shelter system has grown 61% during Mr. Bloomberg's three terms, raising questions about whether the city's remarkable turnaround in the past two decades has benefited the poorest New Yorkers.
The public opposes raising Social Security taxes, cutting benefits, or hiking the retirement age to shore up the system.
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