Furthermore, not only is education succeeding admirably, these actions will almost certainly reduce state budgets even further in the future.
State tax credits: These credits reduce state taxes but increase federal taxes, because state tax credits are counted as gross income on federal returns.
Fitch said it was not convinced by the Greek government's plans to reduce state spending, saying that the state debt burden was likely to rise to close to 130% of gross domestic product and that further fiscal slippage could result in another downgrade.
And New Jersey allows money-losing biotechs--of which there are many, since most biotech firms still lose money--to sell their losses to profit-making companies in the state that wish to reduce their state tax bills.
If wisely spent, that would do more to reduce the state's troubles than any mere negotiation.
There is one wing that feels that the Republican Party was put on the Earth to reduce the state, and perhaps it was.
They are no keener on a plan to reduce the state prison population by 20, 000 and the number of parolees by a similar number.
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Notably, New York's Democratic governor, Andrew Cuomo, has been waging a vigorous campaign to reduce the state's financial commitments to union pension and health plans, and Gov. Jerry Brown has been forced in the same direction in California.
California proposed putting more inmates on firefighting crews and into space leased from county jails to help meet a court-mandated requirement that it reduce its state-prison population, in a plan California Attorney General Kamala Harris filed Thursday night.
To avoid double taxation, companies operating in states and paying state income taxes can reduce their federal tax obligation by the amount paid to the state (just as individuals can reduce their federal income tax obligation by subtracting their state income tax payment from their income).
We would expect the rise in non-mutually recognised State occupational licenses to reduce labour mobility across State lines.
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In many cases, rather than just reduce the supply of the state, the Tories want to reduce the demand for it, changing a culture in which Britons have looked to government for services and answers they could provide themselves.
The main task of the review will be to find ways to reduce reliance on the state by encouraging private provision.
As cash-strapped federal and state governments reduce subsidies, the solar industry would certainly welcome the revenue gained from the emerging electric vehicle market.
The objective of the program is to reduce the borrowing costs of state and local governments.
In Britain, whose economy is already relatively deregulated, spending cuts will help reduce the role of the state.
Lawmakers are studying pension reform to reduce the future burden of state payments, and labour reforms to cut employment costs.
Much of what he said concerned his plans to reduce the role of the state in the economy and encourage private enterprise.
If taking on such expenses helped promote family life, it might reduce the burden on the state of looking after the old.
One proposal, which would greatly reduce the chances of any state subsidy distorting the market, would be to privatise Europe's many publicly-owned airports.
Timbal says that defense is a resource-intensive sector which demands huge expenditures, so it is possible to reduce expenditures, especially in state arms purchases.
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The state must take real steps to create financial efficiencies at every level of state government and reduce the cost of living for working families.
Mr Lafontaine, well to the left of his party on many economic and social issues, favours co-ordinated state programmes to reduce unemployment throughout the European Union.
This was a sign Iran was starting to normalize its economy and at the same time began introducing a privatization program to reduce the size of the state.
And attempts to reform the pension and health care system, to reduce the role of the state and introduce more private contributions, have run into fierce opposition from unions.
Richardson, reelected with 69% of the vote, says he aims to reduce the share of his state's population that is without health insurance by using the carrot-and-stick approach Massachusetts took this year under Romney.
Meanwhile, in Wisconsin, Democratic senators have fled the state, leaving the State Senate unable to reach a quorum and consequently unable to vote on a budget proposal that would drastically reduce the power of unions in the state.
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