But, in effect, off-shore, outside of Iran, so that this would satisfy the concerns of others like the United States and the Europeans that Iran couldn't secretly use this process to create a stash of what's called fissile material for a nuclear weapon.

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In fact, hiking the current levy on payrolls to shore up Social Security and Medicare would have the perverse effect of weakening the economy by raising the cost of labor and reducing the rewards of productive work.

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