And because its taxes are so progressive, it relies especially heavily on the fortunes of the rich.
Brocade is so progressive that even its lawyers no longer use BlackBerries, but rely on Android smartphones instead.
So how progressive should our federal income tax system be?
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What's fascinating about this scheme is not so much its progressive aim as its enforcement mechanism.
But it isn't just higher taxes that make these so-called progressive states less attractive to business.
So even if voters do begin to look at social programs, the safety net, health care reform, other so-called progressive measures, it will not be a replay of the new deal.
Before the likes of Gupta, Kher and Komu came on the scene, modern Indian art was dominated by the so-called Progressive Artists' Group, founded in 1947, the year India won independence.
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However, this is one reason that depending on the rich to finance government is so ill-advised: Progressive tax rates create mountains of cash during good times that vanish during recessions.
"I'm hoping that Benedict XVI's successor will be open to progressive ideas, so that the Roman Catholic Church would be seen as a dynamic institution that can adopt to modern day situations, " he said.
So its effect would be more progressive than VAT or sales taxes.
Looking at technical charts, Patton said gold is moving in an ever-tightening so-called triangle pattern with a progressive series of lower highs and higher lows.
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Even so, only one year ago, progressive San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsome proposed an ordinance that would have required that all retailers inform consumers about the amount of radiation that cell phones emit.
She quit the paternal United Party in 1959, frustrated that it was so wobbly against apartheid, to join a Progressive Party of 12 members that was wiped out in an election two years later.
The U.S. already has one of the most progressive tax systems in the world, so absent this red herring question about income inequality, taxing the wealthy would be an even tougher case to make.
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He even demoed the unit on a new Toshiba 52-ish inch 1080p DLP, which did the progressive deinterlace conversion on the set, so I assume most 1080p sets will do the same with interlaced content.
In addition, the new camcorders offer Full HD MP4 (up to 35Mbps) and AVCHD Progressive (up to 28Mbps) 60p recording, so memories are captured in stunning image quality.
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So, too, with the combination of Fianna Fail and the Progressive Democrats.
Nevertheless, few liberal leaders in this country have done a very good job at turning the narrative back around and explaining a clearly progressive vision of society, of the jobs problem, and so forth.
Usually after a decade or so, half of patients with this type of MS will develop secondary progressive disease where the symptoms get gradually worse and there are no or very few periods of remission.
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So the first two pieces of the Ryan plan would make the income tax less progressive.
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But not more in the sense of a progressive tax, but instead, pay more with a flat tax, so every dollar gets taxed the same.
So, when the states like - not just California, which has been very progressive on this, but even the states such as Missouri comes along are wanting to have access to this kind of research - that's a clear indication on the part of the nation as a whole.
So is the rise of the Greens a passing fad, or is it part of a more fundamental realignment of progressive politics in Australia?
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