If they choose not to accept it, they will not receive all of that allocation but will instead have access to a sum reduced by 5.2%.

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Indeed, thanks to high crop prices and the rude health of rural America, the unthinkable has happened: farmers are under pressure to accept cuts in the generous handouts they receive from the federal government.

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It said it had fully co-operated with Moorhead ahead of its changeover but felt unable to accept the extra liability as it would no longer receive government funding for the school.

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In the negotiations over Greek debt, the Greek newspaper Ethnos reported that bondholders are willing to accept a coupon rate of below 4% on bonds they would receive under a debt-exchange program.

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It will now be up to each state to determine whether or not they wish to accept this government largess and may do so without threat of losing what they currently receive from the federal government should they opt out of expansion.

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