It is clarifying to remember an exercise that I have undertaken to look at the size of the federal government under different Presidents, look at the size of the increase in public workforce under different Presidents, and how they compare over the years.
And as long as their position is that no tax increase of any size under any circumstance is acceptable, there will be no final budget resolution for 2014.
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David Cameron has created more than a hundred peers since the general election and unless the House of Lords really is cut down to size under the coalition government there will be more politicians, not fewer.
Why should workers suffer under stringent email inbox size limits and PCs with eight-year-old operating systems, he questioned, when the devices available in the consumer space nowadays are so good?
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So a search is under way to increase the size of the fund without increasing the liabilities of German taxpayers.
But McCarthy is under no illusions about the size of his side's task despite the Saudis having already been knocked out.
Despite his optimism for the new season, Rees is under no illusions about the size of the task in front of Wasps.
Playback is limited to the native media player -- no YouTube greatest hits on top of your email just yet -- but the window can be moved around the screen and at its fixed size covers just under a sixth of the full screen.
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The website lists rebates and other subsidies that help to defray installation costs and provides a calculator for figuring out the cost of electricity, the payback period and the return on the investment from installing small wind turbines, which refer to those that are under 100-kilowatt in size and engineered for residential and business properties, including farms and government agencies.
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Under the government's "size criteria", claimants will be assessed for the number of bedrooms they need.
There are more than 10, 000 advisors who charge fees based on the size of the portfolio under management.
Tablets are cool, sure, but they have their limitations: lack of keyboard, small screen size, lack of under-the-hood power, lack of serious business applications.
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Zola will now be under no illusions as to the size of the task ahead of him, while West Brom have finally earned some breathing space and move off the bottom of the table.
Using the latest brain imaging technologies, researchers have been able to prove that we human beings are neurologically wired to over-estimate the size of risks, under-estimate our ability to handle them, and downplay the costs of inaction.
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It's not hard to imagine why people would want a motherboard as small as VIA's PX10000: its low power requirements (the guys at Mini-ITX.com couldn't get it to draw more than 16 Watts under full load) and miniscule size (less than 4 inches long) make it perfect for really small enclosures.
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If the American Senate were to pass a climate bill that put a significant cost on carbon, and thus provided cuts of the same size as those expected under the cap-and-trade bill which passed the House of Representatives last year, America would be widely seen as having raised the stakes with a commitment to a reduction of just under 2 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide.
There have been no real cuts in the size and scope of government under either party.
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We also had to examine whether the fees managers charged pensions were the lowest managers offered any other clients for accounts of similar size and with similar assets under management.
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In the case of Microsoft, I believe its under-performance is primarily tied to its size, the economy and competitive forces.
Under the government's so-called "size criteria", families on housing benefit will be assessed for the number of bedrooms they actually need.
Micro chipping involves a vet inserting a tiny device, about the size of a grain of rice, under the dog's skin.
Under French accounting rules, a stake of this size would require the parent bank to treat Mr Pinault's operations as related in its own accounts.
But they will be vastly larger if we wait to increase the size of our Army and Marine Corps under far worse circumstances down the road.
The countermove the Pentagon has on order requires affixing under each chopper a 50-pound basketball-size turret that uses a low-power laser to jam and deflect incoming missiles.
Sixty awardees from our 200 Best Under a Billion selections of small and medium-size enterprises in Asia-Pacific were represented Nov. 10 at a banquet at Singapore's Sentosa Golf Club.
Use it on a shelf below the TV, or under most TVs from 22" to 32" in size.
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The Knicks are 5-0 under Woodson and though it's a small sample size it's worth noting that no team has allowed fewer than 87.5 points per game this season.
Once in an FLP or LLC, the assets fall under the control of a manager, who decides the size and timing of distributions, says Scott Winget, a senior director of planning at Wells Fargo Family Wealth.
But in the naysayers' view, it is precisely these idyllic scenes that are under threat from machines that may cover an area the size of Manhattan and be taller (at 134 metres) than the Statue of Liberty.
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