Many people resent us being in thrall to Brussels – a single paltry state among its 38 instead of a proud empire upon which the sun never sets.
This is a land of low taxes, weak trade unions, a shrivelled public sector and a paltry welfare state, all of which ensure that plenty co-exists with poverty.
For most HBCUs, it is more than reasonable to look at paltry state and federal funding, poor alumni giving and incompetent leadership as the roots of inadequate customer service.
Only one in three likely voters correctly named the personal income tax as the main source of money, with many choosing motoring charges (a paltry 2% of state revenues).
The $14.3 billion spending package passed by the appropriations committee last month was a paltry $1.8 million under the state spending cap.
Mr. Gore also racked up a 2-to-1 victory in New York, made even sweeter by the fact that he quit the Democratic Presidential race in 1988 after winning a paltry 10percentt in the state's primary.
The largest margin came in Nevada, where Democrats raised $8.3 million compared to a paltry $729,487 for the state Republican Party.
But during a recession, in a tiny state with a paltry industrial-manufacturing tax base, it represented, per capita, a full-blown crisis.
Right now, the state offers a paltry $10,000 in loan forgiveness per year for two years served in one of these areas, barely a down payment on medical school debt that now averages up to $160,000.
Bethpage Black, located in Farmingdale, N.Y., 35 miles east of New York City on Long Island, is itself a "muni," costing state residents a paltry $60 a round on weekends.
