One of the accusations in a Norman book: "As Wal-Mart lowers the cost of a market basket of consumer goods, and thus the Consumer Price Index, down with it comes the cost of living adjustment that lowers the annual Social Security check for 47 million elders and disabled Americans".
State regulators subsequently revised the drought regulations, allowing some water suppliers to apply for credits and adjustments that would lower their targets.
If the government tries to go against expanding and sustaining budget deficits, then the income adjustments that follow will eventually lower planned non-government saving and public net spending and raise levels of unemployment.
Recommendations that lower the increase in cost of living adjustments result in benefits which are lower and lower with every passing year.
A few months ago, Klout announced an algorithm adjustment that seemed to lower many Klout scores, which generated even more suspect reactions.
Furthermore, as companies have reduced pensions substantially over the last two decades, states and cities have embellished theirs with sweeteners like inflation adjustments and lower retirement ages that appealed to unions and their members, who vote.
Yet, the sooner politicians reconcile themselves to accepting adjustment, the lower the risks of truly paralysing debt problems down the road.
In an April, 2010, piece in the Financial Times, the two authors wrote, "The sooner politicians reconcile themselves to accepting [fiscal] adjustment, the lower the risks of truly paralysing debt problems down the road".
This finding suggests that there was room for adjustment to lower cost medications, and that many physicians are amenable to considering medication costs in prescribing.
We make adjustments for lower marketing costs under an advance market commitment and the risk that a developer may have to share the market with subsequent developers.
