Social Security benefits are progressive -- that is, low-income people receive a larger percentage of benefits, relative to their earnings, than higher-income individuals do.
And with recession-plagued police departments having to cut personnel and services, some cities have questioned the system's benefits relative to its cost.
Assuming, that is, that Greeks themselves remain committed to a club that has yielded them paltry benefits relative to what might have been expected.
At this point, "reform" proposals are all about things like raising the retirement age or changing the inflation adjustment, moves that would gradually reduce benefits relative to current law.
I don't want to see that happen, but it's worth keeping in perspective — especially when you look at the solutions "reformers" propose, which all seem to involve reducing future benefits relative to those currently scheduled.
This would give officials more flexibility in the face of an uncertain recovery...St Louis Fed President James Bullard, who has been pushing for this gradual approach, argues that it has several benefits relative to a one-time announcement.
FT fuel provides marginal societal benefits relative to jet fuel.
We still consider these methods in our simulations to compare their potential benefits relative to method 3.
Clinicians should be aware that Weight Watchers has limited data that demonstrate CVD risk factor benefits relative to control/education.
Moreover, advancing to higher-order schemes on GPUs with PyFR was found to offer even further accuracy vs. cost benefits relative to industry-standard tools.
The grading system we used looks at the number of wins per player payroll (including all salaries, bonuses and benefits) relative to the rest of the NFL.
