Sentence examples for but a single rate from inspiring English sources
Bringing in the minimum wage was one of Labour's best achievements – but a single rate across all industries will always be a lowest common denominator, rising only at the pace of the most precarious sector.
But with a single rate, any change would provoke a fierce national debate.
Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, has called for taxing sales instead of income, but also at a single rate.
"Weekend penalty rates should be set to achieve greater consistency between the hospitality, entertainment, retail, restaurants and cafe industries, but without the expectation of a single rate across all of them".
Theoretically, it is possible to set up a progressive consumption tax, but most conservative economists favor a single rate set as low as possible; i.e. a flat tax.
India does not have a single rate of consumer-price inflation, but the crude average of the rates for industrial, non-manual and agricultural workers is above 7%.
He would replace the income tax with the AMT, but with an exemption of $100,000 per family and a single rate of 25%.
But the approach is much more complicated than raising or lowering a single rate, and it could have unintended consequences.
Moving to a single rate of VAT without exemptions would eliminate this distortion but it would also be regressive.
It is a single rate for London and the rest of the country.
