New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, all of which are facing formidable budget shortfalls, pay comparatively more in federal taxes because of their wealthier residents.
Mr. Reda's point brings up what compensation experts say may be the most formidable roadblock to fairer pay practices: longstanding chief executives who prefer the status quo and who hold sway over their directors.
About half of the formidable cost has been paid for by grants; the rest has been borne by the estate.
(The coal bosses' reputation for profligacy and boorishness is best captured in a 2010 story about one particularly formidable coal boss who paid a lunch bill of 200,000 renminbi, or more than $32,000, entirely with 1 renminbi notes after a quarrel with the restaurant's servers).
Even though the group that is doing the fighting is vicious, some believe this is a price that has to be paid before forming formidable militias to act as Sunnis' line of defence, given the fact that Shia militias behaved in a similar way during the Iraqi civil war.
Together, their say on the boss's pay can be a formidable force.
Although outspokenly rebellious, Arthur Seaton in Saturday Night is determined, against formidable odds (a factory worker's pay), to enjoy himself.
And Hakoah paid well, assembling a formidable team of Jewish players that won the Austrian championship in 1925.
Distrust of planning conducted by agencies and lack of funding for planning conducted by private landowners unless paid for independently are formidable challenges.
