Last September, the city and the Port Authority lobbied the commission to institute a lower rate for shore power, aimed specifically at making cold ironing cheaper.
"We are looking at a hibernation of the utility, including the rate increase". The loss in revenue has been intensified by the increasing cost of imported water from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which will institute a 15% rate increase over the next two years on top of a 20% increase approved last year.
If Mr. Hollande as president really instituted such a rate, he would drive most of France's remaining big earners offshore.
The tax was approved in a vote that ran about 90 percent in favor, and instituted at a rate of 16 Kroner (just under $3) per kilo, which will mean a half-pound of butter will rise in cost by about 15 cents.
If we now instituted a top rate of, say, 75 to 80 percent, adjusted downward for lower earners, we would not only raise badly needed government revenue but would also put an end to excessive executive pay.
Eventually, conservatives joined the tax reform debate, focusing on the idea of instituting a flat-rate tax system.
Israel has made significant changes especially under Benjamin Netanyahu, who was finance minister (2003 05)–but it could do a lot more, including instituting a low-rate flat tax.
Israel has made significant changes--especially under Benjamin Netanyahu, who was finance minister (2003--05 --but it could do a lot more, including instituting a low-rate flat tax.
The institute previously used a rating system to gauge the efficacy of various states' graduated licensing laws, in which a state's system would receive a rating ranging from Poor to Good.
The Democratic plan would institute a 30 percent minimum tax rate on incomes over $1 million, cut farm subsidies, and institute military cuts delayed until most United States troops have returned from Afghanistan.
ESOP companies that instituted participation plans grew at a rate three to four times faster than ESOP companies that did not.
