"We're giving the government per diem rate, which is a lot less than our normal rate".
"Every year, I've paid at least 13 percent," he said, referring to his effective federal income tax rate, which is a higher effective rate than most people pay.
"They have some conservation programmes, sure, but they are still encouraging El Paso to grow at an exponential rate, which is a mistake," said Bill Addington, a rancher and member of the local branch of the Sierra Club.
"My budget blueprint will restrain spending, yet meet growing needs with a reasonable 4percentt growth rate, which is a little more than inflation," Mr. Bush said in his weekly radio address today.
A report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation last week found that "the official child poverty rate, which is a conservative measure of economic hardship, increased 18 percent between 2000 and 2009".
OK, I look at the breakeven inflation rate, which is a (rough) measure of bond market inflation expectations, and see a rather dramatic rise in expected inflation — around a percentage point since early last year.
One German newspaper suggested that an increase in the rate, which is a thorn in the side of euro zone states with heavier taxes, might be a condition for such precautionary aid.
The black market exchange rate, which is a better measure of the currency's real value, is at about 19 Bolívars to the dollar, according to Web sites that track the currency.
Such negotiations should not focus principally on the exchange rate, which is a secondary concern.
The elastic arrival rate, which is a nonnegative real number, is converted into a nonnegative integer.
p s : sampling rate, which is a characteristic of the employed sensing interface.
