This is the biggest deficit in the state's modern history, and it's a remarkably anti-tax Legislature, even for Texas.
"They are a remarkably easy tax to raise without any visible effect".Mr Troup also thinks that tobacco duties and the insurance-premium tax that Mr Clarke himself introduced are "obvious candidates" to raise some extra money.
And as for their reaction to proposals to close a loophole that lets some of them pay remarkably low taxes — well, Stephen Schwarzman, chairman of the Blackstone Group, compared it to Hitler's invasion of Poland.
Vereinsbank merged with its cross-town rival, Hypo Bank, and the deal received remarkably favourable tax treatment without which, most people think, it would not have happened.What would Europe's industries look like if the politicians did not insist on trying to shape them?
For Vodafone, HMRC reduced a potential liability not of about £7,000 to a little over £1,000 but of about £7bn to a little over £1bn and left the second-largest company on the stock market with a remarkably light tax bill.
Remarkably, the tax savings generated in the example produce a yield on this loan to the U.S. government that exceeds 40%.
Their platforms are remarkably similar: lower taxes and a less rigid economy.
This despite the fact that people who derive their income from investments, not wages — people like, say, Willard Mitt Romney — already pay remarkably little in taxes.
With its remarkably low corporate tax rate of 12.5%, Ireland has become home to many companies formerly headquartered in the United States and seeking refuge from the 35% U.S. tax rate.
This week President Obama said the obvious: that wealthy Americans, many of whom pay remarkably little in taxes, should bear part of the cost of reducing the long-run budget deficit.
