Mr. Saleh has sought to counter the tide of opposition and preserve his three-decade rule by raising army salaries, cutting income taxes by half and ordering price controls, among other concessions.
As they are permanently based in one place, the owners tend to employ local workers who are paid a regular monthly salary, so cutting out the issue of advance payments.
With a traditional 401 k), you defer some salary now, cutting your tax bill.
The government has already taken some austerity measures, halving all government spending (although protecting salaries) and cutting monthly grants to the 10 states.
And reducing salaries or cutting back on bonuses is not an option, at least for now, given the still-hot market for lawyers.
Now, Chinese white-collar businesses are starting rounds of layoffs, slashing salaries and cutting the year-end bonuses that employees highly prize.
New York State should not be abdicating its responsibility to its most vulnerable citizens by handing their care over to the "1 percenters" who stand to increase their salaries by cutting service delivery costs.
The trade comes less than a year after Sather obtained the All-Star right wing Pavel Bure in a similar salary-cutting move by the Florida Panthers.
That could include quietly switching to smaller cans to cut down on costs or cutting salaries.
What's more important, cutting salary and expenses or winning games?
Real Salt Lake looked to be retooling after its playoff loss last year, but cutting salary — not tearing up the roster for change's sake — was the real motive.
