In fact, the last comprehensive study of the ultimate burdens of taxation, completed in 1985, showed that the entire tax and transfer system, including personal and corporate taxes and government subsidies and entitlements, had virtually no effect on the distribution of income in the United States.
"It is the Israelis who have to bear the ultimate burdens and might have to bear the ultimate price, so we need you to stand with us".
Meanwhile, the abdication means poor, stuttering Bertie has to shoulder the ultimate burden while "Herr Hitler" is whipping up the stormclouds of war.
It is true, of course, that no man's name can meaningfully survive the human race it self, but we are content to know that ours will endure until the very last postman...shall falter and expire under his ultimate burden, leaving nothing behind but the indifferent wind and a universe of whispering envelopes.
SAN FRANCISCO — Nearly a year after it announced its bid to go public, Facebook is confronting the ultimate burden of the information age: how to help its users find what they are looking for amid the billions of pictures, "likes" and status updates they post every day.
The Fifth Circuit should determine, the justices said, whether the university has met "the ultimate burden of demonstrating, before turning to racial classifications, that available, workable, race-neutral alternative do not suffice".The heart of Ms Fisher's claim is that race-neutral alternatives do suffice.
"The Government must bear the ultimate burden of finding the parents," the ACLU said in the filing.
This is an area where the United States and other outside actors can lend advice and measured assistance, but where the ultimate burden must be borne by Libyans themselves.
Not only that, but people are usually understanding about the need to pay deposit insurance premia (the ultimate burden of which may not fall on depositors anyway).
Of course, families bear the ultimate burden for helping their children navigate grief and the unexpected reminders of a mother's death.
In Fisher v. University of Texas, the Supreme Court last year held that universities "bear the ultimate burden of demonstrating, before turning to racial classifications, that available workable race-neutral alternatives do not suffice".
