There is little incentive for restaurant owners to raise salaries that the public is willing to supplement.

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But with the red ink overflowing, state firms have had no choice but to raise salaries and provide extensive training to their staff.

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Partners at several large law firms also say they don't plan to raise associate salaries, which haven't increased since 2007.

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So the reason I make that point is you can't ask local elected officials to raise teachers' salaries and cut taxes and balance the budget and increase roads -- at some point you've got to make some choices.

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He can sell off city assets to raise money and cut the salaries of elected officials to save bucks.

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She said banks would raise basic salaries to compensate, so the new cap would be counter-productive.

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The leader of the party with the second most votes ran on a platform to renege on the austerity agreements already in place with the external financing partners, to raise public pension payments and salaries, etc.

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And I will tie the minimum wage to congressional salaries so that Congress can't get a raise until working men and women get a raise in the minimum wage.

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But poor states cannot raise much money from local taxes to top up federal funds, most of which go on salaries.

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With barely enough cash in its coffers to pay pensions and public-sector salaries at the end of August, the finance ministry may raise short-term funds by selling extra treasury bills to the banks, squeezing cash-strapped local companies even harder.

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