The proposed FTT taxes the entire chain of transactions with the total tax cost cascading down to the individual investor.

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But he said BT's reductions would only affect one part of the total cost, and the filtered down reduction to customers minimal.

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Based on electricity rates, the data is broken down to show the cost of both total energy usage and Volt charging energy use.

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One way or another, that increases the total cost of the ETF to the issuer, but expense ratios of the ETF are held down by competitive forces.

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Instead of answering the question around how do we make a quality postsecondary education affordable, the government will keep going down the road of merely enabling students to afford a higher education regardless of the total cost or the return.

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