This tapering off of expansion should free up cash to pay down debt, enlarge the dividend and fund a new share buyback plan.
These tax benefits can be outweighed by the risks of having too much in company stock or the benefits of using the proceeds to pay down debt or build up an emergency fund.
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Because they distribute most of their income and capital gains in the form of dividends during the good times, they are unable to pay down debt or build up cash reserves prior to the inevitable downturns.
Buyers of their debt would again pay up for implicit government support.
Hopes of a sustainable recovery will depend on deleveraging by both consumers and firms, an effort to pay off the debt that piled up during the boom.
Lower tax rates for all, putting more money in the hands of the consumer, and trust that they will pay down their debt, build up their savings, and then and only then, begin to spend with the vigor needed to stimulate this ailing economy.
The IMF retorts that it might take 20 years for Europe to pay off the government debt built up during the 2008 financial crisis, global recession, and recovery, recalling that it took that long to pay off the debts Europe ran up during World War II without unduly creating hardships on the population.
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The government also forced banks to pay investors in Daewoo's debt up to 95% of its face value even though it was almost worthless.
Others have found that the introductory period is too short for them to pay the debt in full, so they end up paying an even higher interest rate after the intro rate ends.
To help pay back some of the debt that he owed, he offered up the collection.
Since no one in their right mind expects either this president or any other let alone any foreseeable U.S. Congress, to provide these vast amounts in notoriously ill-spent foreign aid, the U.N. types have come up with an alternative means of making Americans pay their huge "debt" to the undeveloped world: international taxation (hereafter known as "globotaxes").
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Since no one in their right mind expects either this president or any other -- let alone any foreseeable U.S. Congress, to provide these vast amounts in notoriously ill-spent foreign aid, the U.N. types have come up with an alternative means of making Americans pay their huge "debt" to the undeveloped world: international taxation (hereafter known as "globotaxes").
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He gave a stern warning that they were not to play games with the debt limit - America would pay the bills it had racked up.
Mr Gore has signalled his opposition to such a large tax cut and instead wants to use the surplus to shore up the health care and social security systems and pay off the national debt by 2015.
"To the extent that consumers end up either using the majority of (the refund) to pay down debt or simply to save for a rainy day, obviously the economic impact is going to be a lot less, " said Michael Gregory of Lehman Brothers.
That could change this summer when the Treasury Department bumps up against the debt ceiling, potentially running out of money to pay the government's bills.
If fund values decline by any significant degree, debt-laden shareholders could have to liquidate other assets to pay up on their loans the hedge fund equivalent of a margin call.
The United States President, working with Congress, will take the action necessary to ensure that we raise the debt ceiling, we pay our bills, bills that were rung up in the past and need to be paid.
Some, like Rutherford-Moran, have already put themselves up for sale, and others are selling off assets in an effort to pay down debt.
But, if you can't pay the outstanding balance each month, the interest due on the unpaid debt can soon mount up.
Harry Reid proposed some new pay-go rules up on the Hill today, tougher rules that would be part of the debt limit raising.
And, having approved tens of billions of dollars-worth of bonds to pay for everything from stem-cell research to road mending, it is racking up ever more debt.
If they pursue them, they will likely turn to taxpayers to pick up the costs to cover the higher debt service payments the issuers will have to pay.
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Raising the debt ceiling simply gives our country the ability to pay the bills that Congress has already racked up.
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As their old debt comes up to be paid off, they issue (like all governments do) new debt to pay off the old.
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