Scottish Labour has, frankly, vacillated over a prolonged period with regard to the overall method and structure of local government finance.

BBC: Planning for the future

As the Bank of France pointed out, the bonus plan complies with rules introduced in February at the behest of Christine Lagarde, the finance minister, to ensure that the structure of bankers' compensation does not encourage excessive risk-taking.

ECONOMIST: Bankers' pay and the French

And I don't know what the structure, in all honesty, of what is contained in the finance committee's markup package of what -- all the details of what that benefit looks like, the degree to which it goes out in terms of incidence of -- percentage of your income above some percentage of poverty.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Let's deal with the system, the changes that are necessary for that structure first, then let's say this is how you finance it, then you can say what proportion of the cake is divided up via tax or through various other systems.

BBC: News | BREAKFAST WITH FROST | Conservative Leader, Iain Duncan Smith MP

The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and the newly installed Minister of Finance and Economy, Mr. Yosano, has been fairly consistent in wanting to retain the insurance structure of the pension scheme, but has been willing to tap consumption tax revenues to fill part of the funding gap.

FORBES: Work Begins on Reforming the National Pension (2)