1. Median income growth among educated women, especially those contributing to a two-income household, raised incomes along the upper end. 2. Price supports for farmers and minimum-wage legislation are illustrations of government price fixing designed to raise the incomes of specific groups. 3. Yet a rapidly increasing population has prevented this growth from raising per capita income as much as might be hoped. 4. Some enterprising members found ways of reducing their expenses or raising their incomes. 5. Income would be raised by suspending indexation of tax allowance thresholds, by sales of assets and partial privatizations, and by raising fuel and other indirect taxes. 6. The resultant increase in investment expenditure raises real income from. 7. We do need to continue to control our expenditure and to be careful about raising income and where appropriate charging for services. 8. By looking hard at any way in which we can raise extra income for this authority. 9. And if the market raises income through stock options, so be it. 10. Business leaders contend a balanced budget would drive down interest rates, trigger economic growth, create jobs and raise real income. |