11.   Those figures do not include the costs of mandatory programs, those that are not revisited each year, including farm subsidies, Medicare and Social Security.

12.   We can pay for this middle-class bill of rights by continuing to reduce Government spending, including subsidies to powerful interests based more on influence than need.

13.   Our costs have increased significantly over the past few years, including engine subsidies for our teams, yet our marketing return has declined significantly.

14.   Although the economy improved under the state-controlled austerity measures, Jordanians suffered from the harsh measures, which included lifting subsidies on several essential staples.

15.   Authorities said they would slightly increase social spending on emergency food aid and other programs for the poor, including a subsidy for one million impoverished households.

16.   He said that while Taiwan had lowered tariff barriers in recent years, some high non-tariff barriers remain, including subsidies for local Taiwanese companies.

17.   Neiss suggested several measures to help relieve the effect of high interest rates on business, including interest rate subsidies for small and medium sized enterprises.

18.   Priorities include cutting subsidies to farmers, revamping EU finances and giving the union a stronger defense and foreign policy profile.

19.   Rogers said that eventually, a rational pricing system, including possible subsidies, would reduce the burden on the poor.

20.   Rocco Buttiglione, minister for European Affairs, proposed amending the law to include subsidies and family therapy to try to persuade women to avoid having abortions.