11.   A cut would make loans of less than one year cheaper.

12.   A rate cut would make other currencies, including the dollar, more attractive.

13.   A payroll tax cut would make hiring less expensive and raise long-term take-home pay for all wage earners.

14.   According to the Globe and Mail newspaperin Toronto, the Canadian spy service lost track of Ressam because government budget cuts made surveillance too expensive to maintain.

15.   All this politicking has tended to obscure whether the tax cut makes economic sense.

16.   But a smaller, targeted tax cut could indeed make sense.

17.   Budget cuts are also making it hard for the administration to meet its goal for reducing greenhouse gases.

18.   But agents said the margin is now so slight the cut will make fees necessary for those whose business is predominantly airline-related.

19.   But at the same time, budget cuts may make the disclosure bill an empty promise.

20.   But can an interest-rate cut make a decisive difference?