-- Auditing provisions need to be «beefed up» — Have an independent board overseeing the system should have the power to enforce campaign - finance laws even for those candidates who opt out of the system — Address housekeeping committees used by parties to raise vast amounts of cash — Close the «loophole» of allowing corporate subsidiaries and union affiliates that aren't included in the overall calculation of annual limits. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Certain cost increases are exempted from the overall calculation. (timesunion.com)
According to an estimate by William Cline, who contributed to the IPPC report, a predicted 7 per cent decline in world agricultural output as a result of a doubling of atmospheric CO2 would cost $ 40 billion — a relatively modest figure in the overall calculation. (newscientist.com)