Indeed, Social Security demands equal, if not top billing among priority spending that must be off the chopping block.
The law says they must be off welfare within two years, and it restricts their receipt of federal cash to a lifetime limit (regardless of whether they move from one state to another) of five years.
Debts must be paid off, local authorities must agree to take over farm schools and clinics.
"A successful business must be built off the back of serving the customers well, " he told John Humphrys.
Mobile phones must be switched off on site, and the microwave in the common room resides in a Faraday cage to stop radiation escaping.
Meantime, plenty of financial hangovers still must be worked off.
There is something approaching an international consensus that Iran is the head of the snake that must be cut off, as the Saudi potentate described it.
Some believe that because a denationalization of money is the ideal state of affairs, a monetary Holy Grail, its achievement must be far off in the future.
Government proposals, published in October, include stopping card firms changing interest rates on existing debts and suggesting the minimum amount that must be paid off each month should be increased.
Governors across New England and New York have declared states of emergency, and all cars and trucks -- except emergency vehicles -- must now be off Massachusetts and Connecticut roadways.
In 2011, city officials tried unsuccessfully to convince the state to change a "last-in-first-out" rule that dictates newer teachers must be laid off before those with more time on the job.
It became a carrot to coax the DPJ into supporting the LDP's legislation before Mr Aso trumped up a new reason why an election must be held off for the public good.
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The United States Post Office did not require the Letter Logger to do this, however, in part because mail often travels in aircraft, and transmitting devices must be switched off during take-off and landing.
Some will argue that the lesson for "W." is that the Kremlin must be bought off if he wants to bring down the former Soviet Union's client in Baghdad without grave difficulty from Moscow.
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Amex's problems stem in part from a familiar source: an aggressive move out of its traditional business of charge cards, which must be paid off each month, into riskier credit cards that allow customers to carry a balance.
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Those two brief stretches of time when all electronic devices must be turned off -- after the doors to the plane close until it is at cruising altitude, and then again on approach for landing -- are being questioned.
But if these tactics fail, the military option, undesirable and dangerous as it is, must not be taken off the table.
England's primary objective on day three on Sunday must be to see off that new ball and bat for the rest of the day.
The market-based approach to antitrust regulation, popularised by Aaron Director of the University of Chicago, holds that antitrust violations must be ripping someone off, whether a customer or a supplier.
But full liberalisation of interest rates and the exchange rate must still be some way off given the fragility of the banking system.
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Yet it would be a terrible mistake to assume that every youthful, fast-urbanising country facing economic hardship must be eager to throw off its regime and embrace Western values.
The court's judges declared the second round invalid and, by ruling that the new run-off must be held within 23 days, they put paid to calls that the entire election both the multi-candidate first round and the two-candidate run-off be held again.
Mr Trichet said the deal struck at last week's summit of eurozone heads was a step in the right direction, but (yes) more work was needed, and the reduction in the debt owed by the Greek government must be a one-off event.
Plus the rig also must be kept at the same position, so energy must be expended fighting the ocean currents, and mud must be pumped, workers helicoptered on and off the rig, drilling materials delivered, etc.
One side may appear to gain more than the other, but for voluntary trade to occur, both sides must believe they will be better off.
When David called me up and invited me to coffee, I felt a rush of gratitude, worried, as every laid off journalist must be, that the world was quickly forgetting me.
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Again to be trite, we must hold off to discern whether there is a blip here or a persistent trend.
He says he believes Mr Hashimoto understands very well that public officials showing off their tattoos must be considered threatening.
But he also called for respect for minorities, declaring that the Greek Orthodox seminary on Halki, an island off Istanbul, must be reopened.
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