Of course there are huge costs to this kind of intervention in the marketplace, thus the president is granted discretion, under the law, to deny relief if he determines that the costs to the broader economy clearly exceed any benefits to the petitioning industry.

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In the short term, reining in payroll costs one of the few budget items over which the federal government has plenty of discretion is vital.

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