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disincentive
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Despite the good intentions to prosecute individuals and thereby provide a true disincentive for white collar criminals to avoid committing such crimes, there was little change in the numbers of individuals prosecuted as compared to actions against corporations which cannot be jailed.—
Steve Weisman,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025 -
On the right, meanwhile, the SALT deduction widely is seen as a disincentive for state and local governments to reduce that tax burden on their own and thus represents an unacceptable federal subsidy for blue states and cities unwilling to rein in their own spending.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
16 May 2025
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“Counterincentive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterincentive. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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