Sentences with phrase «federal governments get»

But some are now arguing for a more streamlined approach: simply have the federal government get out of the issue entirely.
A disrupted muni market, also, seems negligible compared to the ramifications of the federal government getting in the foxhole with states.
The Federal government got its $ 74.55 million in income tax from the winner, and Michigan got a state income tax of $ 9.27 million.
«For a very small investment in EDC, the federal government got a huge payback.»
If there is an ultimate consequence of all these changes to the mortgage business, it may be that the federal government gets out of the mortgage insurance sector altogether.
So here's a modest proposal: why doesn't the federal government get things rolling by pushing for reform of supply management — that convoluted mess of federal and provincial policies that actually make it an offence for farmers to sell milk and poultry across provincial boundaries?
If the church would encourage it's members to be charitable on their own, then they could be giving glory to God, rather than letting the Federal Government get it for their taxation and redistribution.
So the US Federal government got a state vying to entry into the Union to put aside their religious convictions.
«From the 1 per cent the Federal Government gets, NEMA takes 20 per cent for its operation,» he said.
In February 2017, Federal Government got 200.6 billion, states received N128.4 billion; local government councils received N96.52 billion representing (20.60 per cent).
The Federal Government got a commendation at the weekend over its voluntary income declaration scheme as Executive Chairman of the Lagos Inland Revenue Service (LIRS), Mr. Ayodele Zubair, described the Voluntary Assets and Income Declaration Scheme (VAIDS) as the last chance for tax offenders to redeem themselves.
Sen. Chuck Schumer says the by product of the brewing process had been used for centuries by farmers to feed livestock, until the federal government got involved.
We often do this with bridge and road projects where we don't have a source of funding readily available but we'll have the whole project (specifics), environmental's done, and it's essentially ready to go if the federal government gets back to the business of funding infrastructure.»
And as the federal government gets muddled about their mission, so do schools.
Most decisions are made locally; state governments set the direction and create conditions for success; and the federal government gets involved when something's become unjust.
Neither the states nor the federal government got everything right.
But if the secretary follows the spirit and letter of the law, then state and local school leaders will finally be able to run their schools the way they believe is best, without worrying about the federal government getting in the way.
The reason the federal government got involved in K — 12 education in the first place was that districts couldn't resist local pressures to give more of their funds to wealthier students.
«The federal government gets the best bang for its money when it deals at the state level,» Jennings said.
Delaware (where my daughter just moved) is right, Secretary DeVos should review this guidance letter, and until the federal government gets its act together on secondary education (which it appears may never happen), families should opt out of state schools subject to federal dictates, opting in, instead, to learning institutions that embed preparation for exams at a pre-university level that can lead to placement advanced in future course sequences: these advanced level subjects should be embedded within the balanced curriculum that an international baccalaureate education represents, in contrast to the narrow extension of elementary school that DC bureaucrats remain focused on, as if time had not run out on the Obama administration and its failed efforts to improve the lives of American youth, now mired in debt that it encouraged in pursuit of a «North Star» goal that led the United States astray.
«From my standpoint, you have to take a look at the fact the federal government got involved,» Johnson said.
The International Monetary Fund report suggested that the federal government get out of the business of mortgage insurance because it exposes the government and taxpayers to risk and might distort the lending market as a whole in favour of mortgages over entrepreneurship.
And, unless the federal government gets serious about enforcement, nothing may change for the dogs.
A particularly egregious case finally drew enough outrage from the public and local advocates that in 2016, the federal government got involved.
Despite its hilarious B movie aesthetic, it was deemed so problematic that the federal government got involved, inciting one of gaming's biggest controversies.
Big Pharma is ruthless, to its employees; but it can't take on the FDA and is quite tame compared with what Federal government gets away with.
«When I first started working for the federal government I got frustrated,» Schmidt said, «like why are we stuck in this pattern?
The federal government getting 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2020 will be a big deal (the federal government is the world's biggest energy consumer).
While the estate tax is a major question for many taxpayers, the federal government gets the bulk of its revenue from the income tax system.
And not to mention other 5 - 4 SCOTUS gems this past week, like the one stripping generic drug injury victims of all state tort remedies (see our coverage here), deciding apparently that the federal government gets it right every time when it comes to drug safety - which no one believes, and you know they sure don't believe.
«Should the federal government get into these issues — beyond research and collecting data?
Then, the federal government got into the game.
NASA got a big check, but almost every agency and program in the US Federal government got the same treatment.
The legislation is called the «Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act,» H.R. 3370 in the House and S. 1610 in the Senate, and It would pause some program changes while the federal government gets a handle on how the new rates are to be set and it looks at the affordability impact of the new premium structure.

Not exact matches

The federal government is talking about getting 20 - year production guarantees before signing off on the Airbus deal.
Morneau said nine out of 10 recipients of child benefits would do better under the new program than they were previously; a family of two children earning $ 90,000 per year will get a tax - free bonus of $ 5,650 per year from the federal government, an increase of $ 2,500 per year compared with Harper's child - subsidy regime.
And then all of the important official federal government economic data gets revised, often significantly revised and often revised over and over again for several years thereafter.
Though the funding would not likely eliminate PBS and NPR, which get only a small percentage of their funds from the federal government, it would almost certainly affect local public radio and TV stations.
The interest rate on 10 - year bonds was 1.79 % at the end of 2014 — about half as much as the federal government had to offer to get investors to buy its debt a decade ago.
I had gotten involved with Brookings and wrote a paper on clusters, recommending a federal government role.
Since January, Canada's federal lobbying commissioner has been investigating whether the fundraiser violated government rules, which say lobbyists can not lobby officials they helped get elected.
The first case, known as Halbig v. Burwell, contests the tax subsidies individuals get through exchanges run by the federal government.
«They're shirking their responsibility here and I don't believe that they fully appreciate the seriousness of what we've got here,» spokesman Jeff Zent said of the federal government.
Questions about citizenship may lead to a sense that even the census - taker — whose job is simply to get an accurate count of those resident within the United States — is helping the federal government with deportation.
This explains why seniors were the first to get a taste of income splitting from the Harper government and why both the federal Liberals and NDP are campaigning on promises to push the old age security threshold back down to 65.
Thirteen months later, with Canadians staring at a $ 56 - billion crater in the government's finances, the minister got testy with reporters who were asking for his response to a report from the Parliamentary Budget Office that predicted a federal deficit of nearly $ 20 billion in 2013 - 14.
The budget proposal also included plans to eliminate duplicative energy programs and wasteful spending to help get «federal government out of the way and allow the private sector to do its job and flourish.»
The biggest driver of economic growth next year will be from household consumption, which policy makers reckon will get a boost from the federal government's tax cuts and its decision to augment monthly child benefits.
But it probably won't get that far, because of a far larger stakeholder: the province of B.C. To date, the B.C. government has steered clear of the federal regulatory process on Gateway.
Consumers aren't going to like this, but eventually, the federal government will have to step in, so it's in the auto industry's best interest to get ahead of the curve, and 2018 — with sales continuing to be strong and profits rolling in — is the year to take the hit.
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