Sentences with phrase «government by big money»

Maybe if we all concentrate with Facebook to address this issue of the Russians meddling with our election process, we can conveniently forget the real (and much more alarming) issue of undue influence in our Federal Government by Big Money Interests like the MIC.

Not exact matches

In the mad scramble for loan creation during the final phase of the Housing Bubble, the government created an environment of essentially free money by allowing the big agencies, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (or Phony and Fraudie, as I often affectionately refer to them), to securitize loans to the bottom of the barrel risks with crazy terms like no money down and incredibly low «teaser» interest rates.

His other books include Money: How the Destruction of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economy — and What We Can Do About It, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames (McGraw - Hill Professional); Freedom Manifesto: Why Free Markets are Moral and Big Government Isn't, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames (Crown Business, August 2012); How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames (Crown Business, November 2009); and Power Ambition Glory: The Stunning Parallels between Great Leaders of the Ancient World and Today... and the Lessons You Can Learn, co-authored by John Prevas (Crown Business, June 2009).

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. would have the smallest percentage increase, about 16 percent... Of the changes proposed in June by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, the one that would probably have biggest impact on profit is allowing banks to buy U.S. government bonds entirely with borrowed money.

«Whatever it is you think state government should or shouldn't be doing, with public financing you have a much better chance of having your voice and your neighbors» voices heard and not drowned out by big money,» Scharff said.

As for the claim that is widely made by good government groups and left leaning reformers that establishing a public campaign finance system would go a long way toward getting big money out of the political system and reducing corruption, New Yorkers aren't really on board.

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- The New York Times on Tuesday declined to endorse Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, claiming he «resisted and even shut down opportunities to fix» a state government controlled by big money.

These feelings were compounded by growing doubts about the integrity of their government to actually represent them as opposed to big money interests.»

The federal proceedings concern whether the administration doled out «pay - to - play» favors to big donors that dumped money into de Blasio's now - defunct «shadow government» nonprofit, the Campaign for One New York — Vance's case concerns allegations the mayor sought to circumvent state contribution limits in his failed bid to turn the State Senate Democratic, by having people seeking city business funnel unlimited cash into upstate county committees instead of into candidates» campaign accounts.

State government has utilized design - build to save time and money on big infrastructure projects and New York City wants similar power to streamline the process by awarding one contract for project design and execution, instead of engaging in separate processes and contracts.

A 90 - minute, years - in - the - making comic wind - up machine that begins by mocking its own audience for paying good money to see what it can watch at home for free and proceeds from there through the most wickedly funny arsenal of assaults on big government, organized religion and corporate America this side of «Borat.»

And this year's campaign is set to be bigger than ever before because all the money raised by schools will be doubled by the UK government as part of the UK Aid Match programme.

According to McQueen, both policies were «written in secret» with no public involvement, «put into place by coercing states with the promise of federal money,» and represent «a centrally controlled delivery system, shaped by Big Government and steeped in the Progressive worldview of uniformity.»

No, this could only have been the result of the carefully plotted efforts of a group, and it would have to have been supported by a government or some organization with very big money.

So by changing how much the company withholds for taxes you get a bigger check and less of a refund (or possibly non / owe the government money).

Throwing money at the problem is a typical response by big government.

As it stands now, by the end of TARP the government may not have lost any money on these particular big banks — all of which were targeted by the Dodd - Frank Act.

The biggest «interest money» of all by far of course being being government money.

Nor should we readily trust the government, the court system, or corporate America to protect that right when there is big money to be made by them at our expense.

It is proposed that the money would come from central government and be administered by the Big Lottery Fund — the idea is that 90 % of the fund would be allocated to local authorities with the remaining 10 % going to national initiatives.

I have been ripped by Access America, they do nt run an insurnace company, they run a SCAM, They know how to cheat the Government and take Insurnace Licenses and Cheat the People of thier money, These Scamsters have tied up with the big Airlines offering cheap pricing to them and We trust the big airlines by thier name and Sites and Access America pockets our money in Trust in between, it seems neither the airlnes or the Virginia Dept of Insurance knows what Access America is really upto.

will be thinking that we will be forced by their friends (Big Government) to work for less than before, and thus, that they will finally get their money's worth when contracting for the services of Realtors.