Sentences with phrase «against tax breaks»
And it's why I voted against the tax breaks that Congress gave to companies that moved our jobs overseas.
http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/ Not exact matches
But at the same time, a state exacting punishment against a corporation's political speech by repealing an existing tax break comes at a time of intense competition between states to attract major employers.
Or to counter state capitalism like China's, they may engage in explicit subsidies or tax breaks or subsides or preferences or soft loans to promote domestic business's ability to compete overseas against state supported or state owned companies — trade promotion ideas which teeter between reasonable competitive measures and bad crony - capitalism.
The confidence in Bitcoin may break as a result of unexpected changes such as: unfavorable legal regulations, banning electronic legal tenders, introducing the prohibition on trading in virtual currency in specific areas, imposing high taxes, creating competitive alternative currencies, deflation, and other factors which may significantly affect the shaping of the exchange rate of Bitcoin against other currencies.
Not only does the mayor's office work with an agency that «can't be trusted,» the agency's penchant for doling out tax breaks doesn't stop the mayor from going on a tear against, well, tax breaks.
Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney is urging Mayor Stephanie Miner not to appeal a judge's dismissal of the city's lawsuit against COR Development Co. over tax breaks for the company's $ 342 million Syracuse Inner Harbor project.
And Gillibrand — who also faces re-election for a full 6 - year term this fall — herself has been pretty vocal on reproductive rights, pushing back with Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal against a Republican - led bill on the federal level that would eliminate tax breaks for insurance premiums on plans that provide abortion coverage.
BY COLIN MIXSON New York's highest court will finally provide clarity on a contentious legal debate that's pitted Downtown renters against their landlords, who for decades have reaped millions in tax breaks while refusing to provide the regulated rents the program was meant to foster, tenants claim.
In its complaint against Bombardier, Boeing had made no reference to the multibillion - dollar tax breaks it receives from Washington state.
Before then, lawmakers and Cuomo must negotiate major pieces of legislation, including the renewal of a lucrative tax break program for New York City developers that also plays a role in the criminal complaint against Skelos.
«And that the tax break incentivizes discrimination against older workers and caps wages for teens at the minimum breaks the stupid meter.»
Bush had alienated many of the conservatives in his party by breaking his 1988 campaign pledge against raising taxes, but he fended off a primary challenge from conservative commentator Pat Buchanan.
The current system pits Onondaga County and the city against each other when it comes to negotiating tax breaks with developers.
In fact, some observers are quietly wondering if the proposed tax breaks influenced Drake's recent vote against the proposed ban on nepotism hiring.
Against Tax - Free Zones & Special Tax Break Schemes Against Common Core Education
«And George Amedore returned the favor, siding with the special interests every time — tax breaks for millionaires and corporations shipping jobs overseas, opposed raising the minimum wage, against foreclosure fraud prevention.»
Two days before the make - or - break Super Tuesday presidential primaries, Sen. Ted Cruz went on attack mode against Donald Trump, saying the GOP frontrunner is «terrified» to release his taxes — because they'd reveal his ties to organized crime.
Several Republicans broke with their party to vote against and the proposal, which also contains language allowing bullied students to transfer to other public or private schools and receive a tax credit scholarship to pay for it.
While the incentives — a combination of sales, mortgage recording and property tax breaks — were approved by the vast majority of the ECIDA directors, one, Richard Lipsitz Jr. - the board's vice chairman and Western New York Area Labor Federation president, argued against the package.
It also must disclose any claims or findings made against the company during the period it is receiving IDA tax breaks.
Democratic state Executive Director Jim Rogers claimed, «Fischer wishes to hide that she signed the Grover Norquist (no tax increase) pledge to protect the tax breaks of her billionaire benefactors like Joe Ricketts and the Koch brothers and she stands against the middle class and favors tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy.»
He's also spoken out against providing tax breaks for corporations to relocate or stay in New York, making commercial landlords anxious.
Leonard Litwin's Glenwood Management, which is mentioned in corruption complaints against Skelos and former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver under the anonymous pseudonym «Developer 1,» has been reaping the benefits of the 421a tax breaks for years.
Even business groups are all buy conceding defeat, saying they remain against the idea but are focusing on some mitigations, like a small business tax break.
ALBANY, NY (02/24/2014)(readMedia)-- Area leaders, including Assembly member Patricia A. Fahy (D - Albany), today joined a statewide coalition of labor, faith and community organizations to push back against Gov. Cuomo's proposed tax breaks for the wealthy and well connected.
He rails against Albany's spending and economic development policies, but he has benefited from millions of dollars in tax breaks.
In addition, COR said the disposition agreement under which the city sold the land around the harbor to COR contained no prohibition against the company seeking tax breaks.
Shadow chancellor Chris Leslie said Mr Osborne should introduce tax breaks for employers that pay the living wage as a way of boosting people's incomes and warned against underestimating the importance of tax credits to families.
But the complaint against Silver indicates that an unidentified «Developer - 1» was very interested in programs such as the 421 - a tax break.
Mr. Malloy, on the other hand, will have to fight against an economy that is still sluggish despite a ramped - up economic development program that involved grants, loans and tax breaks to businesses big and small.
That grip began to loosen last year and board members openly dissented against some of his decisions as the Singh controversy broke and former town planning commissioner Frederick Ippolito pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion charges.
Tenke said residents were voting more against what he called overly generous tax breaks and financial assistance for the projects than against the developments themselves.
Topics in the Q&A included the source of money for the City's planned pre-K advertising campaign, the City's target number of pre-K applicants, whether Speaker Silver thinks the proposed income tax surcharge should be pursued next year, how the pre-K selection process will work, how the City will cover the approximately $ 40 million annual gap between the estimated cost of pre-K and the amount provided in the state budget, when parents will learn whether their pre-K application has been accepted, how the City will collect data and measure success of the pre-K program, whether the existing pre-K application process will be changed, how the City will use money from the anticipated school bond issue, the mayor's reaction to a 2nd Circuit ruling that City may bar religious groups from renting after - hours space in public schools, the status on a proposed restaurant in Union Square, a tax break included in the state budget that provides millions of dollars to a Bronx condominium project, the «shop & frisk» meeting today between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Bratton and a pending HPD case against a Brooklyn landlord.
... Developers who so happen to be Cuomo donors and recipients of tax breaks and copious state money for similar signature economic development projects are also at the center of federal criminal cases against two former aides to the... (read more)
Katko said he broke with his party when he voted against the Tran - Pacific Partnership agreement which lowers taxes on imported goods and services from 12 Pacific Rim countries.
Governor Paterson succeeded in breaking his pledge against business - killing taxes.
When the lawyer for the state of Illinois tried to argue that the state had an interest in working with «a stable, responsible, independent counterpart that's well - resourced enough that it can partner in the process of not only contract negotiation,» Justice Kennedy broke in and devastatingly finished his thought by saying, «It can partner with you in advocating for a greater size workforce, against privatization, against merit promotion, for teacher tenure, for higher wages, for massive government, for increasing bonded indebtedness, for increasing taxes.»
He voted against increased funding for No Child Left Behind to preserve billions in tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans - tax breaks he wants to extend without saying how he'd pay for them.
Critics rail against policies brazenly favoring the oil industry — tax breaks, subsidies, and a regulatory climate just this side of whoopee — making it sound like environmental degradation was part of the founders» original intent.
I suppose an argument against that would be that since capital gains are not taxable until it is realized, the gov» t might not want to give a tax break for an investment that might not result in any payable taxes for a long time.
Nobody is ever going to offer you another investment where you can borrow against it at that leverage level, at that low of an interest rate, and then also let you enjoy a bunch of tax breaks for good measure.
The Tiga document states that games would need to also pass cultural tests to take advantage of tax breaks, scoring against a criteria of European European heritage and game locations, innovation and location of development staff.
He votes against good environmental policy and for billions of dollars in tax - breaks to Big Oil.
According to a recent Wall Street Journal op - ed, this is so generous that during hours of low demand wind producers actually pay grid operators to accept their power, just to get the tax break (which can be «carried forward» and used against future tax liabilities for up to 20 years).
I'm optimistic and pray that at some point the evidence will become so obvious to even the most gullible that violence will be break out against the taxation based on AGW during this recession, and there will be a proper revolution, hopefully along the civilized lines of the French Revolution (complete with guillotine to save money and prevent victims paying tax to keep their tormentors living in luxury hotels or prisons), so that bad heads will literally roll.
In 2005, Salazar voted against increasing fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks; and in the same year voted against repealing tax breaks for oil producers.
«Fossil fuel subsidies work against Canada's commendable progress in putting a price on carbon — they give money and tax breaks to the sources of carbon pollution that we're trying to scale back,» Amin Asadollahi, North American Lead on Climate Change Mitigation at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, said.
Both Apple and Ireland are appealing the huge fine, on the grounds of a government tax break that the EU ruling qualifies as «state aid», the issuing of which would be against the EU's tax rules.