Sentences with phrase «argue over a dollar»

I don't understand either why would you argue over a dollar while traveling.

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One of the most difficult things I saw as a youngster was my parents arguing over whether my dad had an extra dollar to give to my mother.

«We need to invest every defense dollar to meet the threat that we're facing right now as a nation,» she told CNN's Wolf Blitzer later on Wednesday, arguing that the Obama administration's decision to allow transgender people to serve would cost $ 1.35 billion over a decade just for sex - reassignment surgeries.

He is arguing the multimillion - dollar tax case that hangs over the LWF hospital there, a case that threatens Roman Catholic, Mennonite, Swedish and ecumenical service agencies as well.

Dollar's daughter said she argued with her father over attending a party, investigator Brent Rowan of the Fayette County Sheriff's Office told CNN on Friday.

I'd argue that an ownership that could spend over a billion dollars on a notoriously garbage franchsie featuring a popular major star and other young, productive talent could find other ways of being successful, but whatever, tanking works, too, and is apparently inescapable.

They want to stay in power and to keep the general populace so busy arguing over issues like guns, abortion, gay marriage, etc that we don't notice / care / understand they are squeezing billions and trillions of dollars out of the economy for their corporate overloads (and themselves), while we are all meant to greatful for a cost of living adjustment and hopefully being able to own a home.

That boded well for the county executive since the Legislature would have argued strenuously over whether a multimillion - dollar payment to the county served the hospital's interests.

Some have argued that Shawshank Redemption and Million Dollar Baby with Morgan Freeman «s soothing voice is technically bad voice - over narration.

Proponents say this will help states be more creative with their Medicaid dollars, but the education groups argue that it will lead to significant cuts, to the tune of $ 880 billion over time.

In that respect, they're similar to those people at the supermarket who buy groceries for 100 dollars, but will endlessly argue at the check - out over a 10 cent price difference on a jar of yoghurt.

So, yes, given that the publishing industry is thriving, new formats are emerging, dead formats are coming back from the grave and top flight authors are making tens of millions of dollars a year, it's something of a stretch to argue that the golden era of books is over.

The plaintiff argues that determining the price that would be available on a flat per - participant basis, or the price available under other fee models requires soliciting bids from competing providers: «In billion - dollar plans with over 36,000 participants, such as the Plan here, benchmarking based on fee surveys alone is inadequate.

I saw tourists get red in the face arguing with Vietnamese restaurant managers over the difference of a dollar.

Yeah, that's basically what Nintendo argued against when releasing the original Wii — the graphics processor wasn't that much more powerful than the Gamecube, certainly much less so than the Xbox 360 and PS3, but they wanted to focus on creating innovative, new experiences rather than just spending 50 million dollars on HD textures and making Ocarina of Time over and over.

As the upfront cost may be rolled into existing mortgages, Musk argues that homeowners will see the net value of their homes increase, and reap thousands of dollars in savings over the long run (30 years in their calculations).

In a definite case of knowing your audience, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America invoked Spock's line, and cited The Wrath of Khan, in arguing that the needs of the many (Texas auto insurance consumers) outweighed the needs of the few (check - cashing establishments) when it came to the issue of insurers paying millions of dollars in attorneys» fees to check cashers stiffed over bad checks.

However, some couples end up spending thousands of dollars in legal fees arguing over how to split the limited pot of marital assets.

I once saw a couple spend thousands of dollars arguing over an item that they agreed was purchased for about $ 150.

Whether it is a vacuum cleaner, or a guitar, or an armoire, I have seen clients waste thousands of dollars in attorneys» fees arguing over an object worth maybe a few hundred dollar.

Many economists of varying political stripes argue that — because a marginal dollar of cash income is taxable to employees, while a marginal dollar of health insurance is completely tax ‐ free — the exclusion encourages the purchase of overly generous insurance policies, and in turn leads to the over ‐ consumption of health care.