Sentences with phrase «argument against funding»

The most obvious politician's argument against funding research in pure mathematics is that it costs money and it isn't useful.

We see three primary arguments against the funding of phantom students: First, by continuing to fund phantom students, states ensure that districts won't restructure expenditures for smaller enrollments.

Not exact matches

There are some arguments against having an emergency fund, and one is that most financial institutions which advertise savings accounts offer a low rate of return.

Remark: In order to be fair, the arguments in support or against (either some or more) fund the research in pure mathematics, are likewise requested (see this comment of Steven Landsburg).

The argument against the BOL's suggested use of $ 11 million from the fund balance — that it imperils the County's AAA bond rating — is a smokescreen for reckless budget cuts, said Jenkins, who noted that the Astorino Administration already used millions from the fund balance this year to pay a pension bill and has notified the BOL that it will need an additional $ 8.8 million from the fund balance by the end of December to «even out» the 2012 books.

His argument against science funding (and science in general) seems to follow arguments made by other prominent Trump transition team figures: because science is sometimes wrong, or not clear cut, it shouldn't be trusted.

There are many arguments for and against such a funding model, and I've seen it from both sides: from the view of a small lab competing for ever - shrinking NIH funds, and as part of a major collaboration funded by «big science» awards.

Marion Superior Court Judge Michael Keele decided not to halt the program because arguments against it — namely, the vouchers violate the separation of church and state by using public money to fund religious schools — are unlikely to succeed at trial.

The valiant CCJEF argument against the State relied on a common - sense idea: every child has a right to a rich, well - rounded education for all children that is adequately funded by the State.

Think about it in terms of some of the arguments against vouchers that were mentioned this morning, particularly by Steve Green, but others: For example, the argument that religious schools should be excluded in order to protect the taxpayer's right not to fund religious schools.

Not to mention that ignoring the incentives for mutual fund managers to gather assets and how they gain those assets (hint: marketing) and then comparing their performance against the market is a straw - man argument.

The arguments against passive investing should be helpful to mutual fund salespeople trying desperately to defend their turf in the face of overwhelming evidence that they are failing investors.

One of the main arguments against «active management» is that the average active manager loses to index funds — but this is like saying the Pope is Catholic or bears crap in the woods.

Another great argument against actively managed mutual funds.

However, Cerulli says there are some important arguments against the use of TDFs that all ERISA fiduciaries should consider: «The chief argument against target - date funds is their homogeneity as they do not account for an investor's risk tolerance, specific retirement plans, or other assets.»

There are some compelling arguments against the traditional emergency fund, that's for certain.

It is an argument, and an old one, against actively managed mutual funds, which have high expense ratios and incur significant transaction costs.

It is absolutely a fair argument to say that individuals who knowingly funded dishonest efforts to confuse the public about the climate change threat are participating in what might reasonably be defined as crimes against humanity.

As to the other issue he raises, it stikes me as a white paper for funding a research project not an argument against current understanding.

The point of Milton Friedman's arguments against public utility commission law was to prevent forcing customers to commit to funding the cost of investment over 40 to 50 years in mandatory rate base charges.

I find it interesting that Monbiot has utter faith in research financed by Big Oil, though of course no sane human being would believe that the source of funding for research is a valid argument for or against the truth of the findings, would they?

Doing this will also help to defend against any argument that the Motor Vehicle Accident Claims Fund may make that you failed to take reasonable steps to ascertain the identity of the at - fault driver.

In view of this deficit, Clarke LJ heard arguments as to whether non-party costs orders should be made against the funders pursuant to Section 51 (3) of the Senior Courts Act 1981, and concluded that they should all be jointly and severally liable to pay the defendants» costs on the indemnity basis (subject to the «Arkin cap» as further discussed below).

Otteau: From our market perspective, the arguments against higher density and more transportation - efficient zoning are twofold: Less development means fewer cars on the road (although in reality the opposite is true), and higher density equates to higher taxes to fund services for the greater number of families in an area.