Sentences with phrase «argument was against»

My argument was against high - regulation, not all regulation.

So you see, your argument was against Jeremy's position not mine.

Wilson's first argument was against the cavalierness of same - sex marriage advocates, who propose a massive social change with little idea how it will shake out:

The argument is against the prioritisation / lack of balance of the LibDem package which means we have a «fair taxes» proposal increasing relative poverty and inequality at the bottom, while reducing it at the top.

Reflection on Americans» daily consumption of poppy seed bagels and muffins along with their morning coffee shows how hollow and baseless law enforcement's arguments are against industrial hemp.

The reason you don't answer it is because you know that your arguments are against science and by doing it you, by yourself, will be demonstraring that AGW and its GHE are pseudoscience.

Not exact matches

«Just like Bitcoin is a puerile rebellion against monetary orthodoxy, so too is carnivory a puerile rebellion against nutritional orthodoxy,» Wilcox says, summarizing the author's argument.

The argument against rescuing homeowners is moral hazard.

There is research supporting arguments both for and against quotas, both practically and ethically.

Every argument that you'd make against socialism you can make against socialized healthcare, and any candidate who isn't 100 percent committed to scrapping Obamacare is not someone America should elect president.»

But given the potent ethical arguments against corruption, not to mention the potent legal penalties for being caught engaging in it, it's a problem that needs to be tackled head - on.

There were several arguments against this proposal (see here and here), but the proposal itself points to a disconnect between how independent directors are paid.

Now the entertainment conglomerates that own U.S. television networks are waging a legal fight, culminating in Tuesday's Supreme Court argument against a startup business that uses Internet - based technology to give subscribers the ability to watch programs anywhere they can take portable devices.

The most compelling argument presented against cash is on the grounds of efficiency.

Pruitt himself has played up this argument, claiming that the corruption charges against him are intended «to attack and derail the president's agenda.»

It means deciding what one believes not by conforming to fashionable opinions, but by taking the trouble to learn and honestly consider the strongest arguments to be advanced on both or all sides of questions — including arguments for positions that others revile and want to stigmatize and against positions others seek to immunize from critical scrutiny.»

The common argument against nationalized paid maternity leave is that it hurts businesses or that people will take advantage of the system.

Jurors are expected to hear closing arguments today in the trial for former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan's lawsuit against Gawker Media over a sex tape featuring Hogan that Gawker posted online.

If you're still skeptical, consider this: In 2007, two researchers tried to gauge racial differences on capital punishment and assess how blacks and whites responded to arguments against the practice.

The main argument against taking action to reduce carbon emissions has always been economic.

Rush casts its net wide; there's a macroeconomic argument woven through the book that makes the case against taxation structures that are redistributive to the point of dampening the urge to succeed.

The success of businesses like ours is the best and final argument against a «profit - first - and - only» focus.

Many of the arguments against zero - rating are based in hypotheticals, but these intentions are not.

That's not a knock - down argument against any and all principled refusals to do business, but it's a point worth making.

During Pfizer's latest earnings call on Oct. 27, CEO Ian Read was asked whether there were any arguments against splitting up.

The arguments against unlimited vacation are tortured at best.

And given the levels of social unrest in those countries, that could be the strongest argument against putting more of our pension nest eggs into the CPP basket.

Would some people still be discussing the merit of the memo's arguments or would there be a universal call for swift action against its author?

And there is a political argument here, against the concessions we've made as individuals and societies to the idea of indebtedness, and the way we've tied it to opportunity and responsibility.

I believe that the arguments for or against transfer payments are largely moral and philosophical.

The traditional argument against dishonesty is that when you are discovered, your reputation will be sullied.

The above is not meant to be an argument against transfer payments.

The main arguments raised against mandatory paid leave are generally that it's expensive, and also that even if employers don't have to pay the salaries of their on - leave employees themselves, it's still a burden to find someone to fill in while the employee is out.

The most common and strongest argument against PPC is the ROI argument, which goes like this: SEO costs little; PPC costs a lot.

In a Monday interview on «Mad Money,» Nucor CEO John Ferriola pushed back against arguments that the tariffs are unfair to U.S. trading partners and allies.

Some conservatives tried to fight back against Trump, pleading with their audiences to see what they contended to be the rational point of view, but their arguments seemed to go unheard.

An argument against cutting interest rates is the twin housing bubbles of Toronto and Vancouver.

[109][110][111] Corzine later wrote that only after the proposal was released did he discover «the harsh reality: the public intensely disliked the idea» and that, in retrospect, he «should have pressed harder to identify the most salient arguments against the plan and developed a strategy to get in front of and respond to those challenges.»

And so the economic argument against it has been framed ever since.

In short, the argument was based on a supply - driven analysis that weighed the sources of future oil supply against the prices that would -LSB-...]

If you're like most people, you're probably thinking of a lot of arguments against this right now:

Corporations and the country's wealthiest were enjoying their tax cuts even more, and the Democrats» argument against the new tax law as increasing inequality got lost.

In any event, there's no question or argument that my insistence on stress - testing against Depression - era data was a painful shot to the foot in this cycle, and is more painful because, at least to - date, it turned out to be unnecessary in hindsight.

The argument against tax cuts is weakened by the eight years of Democratic ineffectiveness.

Here's the problem: To focus the argument against «Austerian» advocates of fiscal balance, Mr. Krugman hopes that economists will stop distracting attention by talking about what he deems not necessary.

More generally, I think the strongest argument against a price - level target is that the absence of long - term indexed contracts suggests that the benefits of long - run price predictability are not that large.

We're unconvinced by the typical bear arguments against Skechers, but the company still does come with some concerns that investors should monitor.

The Niskanen Center is already preparing challenges against eminent domain for pipelines that feed liquefied natural gas exports terminals, though the argument has not been tried in court yet.

An argument for or against the cryptocurrency and traditional money respectively can be better understood by thinking along these lines.

Past CPC voters again overwhelmingly side with Alberta and against B.C., while past Liberals are divided and past New Democrats find British Columbia's argument more persuasive.