Sentences with phrase «arguments against cutting»

One of the biggest arguments against cutting the cord is cost.

The lower capital ratio bolsters arguments against cutting mortgage insurance premiums, which could give private mortgage insurers a reason to be hopeful.

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

Not exact matches

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.

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

I shall examine Hartshorne's arguments against the Thomistic attributes in the first group (absoluteness, simplicity, etc.), and show that they cut no ice against the Thomistic attributes in the second group.

We're reluctant to accept arguments that cut against our political preferences.

Mandelson has won the argument against «investment versus cuts» - but that might lose the election, and if there's a Tory govt, lose the recovery.

Labour's argument was rejected - or failed to get across (partly because it all seemed about # 6 billion this year)- but against opponents who said cutting waste was important, but in David Cameron's case that he would reject any ministerial plan to cut public services.

Prior to this morning, the first, Harris v. Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, appeared unlikely to prove explosive, while the second, Evenwel v. Abbott, held the potential for fireworks — but only if the justices were willing to accept an especially audacious argument which seems to cut against the explicit language of the Constitution.

Raising his voice to nearly a shout, Rep. Brian Higgins last week summed up his party's argument against the Republican tax cut plan as the House Ways and Means Committee finished its work on the measure.

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.

A large part of the administration's argument against PEGs is that they would lead to billions of dollars in cuts to services and staffing, including tens of thousands of layoffs.

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.

These are familiar arguments against testing, cases of individuals who do not «test well» or who fall just below a cut - off score for qualification.

The problem with this is that his own arguments against self - publishing would cut against these so - called hybrid authors when it comes to their self - published work.

The argument against owning stock that have cut or reduced their dividend is supported by the historical record.

Whether or not the argument against corporate taxes cuts ever had some validity, the world has changed.

(If scientists with such a range of views agree that this work is valid, that seems to cut against arguments over the reliability and utility of temperature records gathered by weather stations — or am I missing something?)

They've informed themselves of the current cut and paste arguments against AGW.

[I] f you want deep cuts to [greenhouse gas] emissions, you need a broad - based policy, not a hopelessly leveraged argument against a single project.

I asked: «Doesn't that cut against making a protection argument based on near - term conditions?»

I think this emerging form of emissions accounting provides a valuable way to show how the growing coal (and natural gas) greenhouse - gas emissions commitment will play out, but — because of the competing social and economic values embedded in that extracted energy, along with the equity argument poor countries use against established fossil - powered industrial giants — I'm not sure it leads to a more effective strategy for cutting those emissions.

The new paper's findings, helpfully unpacked here, cut against arguments of those who say flawed media coverage is a big factor impeding progress on climate policy.

The «cuts both ways» argument was among those raised by 13 Republican attorneys general in a letter urging their Democratic counterparts to stop using their law enforcement power against fossil fuel companies and others that challenge the climate change catastrophe narrative.

Perhaps Mr McKibben's role is to act on a project by project basis, but I would expect both he and Dr. Hansen to see the big picture — if you want deep cuts to GHG emissions, you need a broad - based policy, not a hopelessly leveraged argument against a single project.