Sentences with phrase «as an entitlement for»

Art and design as a subject on the curriculum, (with craft tacit rather than explicit within its content) is generally taken for granted as an entitlement for children and young people in formal education.

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Whereas some people regard a comfortable retirement as a natural entitlement, for a growing number this is not the case,» Christine Foyster, head of Wealth Management at HSBC, said in the report published on Wednesday.

BCRA - A would satisfy hard - line conservatives by all - but - eliminating a health coverage entitlement; BCRA - B would be a kindler, gentler version that would keep some widely liked Obamacare provisions (such as ensuring affordable coverage for those with pre-existing conditions), trim Medicaid more gradually, and win the support of teetering moderates.

Republican Presidents, including Trump, have promised to balance future budgets with gigantic reductions in discretionary spending, a category that includes both outlays for defense, and all other areas that are voted each year (as opposed to entitlements that provide benefits guided by a fixed formula).

The old way of vacations, because it was seen as the «amount of days off that I have to use before they expire» was taken with an overwhelming sentiment of entitlement, and many things fell through the cracks when a team member went off on vacation for a week.

As part of the heads of agreement, Clough will assume responsibility for the jobs and entitlements of the HWE employees currently working on the project.

«We will fight to defend them because they are about the health and economic security of America's working families, and we will not use Medicare and Medicaid and Social Security as an ATM machine for the Republicans to give tax breaks to their wealthy friends and corporate America,» House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said at her year - end press conference, signaling that Democrats would not support cuts to Social Security and other entitlements.

It's highly unlikely that 2014 will be nearly as big a year for stocks, but it could be a good year for job growth if Congress will take action — invest more in badly - needed transportation and other infrastructure projects, approve immigration reform and tackle tax and entitlement reform.

The Liberals received the final payback for decades of arrogance and, as Jack Layton so resonantly put it during the English debate, sense of entitlement.

There is in fact a case for strengthening entitlement benefits so as to promote current demand.

And other big potential Republican priorities for 2018 — including potential bills to boost infrastructure spending and cut back on entitlement programs — are now in limbo as every last vote comes under the election - year spotlight.

If instead you stand to receive $ 700 from your own work, then you would receive your full $ 700 per month (as that is higher than your entitlement for your partner's benefits).

Still, they have important implications for public policy as it pertains to underfunded old - age entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, as well as the tax treatment of retirement plans and savings accounts.

For a long time, we've known about the issues that would inflate the entitlements — such as the prior - mentioned demographic problems — but there is an increasing likelihood that new federal programs with expenditure increases will further accelerate the growth in federal debt.

But Catholic teaching typically explains a hierarchy of public issues, prioritizing marriage and sanctity of life, for example, which are intrinsic to Christian faith, over important but less theologically binding issues of prudential judgment, such as federal entitlement programs or immigration.

There is often a great deal of talk about opposing a sense of victimhood and entitlement — which most people in my neighborhood would probably agree with — but we must recognize that people are still being victimized by police brutality and other forms of trauma; they are entitled to both the basic necessities of life as well as opportunities to provide those and more for themselves.

But as shocking and painful as all these losses were, my instinctive response shocked me even more: the rage, the blame - shifting, the thirst for revenge, the bitter arrogance, the self - justified resentment, the dark self - righteousness, the control - hungry manipulation, the deluded rationalization, the deep selfishness, the perverted sense of entitlement.

Job was rebuked for his entitlement, for acting as a «faultfinder contending with the Almighty» (Job 40: 1).

Yes you can find angry people as rent seekers not wanting to pay for out - of - wedlock babies, but no one wants to say «no» to one's own grandmother who has paid into this so - called entitlement as a liability underwritten by the U.S. government.

People who think homosexuals should not have special legal entitlements as a minority group, parents who do not want their eight - year - olds instructed in the use of condoms, those who insist that abortion is very bad for unborn children and their mothers — bigots one and all.

What conservatives and libertarians are most animated about nowadays is the abuse of public - good authority, particularly as such authority has been misused for a very long time to tax and spend, not generally on public goods like defense but on wealth - transfer programs, such as social security, Medicare and Medicaid, and other entitlements — the kinds of programs, in other words, that have effectively bankrupted Greece, are threatening to bankrupt several other European nations, and are undermining the European Monetary Union.

They have constructed arguments for redistribution or entitlement to welfare, but they have spoken as academic technicians, not moralists.

Rather, it was largely the result of the federal government shouldering increased responsibilities for entitlement programs such as Social Security payments and workmen's compensation, for education, and for infrastructural services such as roads and hospitals.

In this particular instance it is not very difficult to imagine scenarios in the not - too - distant future in which there might occur resurgences of socialist policies and ideals: the failure of neo-capitalist regimes in developing societies and / or the formerly Communist countries in Europe to achieve economic take - off; the insight granted to sundry dictators and despots that, while socialism invariably immiserates the masses, it is a very good recipe for enriching those who claim to hold power as the vanguard of the masses; the «creeping socialism» (still an aptly descriptive term) brought on by massive government intervention in the economy in the name of some societal good, e.g., there could be an environmentalist road to socialism, or a feminist one, or one constructed (perhaps inadvertently) with some other building blocks of politically managed regulations and entitlements; or, last but not least, the actual restoration of socialism, by coup or by voting, in a number of countries, beginning with Russia.

American liberals need conservatives to be racist as justification for resisting change to the status quo of our government in terms of social programs and «entitlement» spending.

A form of governance for cyberspace that takes equal entitlement to its resources seriously requires far reaching changes of the current political practices in such areas as development assistance, transfer of technology, intellectual property protection, and space cooperation.

Kerr may have uttered this as a toss - away comment, but it seems to have been verified for half a century now, and the sexual entitlements that too many have assumed are wreaking havoc on both women and men.

As I thought about how to apply these teachings practically, a lot of strategies came to mind — putting the needs of others before my own, buying less and giving more, humbling myself when engaged in political or theological debates, embracing rather than complaining about those «one - way relationships,» praying for others more sincerely, saying «yes» a little more often, working on that ubiquitous sense of entitlement and pride that keeps me from going the extra mile.

In this regard, the National Housing Task Force recommends that increased federal spending for housing be allocated through a program of entitlements to states and localities based on need as well as through a program of matching funds based on the willingness of local governments, businesses and nonprofits to provide land and financing.

Record rainfall and growing concern over the politics of the Murray Darling Basin have not been enough to dent the values and demand for water entitlements in Australia's booming farming regions such as the Murrumbidgee.

The unions, for their part, see it as an avenue for unscrupulous employers to avoid paying worker entitlements and cheat the tax system of billions of dollars a year.

For example, the Commonwealth pays the same fees and charges for the holdings, receives the same annual allocations as equivalent entitlements, and operates within the same rules including the rules relating to carryover of water between yeaFor example, the Commonwealth pays the same fees and charges for the holdings, receives the same annual allocations as equivalent entitlements, and operates within the same rules including the rules relating to carryover of water between yeafor the holdings, receives the same annual allocations as equivalent entitlements, and operates within the same rules including the rules relating to carryover of water between years.

The Commonwealth can carry over water in the same way as occurred when the water entitlements were managed for agricultural use.

The raising was structured as a 1 - for - 4.46 entitlement offer at $ NZ4.80 a share — or their Australian dollar equivalent — which was a 20 per cent discount to the theoretical ex-rights price.

«There's widespread support in the industry for the rebate to be removed from NZ producers, but every time we raise this with decision makers in Canberra we run up against the argument of whether removing that entitlement will have broader ramifications on our trading agreements, not just with New Zealand but with other countries as well.

Then for years they had to sit there and watch as we the Arsenal fought with manu each season, and im guessing they feel it should have been them with a sense of entitlement.

Both Busch and Gronkowski are Monster Energy endorsers, and with the Daytona 500 representing the energy drink company's first race as entitlement sponsor for NASCAR's top division, the Cup Series, Monster executives brought the New England Patriots tight end to Daytona as part of its marketing activation.

Where possible, these qualifying criteria will mirror the criteria for existing entitlements such as maternity pay and allowance and paternity pay and leave so that families will be able to easily work out their entitlement.

I have never heard money cited by a friend as a reason not to have kids but we have generous maternity leave entitlements and protection for our jobs in our country (Australia) so maybe that isn't so much of an issue here as in other countries.

As they said in their presentation, their aim is «a great dad for all» and they'll do all they can to help make it happen - whether that's campaigning for equality of paternity entitlement or educating and supporting dads on a day - to - day basis.

So we are working to make it easier for mothers and fathers to share caring and earning for their families, through measures such as more father - inclusive maternity services, a fairer system of leave entitlements, public services that systematically engage with men as fathers, and employer practices that recognise that most men are dads.

Entitlements for fathers are discussed only as benefits to fathers rather than as also improving opportunities for women.

The entitlement and mandatory programs covered in the analysis are Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, unemployment insurance, SNAP (formerly known as the Food Stamp Program), SSI, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), the school lunch program, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the refundable component of the Child Tax Credit.

But I don't think it's helpful to ignore facts such as Congress» lack of interest in fully funding the school meals program or the pushback from newspaper readers angry over entitlement programs or the no - shows when it comes time for parents to meet and create an agenda.

The writer of this rant rails against practicers of AP as parents as those who don't allow their children to play sports for fear that they might get hurt and ones who raise their children with a sense of entitlement and no work ethic.

As for worrying about creating a society of self - entitlement, I agree that our society seems to going down a path of creating entitled children.

The Low Incomes Tax Reform Group (LITRG) has urged the Government to provide greater clarity to parents on the many recent and planned changes to child support.1 The tax campaigners are concerned that the childcare support landscape has become very complex and it is difficult for parents to understand how schemes are supposed to interact, such as tax credits, the planned tax free childcare (TFC), universal credit, free childcare entitlement and childcare vouchers.

LITRG told the Government in its response to the Childcare free entitlement: delivery model consultation, 2 that it is extremely concerned about the potential impact of an increase in minimum income limits for both the extended provision of free childcare and the delayed tax free childcare scheme, as announced in the Autumn Statement 2015.

«Beyond infrastructure», Krauthammer dictates, «the conservative sees the proper role of government as providing not European - style universal entitlements but a firm safety net... those too young or too old, too mentally or physically impaired, to provide for themselves.»

Of immediate concern is providing states with a lump sum for Medicaid spending — a system known as block grants — as opposed to an open - ended entitlement.