Sentences with phrase «as big government»

The GOP already paints them as big government lefties, and there aren't analogous factors mucking up the math: the Democratic base (and its donors) wants their candidates to address climate.

In fact, it was one of Hillary's top advisors who first crafted policies to tie teachers fates to standardized tests, introducing stunning inaccuracy and arbitrariness as big government sought autocratic shortcuts to determine school quality and student performance.

The independent conservative grassroots group, which has organized many of the larger tea party movement events over the past two years, is launching a campaign to expose «Jack Davis's record as a big government liberal.»

Also Wednesday the conservative FreedomWorks Political Action Committee announced a campaign to expose «Jack Davis» real record as a big government liberal,» even though he is running as an independent candidate.

Second, because it is difficult to imagine a Labour leader paying such a tribute because of fear that his words would be used as an excuse to denounce him as a big government junkie.

Big business deserves as much skepticism as big government.

Not exact matches

However, the bigger concern is that this is one more threat to your retirement nest egg, on top of low interest rates, a low - growth economic outlook, uncertain stock markets and potential government cuts to other programs, such as health care and nursing - home subsidies.

The nation's biggest miners, BHP and Rio Tinto, are being targeted as part of a near $ 1 billion corporate tax grab and the major banks have been warned they could face a bank levy if the new West Australian government can not pass its budget measures.

Bitcoin slumped as South Korea's justice minister reiterated his proposal to ban local cryptocurrency exchanges, fueling concern that a government crackdown will erode one of the world's biggest sources of demand for digital currencies.

Electricity generated by solar panels and windmills has played a bigger role in the energy mix in recent years as the federal government and states seek to reduce heat - trapping gases through ambitious climate goals.

It also became apparent that profitsharing didn't compensate for a deal structure that benefited the private investors at the government's expense — a lot of SBICs made big profits even as the SBA lost money on its investment.

Republicans see big government as the main threat to freedom.

In addition, they argued, the curve will likely steepen as the U.S. government runs a bigger deficit and issues more debt, they said.

The bill's main objective — capping future government spending on healthcare at rates that won't gobble up a bigger and bigger share of national income, as well as leaving more resources for investment and entrepreneurship — is exactly what government needs to do.

The state government has sold $ 1.35 billion of Keystart housing loans to Bendigo and Adelaide Bank, but the divestment wasn't as big as it had hoped.

But his big concern is that high - risk government debt can still be carried on the books as safe capital.

And in speeches to some of the country's biggest banks, she highlighted her long ties to Wall Street, bantering with top executives and saying that she views the financial industry as a partner in government regulation.

Bain Capital plans to be the biggest investor in Toshiba's chip unit, as part of a consortium that also includes Japan government investors.

This is a big reversal of fortune after a terrible week for the digital currency in which the CEO of J.P. Morgan (jpm) slammed bitcoin as «a fraud» and the Chinese government ordered cryptocurrency exchanges to cease trading.

Bain Capital plans to be the biggest investor in Toshiba's chip unit, providing 850 billion yen ($ 7.7 billion) in equity as part of a consortium that also includes Japan government investors, three sources briefed on the matter said.

«The biggest potential short - term catalyst is increased trading in South Korea as that government re-embraces crypto.»

While our government would probably screw it up if they tried to implement universal public health insurance (as in Canada or France), it would definitely create a more level playing field between big companies and smaller firms.

«This is the day we step up, at long last, to one of the world's biggest problems — the pollution that is causing climate change,» Premier Rachel Notley said as she announced her government's new policy in Edmonton on Sunday.

While President Trump has called Lockheed's F - 35 fighter - jet program too expensive, the Commander - in - Chief remains an invaluable — if fickle — ally for the company, which counts the U.S. government as its biggest customer.

If the government's goal is fairness, then why can't Morneau discuss the tax treatment of companies as big as his own?

All of which, as Salon blogger Andrew Leonard points out, sounds like basic big - government, tax - and - spend Democratic policy.

Crown - of - thorns starfish eat tons of coral and there have been big outbreaks recently, so it's no surprise that the Australian government sees dealing with them as a big priority.

LONDON, April 30 - Government bond yields in the euro area nudged higher on Monday as focus turned to preliminary inflation data from Germany and Italy, two of the bloc's biggest economies.

There's an underlying theme of contempt for institutions — for government, for university education, for lawyers and reporters («the biggest bunch of liars»)-- as well as for «losers» who lack initiative and expect handouts.

But as if to advertise its success and thumb an unwrinkled nose at the government, in early November Allergan announced plans to build a US$ 12 - billion research facility in New Jersey, a state with a big pharmaceutical sector hurt by the recession — and home to lots of rich housewives.

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Government officials are orchestrating a reversal of fortune for workers as they target low - level employees of major financial institutions, leaving the big fish in their corner offices.

The face - to - face comes after Trudeau, whose government is struggling with a pipeline crisis at home, pitched Canada as a great place to invest by telling hundreds of business leaders «that big things can get done in Canada.»

Cruz is one of many conservatives who have defended the FCC's move repealing net neutrality as a way to decrease the power of big government and increase freedom.

City of Swan spokesman Charlie Gregorini said that, while the Rothgard proposal sounded impressive, the State Government's plan was just as big or bigger in terms of employment and investment opportunities as the Rothgard proposal, and had been strongly supported by the community through public consultation.

You'll note the government chose 2001, after the giant tech bubble of the late 1990s had imploded, as its starting point, thereby overlooking a period when the biggest companies in the land were all tech firms.

That effectively ends all resistance in the suburbs of Damascus known as eastern Ghouta, marking one of the biggest victories for Assad's government of the entire war.

A review of Barnett government programs and projects has identified a raft of shortcomings in governance, project management and financial management, and listed Royalties for Regions as the single biggest problem.

Most biting of all, critics have branded Bechtel as the archetype for a big business that feeds from government contracts — about half its sales flow from state - sponsored projects — and cultivates cozy ties with officials to gain an unfair edge.

U.S. government debt prices were higher on Tuesday morning, as investors looked ahead to fresh economic data and monitored tense trade talks between the world's two biggest economies.

Despite the Liberals» big margin in Canning, the government is taking nothing for granted as the by - election nears.

He has also accused the Tokyo government of using monetary policy to devalue its currency and has also lumped Japan with China and Mexico as big contributors to the U.S. trade deficit.

Entrepreneurs in the field say that focusing on the price of Bitcoin is missing the point — its value is as proof of concept for a new kind of payment system not reliant on third parties like governments, big banks or credit - card companies.

State and local governments saw a big jump in tax revenues in the final three months of 2017, due in large part to an increase in the prepayment of income and property taxes as some high - income residents sought to take advantage of deductions that will be sharply reduced in 2018.

As talk about the economy has largely focused on tax cuts, the U.S. budget deficit and the potential for trade tariffs, one of the biggest things investors and the general public seem to be missing is the increased spending soon to be pumped into the U.S. economy by the government.

As many others have already pointed out, Amazon's recent announcement that it will build a second headquarters in North America has set in motion what will become one of the biggest competitions in history among state and local governments for a corporate expansion project.

But the big prize for Canada, say government officials, is in the deal's potential and the sheer size and wealth of the European market — 500 million people and an economy approaching $ 17 trillion — that will now be open to Canadian manufacturers, entrepreneurs, investors, service providers and even professionals, such as engineers, under improved conditions and mostly duty - free.

As you can see, although Alberta was the worst offender in terms of the discrepancy between how big the government predicted the deficit was going to be in fiscal 2013 ($ 882 million) and how big it expects it to be now ($ 3.9 billion), it is still the only province without net debt (that is the accumulated total of annual deficits, which, in turn, result from the government spending more than it generates in revenues every year).

Those policies were praised by government officials as proof positive that a four - way competition among the big carriers had been the right decision.

Big losers will include our cultural institutions, including the CBC and the Canada Council who will likely face further devastating cuts, as well as human rights, international development and arts organizations who were funded historically by the Canadian government (some of whom had already lost funding under the minority Conservative government).