Sentences with phrase «as entitlement programs»

The majority of the remaining spending comes from federal retirement programs, but it is not clear whether those would count as entitlement programs or not.

NAR has long supported the VA home loan guaranty program, and believes that as an entitlement program, our nation's veterans should have the freedom to purchase a home wherever they choose to live.

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On Monday, two powerful conservative leaders in the House declared the blueprint unacceptable because it relies on giving people refundable tax credits to purchase insurance — a policy mechanism that, in a very rough sense, resembles Obamacare's subsidies to buy mandated health coverage (and is therefore being slammed by conservatives as just another entitlement program).

The closure of Hydro - Quebec's Gentilly - 2 nuclear power plant temporarily lowers Quebec's fiscal capacity, as measured under the Equalization program, which in turn lowers Ontario's Equalization entitlement over a three - year period.

Instead of financing Social Security and Medicare out of progressive taxes levied on the highest income brackets — mainly the FIRE sector — the dream of privatizing these entitlement programs is to turn this tax surplus over to financial managers to bid up stock and bond prices, much as pension - fund capitalism did from the 1960s onward.

It also sidesteps key elements of the state that Trump has pledged to maintain or expand, such as the Defense Department, Medicare and Social Security, two huge federal entitlement programs.

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.

Republicans have suggested they may seek to finance the tax cuts by slashing entitlement programs such as Social Security, Medicare, and food stamps.

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.

And I can count on one hand our senators and representatives who are on record as willing to go after any real cuts in the only place where there are real cuts to be had: in entitlement programs.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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 program, the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the Earned Income Tax Credit, and the refundable component of the Child Tax 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.

He pledged to use his new role as Senate Democratic Leader to block «efforts to weaken, wound and destroy» the entitlement program.

Medicaid, which was enacted in 1965 as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's «Great Society,» is a means - tested entitlement program that finances the delivery of primary and acute medical services, as well as long - term care to more than 68 million Americans.

:: Urgently pay Edo State pensioners over 42 months outstanding pension benefits and entitlements from the over N29bn Paris Club refunds received by your government and meant for the payment of pension arrears and gratuities;:: Adopt a human rights policy of guaranteeing regular payment of pension benefits and entitlements so that pensioners and their families can live decently;:: Recognize the human rights of Edo State pensioners and ensure their full and effective enjoyment of those rights, as well as provide them with information to enable them to claim their rights;:: Treat all pensioners in Edo State as individuals with humanity and dignity and respect and promote their higher standard of living and improve economic and social conditions for all pensioners;:: Provide Edo State pensioners with proper support and assistance to alleviate their plight, including by ensuring informal, community - based and recreation - oriented programs for pensioners to help develop their sense of self - reliance and independence;:: Reduce opportunities for corruption in the spending of the Paris Club refunds

Washington (CNN)- Cutting the U.S. deficit will require addressing the rising costs of entitlement programs such as Social Security, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Sunday.

New York was among the 31 states that participated in the expansion of the Medicaid program, which would be phased over to a block grant program, ending it as an open - ended entitlement.

The speech also comes as Congressional Republicans are panning Trump's call to finance a military buildup by slashing domestic agencies and ignoring entitlement programs — undermining the president's budget even before it's been finalized.

Fuentes» abrupt departure from the office, which helps direct and administer federal entitlement funds under the Community Development Block Grant program, came as a surprise to most observers.

The race has been defined by the candidates» stances on the federal budget, entitlement programs and Israel, although both Turner and Weprin oppose President Barack Obama's idea that the Jewish state go back to its pre-1967 war borders as a precondition for negotiations with the Palestinians.

He also said the U.S. should expand «economic security» entitlement programs to lift up the middle and working classes, such as social security and Medicare.

(CNN)-- Sen. Bernie Sanders, an independent from Vermont who caucuses with the Democrats, derided Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein, along with other Wall Street leaders, for pushing for cuts to entitlement programs as a part of the nation's budget negotiations.

(Pence and Verma designed Indiana's expansion with some conservative reforms, such as requiring some beneficiaries to pay monthly premiums, and Adams specifically highlighted the state's model of the expansion, saying it would help residents «to be able to work and better themselves as opposed to trapping them in an income - based entitlement program.»)

(The rest pays for mandatory entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security and interest on the $ 20 trillion national debt.)

It places a binding cap on discretionary spending, which accounts for roughly one - third of the $ 3.5 trillion that the federal government spends annually (the other two - thirds goes to entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security, other kinds spending required by law, and paying interest on the national debt).

On the spending side, reconciliation can be used to address «mandatory» or entitlement spending — that is, programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, federal civilian and military retirement, SNAP (formerly known as food stamps), and farm programs — but not Social Security.

That means, of course, that as it grows into a universal entitlement, the public program will eviscerate any number of extant private preschool operators.

After five days of contentious negotiations at the National Governors» Association conference here, Republican and Democratic governors remained at odds over whether welfare programs should be collapsed into huge block grants to the states, a scenario most of the Republicans favor, or preserved as federal entitlements to any individual who qualifies, a method backed by Democrats.

California's existing direct certification process uses other entitlement program data, such as CalFresh, to identify low - income students and certify them for free school meals — no separate paper application for meals is required.

He slimes vouchers, which he refers as «an entitlement program.»

The president's budget would seek to put an end to sequestration through a mix of tax changes and by trimming entitlement programs, such as Social Security, codifying the administration's position on a so - called «grand bargain» with Republican leaders to reduce the deficit.

Negotiations appear to be moving forward, albeit very slowly, but the focus of the negotiations is on tax rates and entitlement programs such as Medicare and Social Security.

Many employee programs operate in this manner, and many employers elect to provide the policies as a paid company entitlement.

Government entitlement programs consider any excess funding as a measurable resource, which also affects eligibility.

The recent changes to retirement entitlement programs such as Old Age Security (OAS) and the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) are intended to keep us working longer, building our retirement savings.

Financing under this program is available under slightly more favorable terms than those available to non veterans: VA's only role in this program is to determine the eligibility of the veteran and, if qualified, issue a Certificate of Veteran Status as evidence of entitlement to HUD / FHA loan benefits for veterans.

The bill does cut funding to entitlements, such as the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

So, consider the entitlement programs as an extension of the federal budget, because that is what they are.

Government entitlement programs make things «wierd» if you really believe we are at 800 % debt / GDP with entitlements as many do on wall street.

As well, an aging population is making it more difficult to continue to fund existing social programs and entitlements to their historical levels, so it's unlikely that a lot of new money can be found without taking it from someone else.

The article notes this is seen by the White House as a way to sustain energy science and technology development even as the automatic spending cuts kick in under what's being called sequestration — a euphemism for forced cuts in all programs because of political deadlock over changes in taxes and entitlements.

National entitlement programs are all on paths to bankruptcy, some as soon as this year.

Lack of personal responsibility, lack of motivation, lack of ability to see a hopeful future, nothing to loose so they become addicts and thugs, laziness, and rampant entitlement who can make just as much on welfare entitlement programs if they have kids than if they actually have a job.

President Bush used his first address to Congress in late February to tout his recipe for cutting taxes, paying down the national debt, and overhauling the country's major entitlement programs — all while increasing spending for discretionary programs such as housing.