Sentences with phrase «backs of government benefits»

That is RRSP accounts that hold just enough investment to cause claw - backs of Government benefits.

Not exact matches

Instead of reinventing the wheel, the Liberals are suggesting bring back a policy from the 1990s, one that avoided the unintended consequences of the current government proposal where firms receive benefits by firing workers.

She prescribes compassion as well, and notes her government's «cash back in people's pockets» strategy will help struggling families, most notably the big per - child benefit cheques that arrived on the eve of the election call.

Popular support abroad is developing to back governments creating a set of rules able to prevent U.S. exporters from benefiting from a currency instability caused by America's own fiscal, financial and military policies.

Any non-federal employee earning the equivalent of an MP's salary, who wants an equivalent inflation - indexed benefit backed by the federal government, would need to buy federal real - return bonds — to the tune of about 70 per cent of income!

The government can withhold a portion of Social Security benefits to pay certain debts including back taxes, delinquent federal student loans, alimony and child support, Randall said.

It can be traced back as early as 1990, when the religion clause expert Douglas Laycock noted that under Stevens» constitutional decisions religion is «subject to all the burdens of government, but entitled to few of the benefits.»

We ran into one cyclical recession in the» 70's, and the Republicans seized on it as an excuse to rig government and society for the benefit of people who are already rich, while taking away opportunities from everyone else... then they crushed the unions so that workers would never be able to get back better pay and better job security, while investors make more and more and pay less and less in taxes.

Revenue benefits include 20 - year index - linked, government - backed incentive payments, with about # 2m ($ 2.84 m) per annum in support through the government's RHI scheme and a further # 1m ($ 1.42 m) through the sale of gas to the wholesale market and from the Feed in Tariff scheme for the power generated in the combined heat and power (CHP) engine.

Jeremy Corbyn has rowed back just an hour after saying that a Labour government would axe the government's benefit freeze - even though it made no mention of it in its manifesto published this morning.

Faso, during the meeting, spoke against a Democratic - backed amendment that would have prevented the replacement bill, known as the American Health Care Act, from taking effect until the federal government in the form of the Health and Human Services secretary certifies the number of uninsured people and out - of - pocket expenses would not increase and overall benefits would not declined.

Not that I'm predicting a Paul presidency; the same factors I talked about back in June still apply (for instance, I can't see the majority of Americans voting for a guy who'd do his best to get rid of Social Security, Medicare and most of the rest of the government benefits and protections average citizens enjoy).

But Robert J. Freeman, executive director of the state Committee on Open Government, said the bill would make it difficult to use handgun data for demographic purposes, and would roll back the trend of technology making it easier for the public to reap the benefits of FOIL.

The U.S. solicitor general fired back that McDonnell's case was a routine example of an official taking personal benefits to influence government matters, and the evidence at the trial «amply supported» his conviction.

Chief executive Paul Farmer said: «The government has proposed to sanction anyone turning down «reasonable offers of employment», but people should not be forced to accept work that risks damaging their mental health, putting them back on benefits and back at square one.

Backed by gay rights groups, Golinski sued the government, arguing that DOMA discriminates against legally married same - sex couples by depriving them of the same rights, from health benefits to tax status, as heterosexual couples.

And with that entirely predictable performance from either side, the prime minister went back to the business of government (quibbling over the semantics of benefit reform) and the Labour leader returned to the good work of opposition (donning a charming little tux with a maroon metallic sheen, dealing out the cards, and raking in the chips).

For the benefit of Labour Members, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Justice Secretary, the Prime Minister and Government Back Benchers, will the Chancellor tell the House what is today's policy on child benefit?»

«Some of the changes needed would benefit cities all over the country... I would borrow from Mayor Bloomberg's efforts on gun control... but I have a more economic frame... I'm concerned about getting the federal government back into the mass transit and affordable housing business where it was for a half - century and should be and can be again.»

Mr Duncan Smith, who quit the Government in March in protest at cuts to disability benefits, also hit back at David Cameron for claiming the issue of Turkish EU membership was not on the ballot paper.

Troubles in Italy (and other poorly - led nations) benefit Britain... «UK long - term borrowing costs have fallen to their lowest level this year, as troubles in the eurozone offset worries over a fresh batch of credit rating downgrades for government - backed institutions.»

The Archbishop of Canterbury has backed bishops who have written an open letter criticising government plans to change the benefits system.

43 % of the general public backed the idea on the grounds that, in today's harsh financial climate, the Government should «use the money instead to provide more help to people who need the money more», whereas 48 % said it would be wrong to do this, as «pensioners have spent their working lives paying for their state retirement benefits».

Instead of arriving at the position of either backing the government's welfare bill or forever being depicted as the friend of the scrounger, shadow ministers should have been making a big argument about the regressive nature of the Budget, the lamentable symbolism of effectively scrapping child poverty targets and the removal of in - work benefits to those eponymous hard - working families.

As long as he can use some of the money clawed back from millionaires in Hampstead to support claimants in Hackney — slowing the rate at which their benefits are withdrawn in order to encourage them back into work — he's not particularly worried about the wider consequences for the Government.

The government was today referred to the UK Statistics Authority after failing to back up claims that almost half of all EU migrants rely on benefits.

The Government's «troubled families» scheme has succeeded in preventing youth crime and getting benefit claimants back to work because of a «no - nonsense» approach, says the man behind it.

The students from Baltimore and Boston and in many other cities and districts across the country are putting their education to work and giving back to their communities in a way that allows them to create change change that benefits them and our systems of government.

Did you know that according to backcare UK, back pain is the leading cause of sickness absence from work in the UK and it costs the NHS # 1.3 million, the UK government # 13 million in benefits and the UK economy # 37 million a day?

Hinz believes Australia's education system does benefit from federalism, referring to the country's two levels of government, in that it benefits from being primarily a state government responsibility as that is the perfect level to keep the system fair and suggested that the Federal Government may be trying to warm the nation up to its intention to step back from its current level of involvement in government, in that it benefits from being primarily a state government responsibility as that is the perfect level to keep the system fair and suggested that the Federal Government may be trying to warm the nation up to its intention to step back from its current level of involvement in government responsibility as that is the perfect level to keep the system fair and suggested that the Federal Government may be trying to warm the nation up to its intention to step back from its current level of involvement in Government may be trying to warm the nation up to its intention to step back from its current level of involvement in education.

And lowering California's overall cost of living also requires California to step back from having the highest tax rates of any state in the U.S. And to propel these reforms through California's state and local governments will mean taking on powerful monopolies who benefit from high prices and minimal competition.

Government - backed MediaCorp is not reluctant to provide similar service and reap adequate success with the benefit of 149.6 % penetrate rate of smartphones and tablets acquired by consumers and readers.

The government restricts the benefits of income splitting with attribution rules, which are designed to attribute income back to the high income earner of the family.

Because tax rates increase at higher levels of income, you could find yourself in a situation where your OAS or other types of government benefits are clawed back.

The government - backed USDA program offers many of the same benefits of a VA loan, including 100 percent financing and less stringent credit qualifications.

The federal government can withhold all or part of a tax refund and up to 15 % of monthly Social Security benefits to pay back defaulted federal student loans.3 (These federal «offsets» do not apply to private student loans, but private debt collectors may threaten to take such action.)

Lawmakers from a handful of states including Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Bernie Sanders of Vermont are backing a bill that would prevent the government from garnishing Social Security disability and retirement benefits from people who failed to pay back their student loans.

These flexible, government - backed loans come with significant benefits that open the doors of homeownership to veterans who might otherwise struggle to obtain financing.

And unlike a traditional mortgage, the government pays the cost of the refinancing, including closing costs, which should benefit the many homeowners who are held back by the inability to pay these costs up front.

Many seniors also have much of their government benefits «clawed back».

Your TFSA won't impact other income - tested programs: If you're receiving Employment Insurance (EI), the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS), the Canada Child Tax Benefit, or any other income - tested benefit from the government then there's no worries of a claw back if you withdraw from youBenefit, or any other income - tested benefit from the government then there's no worries of a claw back if you withdraw from youbenefit from the government then there's no worries of a claw back if you withdraw from your TFSA.

True, as the rules currently stand, money invested in Tax Free Savings Accounts (TFSAs) will not in itself disqualify GIS recipients: that's arguably one reason Ottawa introduced TFSAs: to encourage low - income workers to save without fear of losing such benefits (which makes me wonder why the Liberal government cut the previous $ 10,000 TFSA limit back to $ 5,500, if they're so worried about low - income seniors).

Sometimes in their zeal to exaggerate the «social benefits» of one of its programs, the number - crunchers at government agencies will stoop to absurd arguments that end up coming back to bite them.

(6) the necessary but unknown qualities of time and trial - and - error effort to solve such problems, conflict with fulfilling the incentives for becoming a bencher, e.g., becoming a judge or obtaining other government appoints, or formally establishing the fact of one's success and popularity, and giving back to the profession the benefit of one's years of experience, and being re-elected as a bencher;

I think if you take a step back and you do look at all of the research, including the Federal medical marijuana program that's going on that is continuously dispensing government - grown marijuana to federal patients, there is clearly medical benefit that has been proven and acknowledged both anecdotally and in real research overseas in Israel.

To become eligible by calling CLEAR 1-888-201-1014 or filling out the online application at www.nwjustice.org (their website indicates they will only call you back for loss of government benefits or housing so you still need to call them for all other issues).

Currently you need to go through a screening process to become eligible by calling CLEAR 1-888-201-1014 or filling out the online application at http://nwjustice.org/clear-online (their website indicates they will only call you back for loss of government benefits or housing so you still need to call them for all other issues).

Although Professor Arthurs emphasized that claims (entitlements) and benefits should not be reduced to achieve the WSIB's financial target, claims denials and cuts to injured workers» compensation and services show that full funding is indeed being paid for «on the backs of injured workers» (despite the promise government spokesperson MPP Leeana Pendergast made to the Standing Committee on Finance & Economic Affairs, Dec. 6, 2010).

Indeed, the European Commission has already taken the UK Government to court over alleged breaches of EU anti-discrimination laws when Labour introduced the right to reside test back in 2004; a test that led to citizens of other EU states being refused social benefits on the grounds that they did not have a right of residence in the UK.

And a failed innovation might be expensive, and hurt one's reputation, and make one unpopular, which is not the way to get re-elected as a bencher, or become a judge, or get some other government appointment on a law society recommendation, or demonstrably embellish one's career as a successful, popular lawyer giving back to the profession the benefit of one's experience.