Sentences with phrase «bad policy making»

How do you justify promoting such irresponsible policies, and when will you begin to listen to educators and researchers, who are clearly the key experts in this field, and to parents, who are simply trying to protect our children from bad policy making?

Even companies that are sticking with ALEC appear to be embarrassed by the association: Duke Energy has done all it can to not confirm renewed ALEC membership, ignoring repeated calls, emails and a 150,000 - strong public petition delivered by a diverse coalition of organizations whose members don't appreciate how ALEC's bad policies make Duke appear two - faced.

Not exact matches

Even though our activities are likely to result in a lower national debt over the long term, I sometimes hear the complaint that the Federal Reserve is enabling bad fiscal policy by keeping interest rates very low and thereby making it cheaper for the federal government to borrow.

«We need to make sure that this does not translate into misguided policies that could make the situation much worse, not only from the perspective of trade but also for job creation and economic growth and development which are so closely linked to an open trading system,» the report quoted him as saying.

A «comprehensive review» is under way that has «accelerated» in recent days, Brittin said, adding the company had invested «millions» and has thousands of people who work on policies, controls, and enforcement to ensure bad ads — or bad ad placements — don't make it into the system.

«This is a bad proposal that will make it harder for thousands of New Yorkers to pay the bills,» Josh Meltzer, Airbnb's head of New York public policy, said in a statement.

«Our goal is to stay one step ahead of bad actors, making it harder for policy - violating content to surface or remain on YouTube.»

«The idea that you would deny protection for 50,000 people because there are a few bad apples who wouldn't be eligible for Temporary Protected Status in the first place, makes little to no sense,» Tom Jawetz, the vice president of immigration policy at the Center for American Progress, a liberal research organization told NBC News.

And you, with your policies of doctor's notes, not allowing people to go home, treating people who take sick days as slackers, and coming into work when you're sick yourself are making it much, much worse.

Overall, a majority (51 %) of respondents aged 18 - 34 said they thought that «the policies and actions undertaken by the Baby Boomer generation» had made things worse for America.

It's likewise the case that relatively rare, idiotic behaviour makes bad policy.

Making matters worse, this new policy applies not only to new solar customers, but also to people who had already invested in solar for their home or business.

The so - called policies of fiscal stabilization dictated by the Bundestag will only make the situation in the eurozone's fourth - largest economy worse, not better.

Last week however, Clark announced another housing policy that not only fails to address any key contributing factors to the affordability crisis, but will likely make housing costs and the overheated market worse: the BC HOME Partnership Program (BCHP).

But their policies only made things worse, by collapsing employment and output.

It is worth noting that policymakers could make these numbers worse if they enact policies that differ from the assumptions in CBO's baseline.

Consumers and most countries are tapped out and having to either curtail demand or attempt to create it through unconventional monetary policies (that seem to just be making matters worse).

OTTAWA — Jim Balsillie warns that provisions tucked into the Trans - Pacific Partnership could cost Canada hundreds of billions of dollars — and eventually make signing it the worst public policy decision in the country's history.

It is worth noting that the B.C. government's gimmick of limiting the upper - income tax increase to two years, while perhaps making the move more politically palatable for its base, is bad public policy.

The policies put in place so far, such as budgetary austerity, are little match for the size of the problem, and may make things worse.

If you don't have plans to save for final expenses in advance, and the financial burden caused by your death would hurt your family, a permanent life insurance policy might help you deal with those financial pressures to make sure that your passing isn't worse than it needs to be.

Sitting on $ 4 trillion might not seem like a bad position to be in, but it can make a mess of domestic monetary policy if those reserves result from the central bank's attempts to deal with capital inflows.

The fact that he doesn't seem particularly interested in learning the finer points of policy makes it easier for the North Koreans to convince him that a terrible agreement actually isn't so bad — and after much flattery, he might very well be convinced to make a «great deal.»

«But definitely, policy makers have to be seen as not making things worse in terms of stimulating the stock market while the economy remains very weak.»

But, we also criticize people who adhere to the dogma — of Christianity, of Islam, of Hindu tradition — when the actions are far removed from what the «policies» of the respective texts dictate (e.g. love thy neighbor, but act badly to others, specifically non-Christians *), or when the «policies» are adhered to VERY closely and make no sense in today's day and age (e.g. homosexuality is a sin).

I think the moderates are the worst kind of accommodationist, simply because they pass off the literalists as «few», the «odd crazy»... when it is these few and odd crazy ones that have the money and the intent to change policies to «make the prophecy» come true.

It is a socialist policy winning out over a Capitalist policy (though it's not as bad as that sentence makes it sound).

At the level of international policy, it is desirable to fire up the arms race and to create nuclear confrontation with the Soviet Union, because that activity may make things worse and thereby hasten the end.

These difficulties don't make it any less important to speak for foreign policy prudence, and things might be even worse than they seem.

Glazer, like many other observers, believes that in our mostly well - intentioned efforts to deal with the breakdown of these structures, «our social policies are weakening them further and making matters in some important respects worse.»

Teenagers and Contraception The government's perennial «more of the same» policy makes things even worse.

Meanwhile, in South Korea, so far the only country to have reversed the trend in sex ratios at birth, normative changes related to public policies apparently worked after banning the practice made matters even worse.

While I abhor religion in government, which always leads to bad policies, and laws, religious voters can still look carefully at which candidates will favor policies that make sense for Americans.

This directly affects the atheist who often sees bad policy decisions and laws being made based on belief.

But simply making up numbers to argue for a policy change is much worse than politics as usual, and that's what these two leaders of the pro-choice movement admitted that the movement had done to get abortion legalized.

Policies affecting migrant workers could make the problem much worse.

Absent a league - wide policy or decision - making body in situations like this, I'm okay with the team keeping him until it plays out further, even if they look like bad guys in the process.

Nothing like one underachiever blowing smoke up the ass of another... we know that Ozil has some incredible technical gifts, but to be considered the best you have to bring more than just assists to the table... for me, a top player has to possess a more well - rounded game, which doesn't mean they need to be a beast on both ends of the pitch, but they must have the ability to take their game to another level when it matters most... although he amassed some record - like stats early on, it set the bar too high, so when people expected him to duplicate those numbers each year the pressure seemed to get the best of our soft - spoken star... obviously that's not an excuse for what has happened in the meantime, but it's important to make note of a few things: (1) his best year was a transition year for many of the traditionally dominant teams in the EPL, so that clearly made the numbers appear better than they actually were and (2) Wenger's system, or lack thereof, didn't do him any favours; by playing him out of position and by not acquiring world - class striker and / or right - side forward that would best fit an Ozil - centered offensive scheme certainly hurt his chances to repeat his earlier peformances, (3) the loss of Cazorla, who took a lot of pressure off Ozil in the midfield and was highly efficient when it came to getting him the ball in space, negatively impacted his effectiveness and (4) he likewise missed a good chunk of games and frankly never looked himself when he eventually returned to the field... overall the Ozil experiment has had mixed reviews and rightfully so, but I do have some empathy for the man because he has always carried himself the same way, whether for Real or the German National team, yet he has only suffered any lengthy down periods with Arsenal... to me that goes directly to this club's inability to surround him with the necessary players to succeed, especially for someone who is a pass first type of player; as such, this simply highlights our club's ineffective and antiquated transfer policies... frankly I'm disappointed in both Ozil and our management team for not stepping up when it counted because they had a chance to do something special, but they didn't have it in them... there is no one that better exemplifies our recent history than Ozil, brief moments of greatness undercut by long periods of disappointing play, only made worse by his mopey posturing like a younger slightly less awkward Wenger... what a terribly waste

To make things worse, star wide receiver Alshon Jeffery was suspended four games for violating the league's policy on performance - enhancing substances.

Nestlé weakens its own policies before starting the admission process, showing how FTSE4Good has made things worse, not better.

Fed Up contains some fantastic graphics about how the body absorbs food, but its worst aspect is the apparent lack of understanding about how public policy is made.

If their simple, naive, headline wishes are what drives policy making then their actual interests may be badly damaged.

In truth, ethnic minority renters in the UK already face racial discrimination, but the policy is set to make it worse.

Of course, what matters now is not the bad choices that the Government has made, but what their policies promise for the future.

«We made a bad political mistake in making that pledge... but actually the policy was perfectly sensible given the constraints we were operating under.

He will note that last year, the EU made tackling poverty in Africa a priority, but warn that many of its policies - in particular the failure to reform the common agricultural policy (CAP) of farm subsidies - are actually making poverty worse.

Hence this highly amusing sketch he wrote a few months back about the launch of the Lib Dem policy document «Make it Happen», linked here «Much of what we could make out didn't sound Make it Happen», linked here «Much of what we could make out didn't sound make out didn't sound bad.

The letter was months in the making, and the twenty groups signing the letter did not release it to the public, because we did not want to put the governor on the spot publicly, and our goal is not to give the governor negative press, but to change a bad policy.

One way or another, many pensioners will be made worse off if these promises become policy.

This year's approach seems to be to say, «oh yes, the policies are really awful, but we did tell the Tories how bad they were» just makes them sound like some ineffectual agitprop outfit.