Sentences with phrase «better than federal ones»

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The main one has been the fact, for better or worse, that the federal government has taken on a much greater role relative to the powers of the individual states than the founders originally envisioned.

I knew the basics — federal loans are usually a cheaper and safer option than private ones since they tend to have lower interest rates and better borrower protections.

Although one underwriter was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the SEC last year, on the whole the bankers of our small - company group behaved better than that: as of the spring of 1997, not one of their issues had gone under.

Mr. Trump may be hoping that his chances of keeping the dispute in arbitration and out of public view are better before a federal judge than a state one.

The current monthly results, along with the surprising better - than - expected economic growth for the second quarter of 2014, strongly suggest that the federal government will post a surplus in 2014 - 15, one year ahead of their political commitment to balance the budget in 2015 - 16.

In the article, the MSM propagandist states such things as: 2017 has seen, according to his one time Goldman Sachs source, a «dramatic crash in [physical gold coin] demand,» that interest in gold coins is linked to «political conservatism, or anarcho - libertarianism» and «end of the world right wing sentiments,» that gold has been implicated in a «conspiracy to commit money laundering,» that gold is «financed by people in the narcotics trade,» that it comes from «illegal mines and drug dealers in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador,» that «the federal authorities assume the NTR Metals [case] represented only a fraction of illegally sourced and financed gold,» that therefore the US attorney is broadly investigating the gold industry, that gold is «produced by exploited workers,» that «crude [gold] extraction techniques create serious and lasting environmental damage,» that gold plays an important part in «tax evasion,» that it is related to American gun sales, which the author abhors; that «drug dealers [use] gold imports as a way of laundering their proceeds,» and that «they came to realize that illegal gold [is] an intrinsically better business» than drug dealing; to name but a few of the aspersions cast against gold in the short article.

There are also a lot more ways to increase ones wealth in congress than just the salary as well, congress members have the ability to spend federal money on what they see fit so they can help their friends out and get kickbacks, though they have to be careful and do this indirectly because it is technically illegal.

Adherents of the Tenth Amendment are skeptical that the federal government, so far removed from the fundamental acts of teaching and learning, is well suited to write laws and regulations governing how one hundred thousand schools educate more than fifty million students.

The insight of competitive federalism is that fifty - one state school boards are better than a single federal Executive - branch office.

No one knows the strengths and weaknesses of federal education law better than classroom teachers.

The best professional learning for teachers helps them acquire, practice, and apply new skills to better serve their students.2 But despite annual investments of $ 18 billion by federal, state, and local agencies into professional learning for educators, many teachers still do not receive the kind of professional learning that helps them grow and improve their practice.3 Less than one - quarter of teachers say that they have changed their instruction as a result of professional learning, likely in part due to the lack of a consistent professional learning strategy across states and school districts.4 Learning Forward, a nonprofit association dedicated to supporting professional learning for educators, contends that the current state of professional learning is one of «inertia.»

Only about 46 percent of children aged three through six in families below the federal poverty line are enrolled in center - based early childhood programming, compared to 72 percent of children in families above the federal poverty line.1 Poor children are about 25 percent less likely to be ready for school at age five than children who are not poor.2 Once in school, these children lag behind their better - off peers in reading and math, are less likely to be enrolled in college preparatory coursework, less likely to graduate, and over 10 percent more likely to require remediation if they attend a four - year post-secondary institution.3 All of these issues compound one another to create a cycle of low opportunity: children in poverty are less likely to achieve high educational attainment, and low educational attainment leads to lower median weekly earnings and higher rates of unemployment.

For more than 75 years, NSBA, a federation of 49 state associations and one territory association, has been working to ensure our public education system is appropriately supported by federal policymakers, so public schools can offer the best possible environment for students to realize their dreams.

It's hard to believe any future federal secretary of education will have the opportunity to abuse his power in the way the current one has; and better solutions may arise locally, particularly if legislators are willing to learn about practices already proved effective overseas, rather than experimenting ceaselessly on the unsuspecting children trapped in California's declining state schools.

And indeed, who would know better than those masters of the art of being all things to all people, decrying federal debt with one voice while passionately arguing against budget cuts and higher taxes with another?

In Howey's data, 944 authors out of the 3,439 authors of the almost 7000 Amazon best - sellers (with estimated sales greater than one book per day) were estimated to have earned above federal minimum wage ($ 7.25 * 8 hours = $ 58 / day) from their best - selling books on data collection day.

While you may prefer one federal loan over another, you'll almost always get better terms than you would with a private loan.

Refinancing also means that you can merge your federal and private loans into one single payment, but you get offered a new interest rate as well — one that can be significantly lower than your current terms.

Student Loan Refinancing: Refinancing means that you merge your Federal and private loans into one single payment, but you get offered a new interest rate as well — one that can be significantly lower than your current terms.

In particular, the Committee decided to keep the target range for the federal funds rate at 0 to 1/4 percent and currently anticipates that this exceptionally low range for the federal funds rate will be appropriate at least as long as the unemployment rate remains above 6-1/2 percent, inflation between one and two years ahead is projected to be no more than a half percentage point above the Committee's 2 percent longer - run goal, and longer - term inflation expectations continue to be well anchored.

The actual performance looks good plotted against the red line, but that line represents the emissions resulting from the actions of a hypothetical federal government with even more reckless policies than our present one.

a nation of remarkably productive, often well - paid workers who are becoming increasingly reluctant to pause from their labors and refresh their souls — a nation whose cash - drenched corporate employers typically don't pay for much time off (less than two weeks annually, on average), a nation whose globe - gripping federal government is the only one in the whole industrialized world not to legally require generous periods of paid kick - back - and - hang time — is a nation that's socially screwed up, particularly in comparison with European countries like France, which orders its citizens outside to play for the entire month of August and a few other weeks spread through the year.

37 It cited Wikipedia itself as to how it is «openly editable,» as well as a number of federal court decisions «troubled by Wikipedia's lack of reliability» and ultimately concluded the government could not show there was «no reasonable possibility» that the jury's verdict was not impacted by the internet research.38 At least one federal court has followed Lawson to set aside another jury verdict based on a juror's research on the IRS website, which, although equally beyond the scope of the evidence at trial, is undoubtedly more reliable than a website like Wikipedia.39

The better - than - expected earnings was in part due to the recently enacted federal tax changes, creating a one - time $ 1.6 billion boost to the company, Disney executives said during a call with analysts.

Resumes for federal government positions extend well beyond one page and focus on detail and depth rather than the bullet points and brevity of ordinary resumes.

No one is better at giving you an effective KSA section than our professionals, and that's why we offer our federal resume help service.

According to the latest SCE Housing Survey, part of the Survey of Consumer Expectations (SCE) by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 72.3 percent of renters «prefer» or «strongly prefer» to own a home rather than rent one, and 55.9 percent view homeownership as «a good investment» — findings that dismiss a commonly held notion that they have become averse to homeownership as a result of societal shifts.

Two years is better than one, given one year and a day is required for the federal long term capital gain tax rate.

We partner with more than one dozen banks and let them compete for your business to find you the best rates on loans, as well as provide access to many state, local, and federal programs and incentives.

Not to mention, for as tremendous as these companies are, one of my partner lenders often has a better rate available than USAA or Navy Federal.