Sentences with phrase «control of public finances»

Children should not be the ones to pay the price for any political effort to gain control of public finances.

Keeping control of the public finances makes it easier for the Bank to cut interest rates; something everyone in the country wants.

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Monti was widely credited with tightening Italy's public finances and restoring its international credibility after the scandal - plagued Berlusconi, whom he replaced as the 2011 financial crisis threatened to spin out of control.

And in the political sphere, finance has become the great defender of deregulating monopolies and «freeing» land rent and asset - price gains from taxation, translating its economic power and campaign contributions into the political power to capture control of public financial regulation.

«But I want to say that that task has already begun and that task is being done consistently and I believe that going forward in the next few years, no matter how we are criticized, if we stick to policy especially controlling excesses and corruption in public finance, this country will make the kind of progress that it deserves to make with all the resources at our disposal.

The bill pitted public - employee unions against the Nassau Interim Finance Authority, the state - imposed county financial control board, over the issue of «step raises,» or salary hikes based on time on the job.

Another insider said the breakaway Dems won't help control the agenda like they did the past two years, but they do expect to be able to get some bills to the floor — though not contentious ones like the public financing of campaigns that are being pushed by the progressive wing of the Democratic Party.

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During this and future campaigns, Hagelin favored abortion rights without public financing, campaign finance law reform, improved gun control, a flat tax, the eradication of PACs, a ban on soft money contributions, and school vouchers.

Koppell has said that legislative priorities, such as public financing of elections and the Dream Act, would have passed if the Democrats controlled the chamber instead of the IDC.

The public finances are out of control and that presents a clear and present danger to the prosperity of an entire generation.

If financing of public broadcasting were controlled directly by the state, then the budget commission would get quite a lot of leverage on the public media.

With Republicans in full control of the state Senate, the prognosis for public financing continues to be a grim one.

Fifteen years ago, I was in the Treasury as we had to deal with public finances that had got out of control; debt that had got too high.

This year, with Senate Republicans fully in control of the chamber, a public financing system was barely discussed in the campaign finance reform debate.

Good government groups have for years complained that New York's campaign finance laws make it difficult for the public to determine the actual source of campaign dollars, whether due to the so - called «LLC loophole» — which allows business interests that control a network of subsidiaries to vastly multiply their political giving — or corporate formation laws that allow companies to obscure the individuals and other businesses behind them.

Democrats who dominate the Assembly support public campaign financing, while Republicans who control the Senate say it's an unwise use of tax dollars.

The Public Authorities Control Board has approved a $ 256 million loan from a sewer revolving fund to help finance the replacement of the Tappan Zee Bridge.

Liberals remain skeptical, however, Cuomo is truly on their side, pointing to what they see as half - hearted attempts at public financing of political campaigns and flipping control of the Senate to his own party.

The campaign finance reform world has turned to the LLC loophole this year after attempts at broader reforms — such public financing of political campaigns — has seemingly dropped off the radar following Republicans gaining full control of the Senate.

Bring banks and finance institutions into genuine public ownership under democratic control, instead of giving huge handouts to the very capitalists who caused the crisis.

The new coalition points to a number of potential changes to the constitution that they would like to see, including the creation of a public financing system for campaigns, election reforms like same - day registration, court reforms to make it easier to navigate the judicial system and the ability for local municipalities to exercise greater control over issues they traditionally need state authority to manage.

But Republicans control the flow of legislation in the chamber, in coalition with Klein, and currently, no Senate Republicans have said they would support public campaign finance, which they deride as a waste of taxpayer funds.

Functional control of the Senate by Republicans lets Cuomo claim to support policies supported by a majority of New Yorkers while never having to sign anything into law that he personally opposes, like local control of minimum wages or public financing of campaigns.

In 2014, Klein announced that the IDC would rejoin with mainline Democrats in January 2015, citing the Republican - controlled Senate's inability to pass on the DREAM Act, increase the state's minimum wage, or allow for the public financing of elections.

replace big money control of election campaigns with full public financing and free and equal access to the airwaves;

It's what I mean by irresponsibility in government, when they don't properly regulate banks, don't control public finances, and leave our country exposed to the whims of the international money markets.

But none of those things — particularly not public financing and the full WEA (with the controversial abortion - rights plank)-- are likely to fly with the Republicans in control of the Senate, giving Cuomo cover if he fails to deliver on his promises.

As a former chairman of the Public Accounts Committee, David Davis was always likely to want to contribute from the self - imposed freedom of the backbenches to the debate about how to get the public finances under coPublic Accounts Committee, David Davis was always likely to want to contribute from the self - imposed freedom of the backbenches to the debate about how to get the public finances under copublic finances under control.

The unions and Cuomo are prepared to publicly agitate for Democratsto take control of the State Senate if there's no deal reached on a broader system of public campaign finance, which many in the institutional left see as necessary to combat court decisions that have open floodgates of spending by the rich.

A deal on public campaign finance, though, seems mathematically impossible: even if — and it's a big if — Cuomo was able to broker the reunification of the five - member Independent Democratic Conference with the mainstream Democrats in the State Senate, they will together not have a 32 - vote bloc needed to control the chamber.

His slide began shortly after his State of the State message, where he outlined a progressive agenda, including a women's equality act that included an abortion rights provision, public financing of political campaigns, and strict new gun control laws.

The end result of this controlling regime of finance capital and religious and conservative fundamentalism is an all - out cleansing of critical thinking from most educational books now being used in the schools, especially the public schools.

The report also provides an analysis of first - year Local Control and Accountability Plans, or LCAPs, with an eye towards how transparently and effectively districts share these plans with the public, along with how they propose to invest in the success of low - income, English learner, and foster care students and recommendations to create a more participatory and fair school finance system.

The one - year Idaho School Finance fellowship will prepare an individual for planning, implementing, managing and controlling all of the financial - related activities of a charter public school in Idaho.

The one - year fellowship will prepare an individual for planning, implementing, managing and controlling all of the finance - related activities of a charter public school in Idaho.

North Carolina's promised «deep dive» in public school finance materialized in late 2017, and questions about the direction of the General Assembly's GOP - controlled school funding task force were myriad.

Bridgeport's Democratic Primary to select Board of Education candidates will be held tomorrow and campaign finance reports filed last week reveal that Achievement First Inc., the charter school management company co-founded by Commissioner of Education, Stefan Pryor, continues to play a dominant role in the effort to control Bridgeport's public education system.

TRENTON — In the latest move to empower school districts under state takeover, New Jersey's Board of Education voted Wednesday to return control over finances and personnel to Paterson Public Schools.

The report authors argue charters have come to represent a force that «preempts traditional local control of public schools» and spends «hundreds of millions of dollars to promote itself... finance electoral campaigns up and down the political ladder and hire publicists who spread misinformation, aggressively lobby, and paint charter opponents as part of the problem they are solving.»

Marc Carignan is CFO of the Idaho Charter School Network and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.Marc has a unique blend of corporate and non-profit experience in finance, accounting, information systems, internal controls and management.

Prior to taking over Charter Impact, Spencer was the Vice President of Finance for the Alliance for College - Ready Public Schools, where his primary areas of concentration included maintenance of all accounting systems, designing and implementing the internal control framework, and developing cash flow projections and forecasts for organizational growth and providing guidance on fiscal best practices.

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The principal reason companies do equity financing by retaining earnings is that public markets are so capricious; and it tends to be difficult to market equity privately if the purchasers of such equity do not receive elements of control over the corporation.

The study, published last month in Public Finance Review, an academic journal, controlled for a variety of factors, including location, income, race and the presence of a cosigner.

(5) Money forfeited under subsection (4) shall be used by the animal control shelter or animal protection shelter to finance alterations, for public education regarding the value of having dogs, cats, and ferrets altered, or to otherwise ensure compliance with this section.

Today, China — one of the largest providers of public financing for infrastructure worldwide — agreed to work towards strictly controlling public investment flowing into projects with high pollution and carbon emissions both domestically and internationally.

Brown joined 10 U.S. Democrat mayors (and no Republicans) at a similar event in 2015, where he railed against climate change skeptics as well - financed «troglodytes» whom, he said, are determined to «bamboozle» the public out of admitting that «human - induced climate change is a scientific reality, and its effective control is a moral imperative for humanity.»

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