Sentences with phrase «controlled by citizens»

We do not want to surrender any of our decmcracy or self determination and sovereignty to any third party or group not elected or controlled by its citizens.

Laws requiring that businesses be largely owned and controlled by citizens had to be abolished, along with laws of any kind favoring local business.

A private company's publicity consists in its public effects, and in a republican order these effects must be subject to control by citizens.

Democrats want more transparency, accountability, and opportunities for political engagement and popular control by citizens.

Not exact matches

US citizens are still able to travel to Cuba, although tourist trips are heavily regulated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and may require a license.

«Crypto Valley was initiated by Johann Gevers after identifying Switzerland with its decentralized, citizen - controlled political system, its centuries - old culture of individual rights, innovation, and entrepreneurship, its neutrality, stability, and business - friendly environment... for building the new generation of decentralized technologies.»

Cambridge is primarily owned and controlled by US citizens, with SCL Elections Ltd., («SCL») a UK limited company being a minority owner.

In order to comply with requirements under U.S. law governing the ownership and control of U.S. airlines, at least 75 % of the voting stock of the Company must be held by U.S. citizens and at least two - thirds of the Board of Directors must be U.S. citizens.

In May, Beijing took steps to tighten control of local affiliates of major accounting firms by issuing a requirement for Chinese citizens to head those offices.

It is about time women take back control over their lives instead of bowing down to religion that are ruled by men who want women to be second class citizens of the world.

In the place of right and wrong — concepts accessible to all citizens — we get «healthy,» «productive,» «inclusive,» and other catchwords, the meanings of which are controlled by experts and subject to endless redefinition by the chattering class.

Meanwhile, Iraq's beleagured president Nouri al - Maliki accused the organisation of trying to destroy the «centuries - old heritage» of Christians in Iraq, he said: «What is being done by the Daesh terrorist gang [ISIS] against our Christian citizens in Ninevah province, and their aggression against the churches and houses of worship in the areas under their control, reveals beyond any doubt the extremist criminal and terrorist nature of this group, he said.

Democratic forms theoretically give equal political power to all citizens, and at times the institutions of democracy do serve to check the control of government by the rich.

Rupert Murdoch, who is no longer an Australian citizen, now controls seventy percent of the total circulation of Australian newspapers and has reduced competition significantly by purchasing major competing newspapers and closing or amalgamating them.

In the Union of South Africa, where the government has limited the access in the black townships to FM radio (which covers a small area and can be controlled by the government), the development of small local newspapers has been one of the few ways black citizens can «talk» to one another.

The only people who will be affected by even more (useless) gun control are law - abiding citizens.

1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

However unintentionally, this weakens the constitutional allegiance of Catholic and other citizens outraged at judicial insolence and abandons our great «founding documents» to unchallenged control by the liberal elites.

In Massachusetts, for example, only Christians could be citizens, though the church did not control the state and both church and state were governed by their members.

The freedom principle should offer protection against the control of information and media by a limited group of citizens.

If it is ethically unacceptable to have the world controlled by transnational corporations alone, and if we can not trust global political authority to represent the interests of ordinary citizens, ethicists are under pressure to devise alternative images of a desirable future.

The idea of the separation of church and state resulted from Enlightenment ideals in response to how religion is often used by government to dominate and control its citizens and make war on other nations.

Although Maryland is considered a license state, citizens of Montgomery County, MD enjoy the many benefits offered by a control jurisdiction.

And the citizens of Upstate especially should be concerned their futures will be controlled by New York City and New York City interests,» Gallivan added.

The rights and entitlements of citizens, as well as migrants, are curtailed and impacted by immigration controls.

The new organization — which would be empowered by the US Supreme Court's controversial 5 - 4 «Citizens United» ruling in June, which gave corporations the green light to run «issues advertising» targeting specific candidates on TV and radio — would initially focus on state Senate races in hopes of seeing the Legislature's upper house return to Republican control, said a source familiar with the planning for the group.

So a progressively financed welfare state, controlled and managed by citizen's where ever possible, is the main tool to pursuing greater egalitarianism for the left, as it does not involve state interference.

The group Concerned Citizens for Saratoga Racing says a proposal being circulated by the governor would «exert his control over NYRA and the future of our state's Thoroughbred racing industry.»

Congratulations to Governor Cuomo and his staff for his March 11th Executive Order instructing state agencies and authorities controlled by the governor to «Use technology to promote transparency, improve government performance, and enhance citizen engagement» via a new open data initiative and website.

The audit comes amid a debate for handing NYRA off to private control once again, a push that is being led by prominent citizens in Saratoga Springs connected to the racing industry as well as lawmakers from the area.

Mr Speaker, if the citizens of this country could see the time and care taken in making these decisions; the carefully - targeted nature of all our interventions; and the strict controls in place to ensure that the law and our democratic values are upheld; and if they could witness the integrity and professionalism of the men and women of the intelligence agencies, who are among the very finest public servants our nation has, then I believe that they would be reassured by how we go about this essential work.

That country is controlled by stockholders of the big corporations, namely the citizens.

«I don't believe these problems didn't exist in the past, but in the past they were controlled because adults felt confident in tackling these problems themselves, not by being vigilantes, but by being sensible citizens.»

A report released Monday by the good - government group Citizens Union argued the current system for redistricting, dominated by the Democratic majority in the Assembly and Republicans who control the Senate, has led to less - competitive elections, reduced voter turnout and, over the past four election cycles, a 96 percent re-election rate for incumbents — who are returned to office by an average margin of victory of 61 percentage points.

From the arcane rules, to the steep ballot requirements and a quasi-professional underfunded electoral machinery controlled by the two - parties, for the two parties — it is nearly impossible for concerned citizens to run for office, said Babinec.

The project had been designed for foreign signals intelligence (SIGINT) collection but, Binney alleged, after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, controls that limited unintentional collection of data pertaining to U.S. citizens were removed, prompting concerns by him and others that the actions were illegal and unconstitutional.

A dissent from seven of the Moreland panel's 25 commissioners disputed the efficacy of public matching, especially after the expansion of loosely controlled «independent expenditure» spending unleashed by the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision.

What the opponents say: «What Prop 1 does is take a bad situation and make it even worse by locking a system of political party control into our constitution,» said Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause, another good - government group that has done battle with Citizens Union over the proposition.

They were welcomed but they refused to talk about Brexit, attack Mrs May's disastrous handling of the dossier, or highlight the serious economic damage that will be done to London by leaving the single market and bringing in a new immigration control bureaucracy of Home Office jobsworths to make life miserable for anyone who wants to employ EU citizens.

Co-author Professor Fabio Levi (MD), Head of the Cancer Epidemiology Unit at the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois and University of Lausanne, (Switzerland), said: «Besides enforcing tobacco control — essentially by increasing taxation — national governments and EU policy makers must ensure that all EU citizens have access to the best screening, diagnosis and treatment, including those from central and eastern Europe where major delays are still observed and where cancer mortality rates tend to be higher as a result.»

When the Deepwater Horizon oil spill erupted into the Gulf of Mexico last April, the only view researchers and citizens had of the gushing oil was the video feed controlled by BP.

In Hamburg, I had served on a committee of voluntary citizens — appointed by the local parliament — that controls and advises Hamburg's environmental ministry.

Yet as our dependence on the internet grows, we are more vulnerable to those who seek to disrupt — whether they are hackers exposing the internet's weaknesses, governments intent on keeping their citizens under control, or corporations driven by profits.

At present, the most immediate threat to EU citizens is to those living or visiting influenza A (H7N9)- affected areas in China concludes the updated rapid risk assessment by the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC).

Citizens of this country and the world have been and are being groomed for use by those in control while knowing allowing just application begets positive gain.

«Leveraging a digital control mechanism means we can give value to the millions of observations collected by volunteers» and «it allows a new kind of science where citizens can directly contribute to the analysis of global challenges like climate change» say Hamed Mehdipoor and Dr. Raul Zurita - Milla, who work at the Geo - Information Processing department of ITC.

Check out the diet that thousands of Florida citizens requested be written into a book — a diet created by a cardiologist looking to control his own weight.

The goal of this blog is to inform, educate and engage the citizens of Eureka in our mission to improve Eureka by improving the quality of life though citizen engagement and crime control.

The goal of this blog is to inform, educate and engage the citizens of Eureka in our mission to improve Eureka by improving the quality of life though citizen engagement and crime control.

We meet the Autodefensas, a proactive citizen vigilante squad committed to purging the country — city by city — from the control of cartels.