Sentences with phrase «cut against the interests»

But when «equity» is used to further segment disadvantaged populations, its application can actually cut against the interests of some underserved kids.

Specifically, once empowered and participatory, are science organizations and government officials prepared to accept and implement public preferences that cut against the interests of science?

Not exact matches

The federal government has made sweeping cuts to red tape as small and medium businesses grow more confident about the year ahead, but a growing number believes the state government is working against their best interests, according to the latest Sensis survey.

And the dollar is also up against currencies from South Africa (another commodity proxy) to Indonesia (which cut interest rates earlier and suffered a terror attack), Turkey (more terror attacks and political instability) and the U.K. (fears over it exiting the European Union).

An argument against cutting interest rates is the twin housing bubbles of Toronto and Vancouver.

The problem that I see with broad based tax cuts for companies is that nothing stops them from using the money against our interests.

Just like a thorough vetting of cabinet nominees could have foreseen the scandals that later emerged, a thorough vetting and review process for the monster tax cut legislation would have cautioned against such radical moves in the face of massive maturing supply, a trimming Fed, and a debt - strapped consumer that is seeing higher interest rates on mortgages and credit cards as a result of the spike in rates.

Amid an emerging markets debt crisis in 1998, the Fed cut interest rates to try to guard the United States against economic fallout, which helped the stock market gain a whopping 29 percent that year despite the global troubles.

Against this background, the Reserve Bank of New Zealand cut official interest rates by 25 basis points in both June and July to 5.0 per cent.

That's a tough sell at a time when public opinion has tilted sharply against cutting taxes on the rich, and when a low unemployment rate and Federal Reserve interest rate increases have eliminated the case for fiscal stimulus.

You defenders of religion keep some interesting company: Osama Bin LLaden, Iraninan Mullahs, Saudi Wahabists (who will cut your head off in public if you preach anything but Islam), Joe Smith who preached that black people did not have souls (the church changed it mind after the civil rights act and are now bigotted against gay people), the Taliban, the pope and his child rapists, ignorant & stupid evangelicals who think that revelations is a roadmap to the future.

He is interested in helping the church use its best resources to cut against the grain of conventional wisdom.

Interesting, but how many of these corporations are giving corporate fund to organizations that try to cut off citizen's rights fight against equality?

«While linked to contractual arrangements, the ACCC is interested in the timing and notice of the cuts, the period in which farmers have been given to consider their options and all of this against the backdrop of supply arrangements that place a lot of risk on farmers.»

While I'm there also going to be offering mini product shoots for makers, shooting individual products as cut - outs or against a light background, as well as longer shoots too for anyone who's interested.

If this can be sustained, and Machiavelli does insist time and time again that the people and nobles have different interests, and that the people's are less destructive of republican liberty, then it would also cut against Pettit's counter-majoritarian instincts.

11:53 - The two bits I find most interesting are the clamping down on cutting agents used in illegal drugs and the action against «invasive non-native species that pose serious threats to biodiversity».

Calls for young people to «cut themselves» in protest against Justin Bieber's burgeoning interest in cannabis have prompted outrage.

«The EU Commission are wrong to try to prevent member states having sensible checks like this as it will increase public concerns about migration and give member states an incentive to cut employment support for everyone, which is against everyone's interests in Britain and across Europe,» shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said.

They insisted that if the Senate GOP was truly interested in assisting the Latino community, it would have advanced — or allowed — legislation during the regular session and voted against key funding cuts.

Lesswing said the vote — «against the bipartisan budget deal that protects older Americans from a spike in Medicare rates and cuts to Social Security» — was «just another example of how he puts his own interest first, no matter who it hurts.»

«Trade unions leaders are fighting necessary spending cuts and plan disruptive strikes that are against the public interest.

«In fact actually, the Liberal Democrats campaigned against the cuts, and sold off their interest for a few cabinet seats.

«In these circumstances, it is right and proper that we assert the Scottish interest on fox hunting by voting with Labour against the Tories» proposals to relax the ban - in the process, reminding an arrogant UK government of just how slender their majority is - just as we will vote against the Tory welfare cuts next week, and appeal to Labour to join us.»

Part of this research is accounting for the kind of emotion - based reasoning that might lead someone to act against their rational self - interest for the short - term satisfaction of «payback» — that is, cutting off their nose to spite their opponent's smiling face.

The drama is expertly controlled by Lelio, lit and shot in muted and subdued colour tones by cinematographer Danny Cohen and it has a very interesting musical score by Matthew Herbert; its musing and almost playful woodwind figures cut against the expected sombreness and obvious melancholy to contribute to this sense of disorientation and subversion.

Inseparable continues and expands my interest in the Asian story in American history, in how ethnic minorities, against impossible odds, turn cultural margins into cutting edges.

I think active managers have to grow up and accept that passive investing isn't evil; it just cuts against the economic interests of active managers like me, at least for now.

But South Korea has cut interest rates to record lows, bringing the won back down to five - year lows against the U.S. dollar and boosting exports.

Your Double - Up payment is applied directly against the principal balance of your mortgage, which cuts down the life of your mortgage and saves interest costs.

There's an interesting pull against the tension, where I want to run into enemies to perform melee attacks and quick time kills, but often find myself cut to ribbons in the attempt.

War against girls — A new book out, with an interesting interview of Dr. Doom, James Hansen, who still wants to cut, cut, cut.

If you are not interested in these developments then you likely do not have someone close to you in university in Canada nor are you interested in copyright, fair dealing or open access, that last one should be a hook for many that haven't paid attention up until now because, as my Slaw colleague Michael Lines pointed out back in April, this model deal is a swipe against the the free flow of information and an attempt to cut open access off at the pass, so to speak.