Sentences with phrase «dire financial condition»

We are in dire financial conditions in this country.

«Because of the unique role they play, many safety net hospitals are in dire financial condition,» he wrote.

Much will be learned from these experiences in the years ahead, but for the time being one immediate takeaway merits repeating: Local policy prerogatives and dire financial conditions trumped federal pleas for reform and led to the spending of massive amounts of aid on preserving the status quo and protecting existing jobs and programs.

Curiously, founder / CEO / cult leader Elon Musk just tweeted an April Fool's joke yesterday that Tesla was declaring bankruptcy... making light of his company's dire financial condition as if he either doesn't understand or doesn't care.

«That said, the CDF remains in dire financial condition,» he notes.

Finding that «local policy prerogatives and dire financial conditions trumped federal pleas for reform and led to the spending of massive amounts of aid on preserving the status quo and protecting existing jobs and programs,» Smarick urges policymakers to heed the lessons learned from that experience and to focus on reducing the gulf between reforms promised and reforms delivered when it comes to the Department of Education's $ 4.35 billion Race to the Top fund.

«A reconsideration of the current exemptions, which in some cases have not been changed in decades, is particularly warranted when an increasing number of individuals find themselves in dire financial condition.

Miner's letter accused Cuomo of failing to address the dire financial condition of most of the state's cities.