Sentences with phrase «dollar war for»

It was Republicans who started the trillion - dollar war for false reasons.

An incestuous, multimillion - dollar war for urban adults is heating up as a uniquely Canadian restaurant category pushes beyond its western roots.

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«In addition to ending a key front in the racist war on drugs, regulating and taxing marijuana would generate hundreds of millions of dollars of tax revenue for our people and create important agricultural opportunities for our state,» Nixon said in the Twitter video.

The Japanese currency has been mostly on the rise against the U.S. dollar as investors look for a safe haven amid fears of a global trade war.

Dyncorp has also been accused of bilking the federal government out of millions of dollars between 2004 and 2008 for their work in the Iraq War.

For a more in - depth look into the dollar store wars, Fortune's Shawn Tully has the inside story.

The countryside I traversed had little natural beauty, and most of the wild animals had been killed during the civil war; the souvenirs were five times as expensive as similar items in other countries; the Portuguese - influenced food was bland and boring; and when I asked for a doggie bag to take my leftovers back to my hotel, I got charged five dollars for the bag.

The Weimar Republic's disastrous monetary policy and resulting hyperinflation following The Great War reached a crescendo in 1923 when a single U.S. dollar traded for 4.2 trillion German marks.

The price war with Walmart comes at a time so - called food deflation is already pinching all these chains» sales and profit margins: Dollar General said prices for milk fell 8 % and more than 50 % for eggs during the quarter.

Auctioned off to an unknown buyer on the phone after a protracted, 19 minute bidding war, the masterpiece's road to fetching nearly half a billion dollars actually began in 1958 — when it originally sold for less than $ 200, an art dealer who once owned the piece told CNBC.

Trade - war fears could be a longer - term negative for the dollar, even as the currency gets a temporary lift ahead of the Fed's meeting next week.

Manhattan's annual spectacle is just one more salvo unleashed in the retail wars as flagship stores vie for design awards, rave reviews and the hearts and dollars of those strolling by.

Worries of escalating trade wars could be a longer - term negative for the dollar, even as the currency gets a temporary lift ahead of the Fed's meeting next week.

«For decades, the failed War on Drugs has locked up millions of nonviolent drug offenders — especially for marijuana - related offenses — at an incredible cost of lost human potential, torn apart families and communities, and taxpayer dollars,» Booker wrote in a Facebook poFor decades, the failed War on Drugs has locked up millions of nonviolent drug offenders — especially for marijuana - related offenses — at an incredible cost of lost human potential, torn apart families and communities, and taxpayer dollars,» Booker wrote in a Facebook pofor marijuana - related offenses — at an incredible cost of lost human potential, torn apart families and communities, and taxpayer dollars,» Booker wrote in a Facebook post.

A trade war with China would be a negative for the dollar and send investors into the safety trade in the yen.

It announced recently that it will be accelerating new store openings next year, after losing a furious bidding war for Family Dollar Stores Inc. (NYSE: FDO) to rival Dollar Tree Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR).

The U.S. dollar held steady versus a basket of major currencies as solid company results and fading concerns about a trade war helped keep a lid on safe - haven demand for the greenback.

A key reason for the wars in Iraq, Syria, and Libya, was in response to an attempt to find an alternative to the petro - dollar.

One way or another — near - war, fight a war, win a war or especially when a side «loses» a war — it's not good for the dollar.

You may inflate your way out of your debt problem but you're not going to grow your way out of the debt problem, so let's get behind that and if the dollar got too strong then the impotence from the white house would be to have more tariffs because they are hell bent on shrinking this trade deficit so when Kudlow discusses that, he ought to be very careful about where he is going because this white house, Peter Navarro and Wilbert Ross will push for a weaker dollar because a weaker dollar is Mnuchin and Wilbert Ross both said in Davos, is sending soldiers to the ramparts in the trade war that exists every day.

If you're going to attack the Trump administration for starting a trade war, the only other alternative is to mark the dollar down.

Mnuchin is a secretary and was talking about «if the dollar goes down, it's actually good for U.S trade and Wilbur Ross, found to be more incendiary because he said,»... well, there's trade wars every day.

Instead of supporting this attempt — a drive that has the positive consequence for world peace that it will limit U.S. military adventurism (much as the Vietnam War finally forced the dollar off gold in 1971), Krugman is using the crisis to attack China — as if its success is what is harming U.S. labor.

Other concerns for the dollar are the US budget deficit and the current account deficit and the upcoming trade war.

The answer can be found in a weak U.S. dollar (the dollar index has wallowed around the 90 mark for much of 2018, after a stunning free fall in 2017), an immense fiscal expansion in the last decade pushing the economy toward overheating, a tight labor market, and recent (albeit modest) price pressure in the wake of trade war possibilities and tariff talk, Slok said.

The War on Gold, which has raged for 37 + years, has generated more than $ 1 trillion in criminal profits for the Deep State plunderers, while costing the worldwide owners of physical gold multiple trillions of dollars.

I guess you prefer politicians that lie their way into a second war while we're still fighting the first without bothering to figure out how to pay for it, give no - bid million dollar government contracts to their profiteering cronies, then fail to oversee those contracts, leading to BILLIONS of tax dollars wasted.

CNN WORLD report, in the war 6, 75,000 civilians killed, 7500 troops of USA and its allied forces killed 3 25 000 people wounded and $ 3.5 Trillion Dollar spent for the war.

The quarter - billion dollar take isn't final (confirmed numbers will come in Monday afternoon), but if it holds true, Infinity War will edge out Star Wars: The Force Awakens, which opened to $ 248 million in 2015, for the all - time record.

Why should we be happy that the government is devaluing the dollar, we are well on our way to blowing a win in the War on Terror, and that Brett Favre plays for the Vikings?

A majority of the taxpayers» dollars pay for past wars and present war preparation.

They poured a lot of those dollars into their awesome trailer for the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War.

The 46 per cent of our tax dollars earmarked for current operations buys the world's greatest military machine: troops, weapons, bombers, submarines, and the research and development to strengthen our war - making capability.

Now, we are stuck with the Pottery Barn rule that» if you break it, you own it» We are still paying for Bush's mistakes, with a couple of trillion dollars that we did not have, down the drain already, fighting a war charged to our credit cards.

I don't think it's so much about the levites being paid for their service it's about us doing what's right toward Pastors that must feed and tend to the flock of GOD if GOD has called them.JESUS even said in luke 10:7 that the laborers are worthy of their wages.In luke 8 1 - 4 it's says even JESUS HIMSELF recieved financial support from the women who ministered to him with their possessions.Now most people today would say he should have been ashamed of taking money from those poor women but JESUS accepted their support and they was blessed for sowing onto the LORD»S work.1 Corinthains 9:1 - 15 says dint muzzle the ox while it tread out the grain was GOD talking about oxes no he was talking about those who labor in the ministry.Who goes to war at their own expense.Or who goes to war but pay for their clothes, guns, etc.No one because the goverment if that country provide these things because of the soilders service.Who plants a vineyard and don't eat from it.Who tends a flock and don't drink the milk of it.I think it's just spiritual sense to support a pastor that's teaching you the word, casting out devils, laying hands and healing is manifesting in people lived, going to hospitails, prisons, and house calls to pray for the sick and shut in, going to graduations and funnerals, praying and fasting for himself and the flock.I think a person who think a pastor shouldn't be paid for their service either don't know they need to be paid and need to be taught or they are demonic in their thinking and either hate GOD, PASTORS, AND GOD»S PEOPLE.Why do nt you hear people saying anything against the dope dealers, strip clubs, dope houses, liquor stores, etc.It's only when people give into the LORD»S work that evil minded or misinformed people have a problem with it.No sir we don't have to use the old testament to show that we should support out pastors.You don't use the law, love tells me to support the pastor.Under the new testament LOVE is the greatest of all.Love for GOD and man.If GOD asked for 10 percent under the law to support the levites who didn't have all the responsibilities of Pastor today.Church rent, gas for vans of thd church, insurance fir the church and church vehicles, feeding and clothing the poor, light, gas, and water bill, mantience on the church or vehicles, not to mention the Pastor own house, cars, children, insurance, etc.If would be foolish for one to think that a pastor should take care if his house and GODS HOUSE without people supporting the work of the KINGDOM OF GOD.If we love GOD we are going to support HIS KINGDOM and HIS PASTOR.If under the law GOD asked for 10 percent how much should we give under the LOVE COVENANT?Example I love my wife and if I had 300 dollars I would surley give her more that 10 percent which would be 30 dollars because I love her.The law says you must give LOVE says I chose to give because I love GOD and man.Again we don't have to use the law just love and spiritual sense because hate and a carnal senses will not understand.Now I have given you scriptures please do the same when you respond not your opinion.Please respond right away I await your answer.GOD BLESS.

We know that Disney is planning to pump out Star Wars movies every year, I mean, I would too for basically a guaranteed billion dollars, but I think we could see this story arc continue for Episodes 10 - 12.

And while that last bit is funny, I don't have as big a problem with a couple thousand here and there for art projects as I do with spending hundreds of millions on air strikes of questionable efficacy that are not part of a larger strategy (not to mention multiple trillion - dollar - plus wars executed by «conservatives»).

When he heard about the million - dollar bidding wars for TV rights to the 1992 Olympic Games, with technical crews numbering in the thousands, Barber recalled the days when he was sports director for CBS Radio, and was the network's only broadcaster at St. Moritz in 1948.

My biggest concern about war is that billions of dollars are going to bombs while budgets are being cut for education, health care, social services and Medicaid.

As a human being: As a human being living in Africa, I am more prone to die through preventable diseases such as cholera and malaria; it is more probable that I will experience wars and conflicts; I am more likely to live under one dollar a day and for either myself or my children to suffer from malnutrition.

Hundreds of millions of dollars in bilateral aid have been Addis» reward for this alliance; no wonder Meles once called the war «something of a godsend» in a conversation with Pennsylvania Senator Arlen Specter.

«The problem is that Charlie Rangel just voted, along with many Democrats for billions of dollars more for the Afghanistan War, and he will not face another vote on the Afghanistan War until after the Sept. 14th primary.

Even in the United States, where presidential candidates must raise a war chest amounting to many millions of dollars before they can even consider running for the presidency, campaigns are still dependent on an army of activists.

«It's multi billions of dollars the state is going to spend to give to one company to keep Vietnam war era power plants open for twelve years,» Horner said.

In consideration of these profits and easy war finance, the banking sector has adopted a policy of a declining purchasing power for the fiat credit dollar coupled with shocks (the business «cycle») to manipulate the commodities and the stock markets (to make profits on the side).

That the Governor who raised 33 million dollars from real - estate donors and corporate entities before the gubernatorial campaign even started may have allowed undue influence for these entities to lobby and pass legislation they desired as a result of their donations to the Cuomo campaign war chest.

He's using part of his $ 35 million dollar campaign war chest to pay for a criminal defense lawyer to represent the office of the governor against the US Attorney's investigations.

In comparison, Christine Quinn who is widely expected to run for Mayor — but has not yet declared — is sitting on a $ 4.5 million dollar campaign war chest.

Republicans also face the likelihood that the Skelos - seat battle will be a multimillion - dollar drain on their campaign war chest that will, should the Democrat win, leave them with reduced prospects of raising large sums for the November elections.

Cuomo, drawing from a $ 35 million dollar campaign war chest, has bought a significant amount of air time on news and sports programs to run spots painting a negative picture of his GOP opponent, including one that criticizes Astorino for allegedly putting relatives on the public pay roll, saying it's Christmas in July.