Sentences with phrase «economic burden for»

While an $ 18.1 billion cost of smoking is still quite an economic burden for California to bear, the results of this study show that, overall, the state's tobacco control efforts have yielded positive results.

After the recent state budget adapted codes to work against federal tax policy, John DeFrancisco is the best gubernatorial candidate to relieve economic burdens for working - class New Yorkers.

Impaired child development increases economic burdens for society.

Not exact matches

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (estimates the country's debt - to - GDP ratio (a measure of public debt burden) at around 190 % this year.

The Facts: The overall U.S. tax burden is actually one of the lowest among the 32 developed and large emerging - market economies tracked by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

Even in the toughest economic times, our Government has worked hard to reduce the tax burden for Canadian families and Canadian businesses.

«Given these economic realities, there was simply no way for us to justify the cost burden of staying in San Francisco,» Ali Rowghani, Twitter's chief financial officer, wrote.

Financial Aid: In 2017, for the first time ever, America's public universities received more revenue from tuition than they did from tax dollars — a funding model that places a higher burden on students and their families and risks widening economic inequality, even as the population of would - be students becomes more diverse.

This doesn't make it impossible for China to do so, but it is all the more worrying that no country has suffered from economic imbalances or from debt burdens as deep as those of China today.

In the context of considering the NGP's economic burdens and benefits (NGP Report, Volume II, s. 2.4.4), the JRP noted that the concept of «ecological goods and services» was described during the hearing but that, based on the hearing record, the estimated costs for damages to ecosystem goods and services were not well quantified and based on a methodology that is not currently broadly accepted.

Notwithstanding its potential environmental burdens, the JRP ultimately concluded that the NGP is in the public interest, citing various societal benefits including primarily jobs and job - training for Aboriginal communities but also «research, monitoring, and planning initiatives and techniques with relevance beyond the project» and economic benefits, first and foremost the importance of «opening Pacific Basin markets» (NGP Report, Volume II, Chapter 2, s. 2.4.3 and 2.4.4.).

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Chamber President and CEO Thomas J. Donohue issued the following statement today in response to U.S. Senate passage of S. 2155, the «Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act,» which will alleviate regulatory burdens for America's local and community banks:

Other economic policies include reducing the regulatory burden for small businesses and northern development; a new $ 75 million venture capital fund to help businesses commercialize new technology developments; a $ 900 million Strategic Aerospace and Defence Initiative and a $ 250 million Automotive Innovation Fund to support these industrial sectors; a $ 1 billion Community Development Trust to support communities and workers in struggling industries; a commitment to reduce inter-provincial trade barriers by 2010; pursuing new trade agreements with emerging markets; as well as a reorganization of federal regional development strategies.

The economic and emotional burdens of caring for someone with a catastrophic illness may place extreme hardship on Peter's family and have lasting consequences for family members.

As Lewis Lapham says, the barbarism in Washington today doesn't dress itself in the costumes of the Taliban, but wears instead the smooth - shaven smile of a Senate resolution sold to the highest bidder — for the drilling of the Arctic oil fields, for the lifting from the rich the burden of the capital - gains tax, for bigger defense budgets, for reduced medical insurance, for enhanced surveilance, or for some new form of economic monopoly.

Is there something to be said for sparing mother and / or child from public embarrassment, economic burden, disability and other «problems» that can sometimes come with carrying a pregnancy to term?

To lift the economic burdens which depress life and spoil opportunity, to liberate folk from the slavery of their diseases, to set men free by education from the Town of Stupidity, which, as Bunyan rightly says, is only four degrees north of the City of Destruction itself — all these endeavors to give persons a chance to be their best selves are crusades for human emancipation and happiness.

Because our culture has for so long insidiously taught citizens that the good life is measured by their economic success and participation in the consumer society, it is small wonder so many believe that politics is a burden that conflicts with their pursuit of what really matters.

The population explosion is also changing the economic balances, for it is the nations that are already economically poor, and in many cases saddled with massive international debt, that will bear the burden of feeding between two and three times as many more mouths than they do at present.

The present heavy emphasis on economic opportunity puts a terrific burden on winners as well as losers; for there is the very - present fear that one misstep will have you tumbling down the ladder.

Yet the terrific economic drain of military expenditures, pre-empting about three fourths of all money paid for taxes, the psychological strains of conscription of youth for military service, and the perils to democracy of a militarized public mind require unremitting effort to lift the armaments burden.

The economic factors of life in many primitive cultures dictated that those members of the tribe who could not share the burden of the struggle for survival were not carried by the tribe, even as revered, elderly dependents of the society.

Dr João Breda, Nutrition Programme Manager for the World Health Organisation, talks to us about the economic burden posed by poor nutrition to health systems and outlines key World Health Organisation priorities to contribute to the prevention of non-communicable diseases.

There is hope that the ministers will acknowledge the strong public health arguments and overwhelming public support in favour of traffic light labels and see this proposal for what it is: a highly cost - effective policy that is likely to reduce the health and economic burden of non-communicable diseases.

We've all seen your articles on here and it's obvious Arsenal FC do nothing for you other than be an economic and psychological burden to you.

Not breastfeeding not only leads to a greater burden of disease for both mother and child, but also to high economic costs, which have to be paid for by society.

For many families, especially poorer ones with winter newborns, it would actually be an economic burden to keep the house warm enough to sleep comfortably with only a thin blanket wrapped around your legs.

In turn, the need for special education and institutionalization decreases when children are older, which subsequently decreases the economic burden on families and the government, and helps kids become viable and contributing adults.

Since the three main Westminster political parties all endorse the conclusions of Sir Ian Wood's recent review on how to maximise the economic recovery of oil and gas from the UK Continental Shelf (Search for UKCS Maximising Recovery Review Final Report, here), and its tacit underlying fiscal premises (namely that there is a need for a simplified fiscal regime to incentivise investment and drilling activity, as well as to ease the burden upon the new regulator of the upstream sector), it does not take the gift of prophecy to appreciate that the ultimate outcome of this subsequent review on the shape of the UK fiscal regime seems foreordained; namely, a return to the situation that prevailed before the introduction of SC, whereby the only levy on income from oil and gas fields is to be Corporation Income Tax at the standard rate levied on the likes of Starbucks and Amazon.

Also at 10 a.m., the state Senate Republicans unveil a 2018 «Jobs and Opportunity Agenda» that would provide significant tax cuts for businesses, cut red tape, reduce regulatory burdens, invest in workforce development, and strengthen New York's economic development programs, Room 124, state Capitol, State Street, Albany.

Jon Cruddas, perhaps surprisingly, even made a case for middle - class tax cuts as part of an argument to reduce the economic burden on Middle England.

There is strong evidence that Labour is still carrying the burden of being in office when the financial crisis struck, fatally damaging its hard won reputation for economic competence.

The state's «population decline, economic stagnancy, failed jobs programs, highest tax burden in the nation, broken transit system, emboldened culture of corruption, secret government & [Cuomo's] closest aide convicted for selling the office all challenge» the gov's boast, tweeted Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro (R), who hopes to unseat Cuomo in November.

They will be a reminder for Merkel that Germany's center ground remains pro-European but it is also wary of sharing other countries» economic burdens.

This issue of tax and secrecy jurisdictions also matters to republicanism for another reason: the operation of tax havens has the effect of shifting the economic burdens of civic life from capital onto labour and supporting radical inequalities in wealth without the state being able effectively to regulate these economic dimensions of equality.

In the Global Competitiveness Report 2011 - 2012, World Economic Forum 2011 it found that the UK ranks 83 out of 142 countries for the compliance burden it places on businesses.

A smoker, for example, tends not to suffer the economic harms that have social costs as a heroin addict as it tends not to impair abilities in the same way, so they have less burden on social programs.

And I have been clear that I will work with any group of Senators who have real economic development and jobs - encouragement ideas, who plan to bring substantial tax relief to the people who elected me, who have compassion for the poor and respect for the middle class, who support the improvement of public education and a plan to ease the burden of tuition - paying parents across New York.»

That means working with a Senate Majority committed to bringing economic and tax relief to the communities I represent, demonstrating compassion for the poor and respect for the middle class, and a commitment to improving public education and easing the burden on tuition - paying parents.

David Willetts» unfortunate comment last week about higher education being a «burden on the taxpayer» suggests that not only will Liberal Democrat ministers have to continue to remind their Conservative colleagues of the importance of social mobility, but they will have to make the economic case for building a learning economy as well.

ALBANY, NY (02/10/2014)(readMedia)-- The Business Council of New York State, Inc. presented testimony today outlining how the adoption of the Executive Budget's business tax reform provisions will lower business tax burdens and produce significant job, income and economic benefits for the state.

Her record in Congress is unrivaled in fighting for policies that will keep upstate businesses upstate and create an environment for growth,» said Eileen Braden, Vice President of Political Affairs and Federation Relations at the U.S. Chamber said, «Through her support of transportation reforms and removing regulatory burdens, she's ensured that businesses like D.A. Collins can hire and continue to create economic opportunities in North Country.»

«Population decline (upstate), economic stagnancy, failed jobs programs, highest tax burden in the nation, broken transit system, emboldened culture of corruption, secret government & your closest aide convicted for selling the office all challenge this self aggrandizement,» he wrote.

Said Heather Briccetti, acting president and CEO of the Business Council of New York, «The Business Council commends Governor Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Skelos and Speaker Silver for coming to a bipartisan agreement that will encourage job creation and economic development, reduce the tax burden on middle - income New Yorkers and small businesses, and assist those communities devastated by Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee.

Excerpt: «To fight for real long - term, economic growth for small businesses and manufacturers who are burdened by hundreds of thousands of needless regulations.»

Issel may be promising not to use (or failing to «envision») public money for acquiring an NBA team, but Kentucky economic development secretary Terry Gill seems to have a better imagination, telling the Courier Journal: «I think the state and local government, we certainly have a role to play but we should not be burdened with too much of that risk.»

«Moreover, downstate accounts for 92 percent of all personal income tax revenues generated by New York's highest earners, putting a disproportionate burden on the region that is producing the most jobs and economic growth for the state.»

The controversial reform plan that is still being negotiated in Washington, D.C. would either modify or completely eliminate the ability of New Yorkers to deduct state and local taxes from federal tax burdens and likely have deep economic impact for

In that vein, Cuomo announced the Middle Class Economic Recovery Act — a set of proposals aimed at creating jobs and infrastructure, improving access to education, and lowering the tax burden for the middle class.

The speaker has argued that ongoing economic sluggishness makes this the wrong time for imposing new burdens on small businesses, a position she stuck to at her campaign kick - off even though she said she supports «the goal» of the legislation.