Sentences with phrase «eliminating millions of jobs»

Sometimes it seems like we are eliminating millions of jobs with no plan to deal with the social and political consequences.

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That would eliminate the corporate tax, which in turn could create millions of new jobs, Johnson says.

However, that doesn't come close to replacing the 25 million jobs that are predicted to be eliminated by 2027 because of technology.

Penney, looking to steady its finances after reporting a loss of $ 116 million in its last fiscal year, also announced it was eliminating 130 positions at its headquarters in Plano, Texas, just the latest round of layoffs in recent years, as well as cutting 230 jobs at the store and regional level.

Green also reminded the Congressional members present that the «unregulated OTC derivatives market was at the heart of the 2007 - 2008 financial crisis, which cost 8.7 million Americans their jobs, 10 million families their homes, and eliminated 49 percent of the average middle - class family's wealth compared with 2001 levels.»

The president of Nassau University Medical Center eliminated nine appointed positions and will use the nearly $ 1.67 million in savings to fund 37 clinical civil service jobs including 17 nurses and medical technicians, according to the chairman of the health center board

The Town of Tonawanda didn't shut its doors after its biggest taxpayer, the Huntley Power Plant, closed just over a year ago, eliminating 79 jobs and nearly $ 6 million a year in property tax revenue.

The bad news, for some members, was that they would also be voting on a long - stalled bill to restrict the horse - carriage industry — a priority of Mayor Bill de Blasio that would eliminate jobs across two industries, and require an estimated $ 25 million in city money to refurbish a horse stable in Central Park.

It would also thin the herd from 220 horses to just 95, eliminate 40 to 50 driver jobs, spend $ 25 million converting a maintenance shed into a new set of stalls and eliminate competition by restricting pedicabs to the area north of 85th Street in the park.

A World Economic Forum analysis last year estimated that by 2020, automation and robots will eliminate roughly 5 million jobs in 15 of the world's developed and emerging economies.

In little more than two years, the Philadelphia school district has stripped $ 400 million out of its annual budget, closed 30 schools, eliminated nearly 7,000 jobs, and lost more than 20,000 students.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Wednesday detailed the fallout he attributes to Chicago Public Schools making good on a $ 634 million pension payment: 1,050 workers will lose their jobs, 350 vacant positions will be eliminated and several education programs will be slashed as a result of $ 200 million in budget...

While some lawmakers say the 2014 budget that just passed provides enough funding to preserve teacher assistants» jobs, local school districts are reporting otherwise — hundreds of teacher assistant positions are being eliminated this fall thanks to a budgetary maneuver that siphons $ 105 million out of the TA funding stream that lawmakers previously budgeted for during the 2013 legislative session.

has been injected into local economies, around 8,000 jobs have been created and 644,000 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions have been eliminated or avoided as a result of Ygrene's solar, energy efficiency and home improvement financial products, according to the company.

-- Instruct the new Energy Secretary to work with oil and gas industry to put together and implement an energy independence plan, with the clear goal of making the USA a net exporter of energy products within four years, at the same time creating millions of new jobs — Instruct the EPA Director to work with coal burning companies to encourage «clean coal» projects (eliminating pollution), by offering tax incentives for those who invest in these projects — Instruct the new Energy Secretary to set up a special task force to encourage the expansion of nuclear power and ease the permit procedure for new or expanded plants, with the goal of increasing nuclear power generation from 20 % to 25 % within four years

Proponents of the measure argue that A.B. 32 will eliminate one million jobs in traditional industries.

«Aside from eliminating emissions and avoiding 1.5 °C degrees global warming and beginning the process of letting carbon dioxide drain from the Earth's atmosphere, transitioning eliminates 4 to 7 million air pollution deaths each year and creates over 24 million long - term full - time jobs by these plans,» Professor Jacobson said.

A significant reduction in the use of coal and oil, some say, could eliminate millions of American jobs, reduce the United States» ability to compete globally, interfere with the free market, and endanger the lifestyle of every American.

Over the fourth quarter, the company closed its AMRESCO Residential Credit Corp. eliminating 129 jobs, closing wholesale and retail branches within its home equity lending subsidiary, closing its bulk \ correspondent home equity lending subsidiary, selling its commercial mortgage loans for $ 936 million and selling $ 1.4 billion of home equity loans.