Sentences with phrase «for average citizens»

The Insurance Information Institute notes that identity thieves have stolen over $ 107 billion over the last seven years, which is much too large of a number for average citizens to ignore.

For average citizens like Susan, New York City offers only one publicly funded treatment option: the WTC Environmental Health Center (WTC - EHC) at Bellevue Hospital, a new program launched in January 2007 that will expand to treat about 6,000 New Yorkers with 9 / 11 - related health problems.

Items like this are also far more tangible for average citizens than budget - ese discussions about tweaking «rebasing rates» for hospitals in public discussions of the budget.

Many oil or mineral rich monarchies or authoritarian regimes use nationalized / royalty owned oil and / or mineral wealth to dramatically limit domestic taxation and to fund a welfare state for average citizens, sometimes with straight cash dispersals, sometimes with heavily subsidized prices for certain essentials of life, and sometimes by heavily subsidizing services like health care and education.

President Donald Trump had been elected on a promise to stick up for average citizens, not special interests like the powerful U.S. lumber lobby.

That sentence set the facts straight, not so much for the average citizen, but for investors who feared the loss of a $ 4 billion contract.

For the average citizen the ammunition alone is cost prohibitive, so I'm not worried about that.

Finally one could of course rent an apartment in a hotel, but this again would be very expensive for an average citizen to live for a long time.

If such a venerable machine pol is in danger of becoming a cynic what hope is there for the average citizen?

«There can not be two standards of justice, one for the average citizen and another for the political and social elite.»

Keep in mind as well that, for the average citizen, there is no such thing as a secure telephone line.

It is too hard for the average citizen to wade through the hodgepodge of laws in most states.

While Centurion card members also get in for free, it's nearly impossible for an average citizen to get.

Providing an approachable entry point to politics for the average citizen, last night's launch party took place in the Standard Hotel's Boom Boom Room in New York.

But, I fear that the article is too complex for the average citizen.

More than 40 years after Neil Armstrong's giant leap, spaceflight is still too expensive for the average citizen, at least those unable to pay Virgin Galactic $ 200,000 for a 15 - minute suborbital ride.

In announcing this new feature, the Google engineer who spearheaded this project, Anurag Acharya, appropriately acknowledged the prior efforts of the «pioneers who have worked on making it possible for an average citizen to educate herself about the laws of the land: Tom Bruce (Cornell LII), Jerry Dupont (LLMC), Graham Greenleaf and Andrew Mowbray (AustLII), Carl Malamud (Public.Resource.Org), Daniel Poulin (LexUM), Tim Stanley (Justia), Joe Ury (BAILII), Tim Wu (AltLaw) and many others.»

Google hat - tips «several pioneers, who have worked on making it possible for an average citizen to educate herself about the laws of the land: Tom Bruce (Cornell LII), Jerry Dupont (LLMC), Graham Greenleaf and Andrew Mowbray (AustLII), Carl Malamud (Public.Resource.Org), Daniel Poulin (LexUM), Tim Stanley (Justia), Joe Ury (BAILII), Tim Wu (AltLaw) and many others».

In announcing the new feature, the Google engineer who spearheaded this project, Anurag Acharya, acknowledged the prior efforts of the «pioneers who have worked on making it possible for an average citizen to educate herself about the laws of the land.»

Butler & Company's mission and philosophy is to take on the legal system for the average citizen, whether it's fighting impaired driving charges and IRP or ADP suspensions, fighting for a fair and equitable settlement against ICBC or other insurance companies for your personal injuries, or for your job back against big employers.

Lawyers look out for the average citizen.

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Getting life insurance coverage involves a few more considerations for military personnel than it does for the average citizen, but getting a policy is well within reach.

Experts tells us that uninsured numbers tend to swell during tough economic times, and that they go up faster than they eventually do back down when things get better financially for the average citizen.

Not exact matches

The African nation of Zambia, for instance, has only enough food available to provide its population with 1,870 calories on average, per day, according to a striking global map in the October issue of National Geographic — and in truth, in much of the world, such calorie counts offer an inflated view of what's actually accessible to most citizens, due to widespread poverty, civil unrest, natural disasters, corruption, government mismanagement, food - distribution failures, and other issues.

Also, the population's large cash reserves — average savings rate among citizens is 50 % — raise a dire need for investment opportunities, Pi says.

And it has the added benefit of currying favor among average citizens for The Boring Company before it dives fully into the sure - to - be-difficult struggle of earning permission to dig.

Benefits — Each family / real estate investor keeps average $ 600 / mo for 2 yrs, real estate in all major metropolitans will have a traded price, increase buying power of low income high credit citizens, stimulate real estate investment by making it easier for investors to cash flow a rental property, reduce home inventory, the increase home values and liquidity provides incentive to put the $ X trillion in capital currently on the sidelines back to work and mortgage prepayments will increase capital availability.

It could be disastrous for the average Venezuelan citizen, as the already decrepit Venezuelan economy would sink deeper into depression.

Who can volunteer: Participants must have an undergraduate degree from an accredited college by their first day of training; have a minimum grade point average of 2.5; and be a citizen, legal permanent resident, or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient.

Citizens Bank is not a good choice for borrowers with average or lower credit scores.

The average citizen does not expect to be attacked so viciously for exercising their right to testify.

For me, one of the most interesting things is that our elected political officials consistently received lowers scores than the average citizen.

You can make the weapons harder to acquire and that will do something, for the average law - abiding citizen.

1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

In 1900 there was, on average, one newspaper owner for every 38,000 citizens.

We know that television informs us, a genuine window on the world, but also that its commercial demand for profit severely limits the amount of diversity of opinion that is aired, that it tends to trivialize issues and to represent the views of the rich, so that through TV the average citizen simply can not get the information needed to make intelligent decisions about living in our democracy.

Should the average citizen approve of government support for the SST just so an affluent New York businessman can save a few hours flying to London?

The Citizens remain unbeaten for the term with a W7 D1 record, and they are averaging over 3.5 goals per game this season as well.

True that a citizen can join the party, but at least in practice, there isn't a mechanism for dissent or disagreement available to the average citizen in a communist government.

The PollyVote combined forecast, averaging across forecast types, appears to have a good track record for US presidential elections, and their analysis suggests that citizen forecasts and prediction markets typically outperform the polls in the US.

Though we have no way of knowing whether average Iranian citizens regard state - run media as truthful or just a Persian Pravda, for now the government's control over television, radio and newspapers has allowed it to portray the protests in the worst possible light.

Yet the data in the 2008 E-Voter Institute study show that online social networks SHOULD be fertile ground for political organizers: by just about any measure, users of websites such as MySpace, Facebook and LinkedIn are more likely to be politically active than average citizens.

Note that the average citizen is not voting for candidates who favor more restrictive gun laws.

Not that I'm predicting a Paul presidency; the same factors I talked about back in June still apply (for instance, I can't see the majority of Americans voting for a guy who'd do his best to get rid of Social Security, Medicare and most of the rest of the government benefits and protections average citizens enjoy).

Looking ahead, Steve (not surprisingly) sees tremendous political potential for online video both for campaigns and for individual activists — with broadband, easy hosting and cheap editing tools, the «last and most compelling medium is delivered into the hands of the masses,» leading to a creative explosion both from average citizens and from professional communicators.

It is also more equitable than expecting all taxpayers to foot the bill for the benefit of graduates who can generally expect to earn substantially more than the average citizen.

All kinds of normal behavior have been criminalized, to the point that average citizens are constantly being harassed by the police for engaging in harmless behavior.

«The average citizen is finding that the cost of running for election has become too expensive,» Silver said.

Dick Dadey, head of the watchdog group Citizens Union, said that while it wasn't against the law for de Blasio to assist his bundlers and other supporters — unless he engaged in an illegal quid pro quo — «they shouldn't have any more access to him than the average New Yorker.»