Sentences with phrase «for things the government»

It could conceivably have covered incense, the smell of flowers, or nutmeg, for example, were it not for the creation of specific exemptions for the things the government didn't actually want to ban.

Tell Congress to eliminate the thousands of grants and give away programs (read pork) for things the government should never have been involved in the first place, and include a sunset clause on every new program.

Not exact matches

«From our standpoint, instead of having a patchwork of local governments trying to figure out how to legally classify these things, the bill just creates this baseline framework so no matter where you're at in California, these scooters will be classified for legal reasons under the same category,» Gray said.

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

In response to this 2011 request, the FBI checked U.S. government databases and other information to look for such things as derogatory telephone communications, possible use of online sites associated with the promotion of radical activity, associations with other persons of interest, travel history and plans, and education history.

It's one thing to call for transparency when in opposition, but another altogether to provide full accountability when in government.

That may be a good thing for the economy but a tough pill if your business sells to markets that depends on government spending.

«One of the things I am doing is not just lobbying the British government but lobbying businesses to press upon their governments the fact that a hard Brexit would be bad for London and for Europe too,» Khan said.

«And then we have a legal review that says that engaging this target comports with the laws of armed conflict and that engaging in these circumstances is permissible according to those laws, and once we've established all of those things we go to the government of Iraq and ask them for permission to strike that building, and they'll say yes or no, and they do say both, depending on the structure.

While Wynne's minority Liberal government said a CPP enhancement was still Ontario's «preferred approach» to strengthening the retirement income system, the new provincial plan was touted as the next best thing as governments deal with aging populations and people who aren't saving enough for the future.

«The government does not want or expect to leave without a deal, but while it seeks a new partnership, it is planning for a range of outcomes, as is the responsible thing to do,» Hammond told Parliament.

Government regulations will keep things interesting for on - demand companies in the next several years.

«It is one thing for governments to allow small anonymous transactions with virtual currencies; indeed, this would be desirable,» Rogoff wrote at the time.

In it, Mackey said the last thing the U.S. needed was «a massive new health - care entitlement,» and called for «less government control and more individual empowerment.»

He is quick to make suggestions for what can be done to combat the potential losses — government safety nets, retraining / re-entry programs, and a shift in educational focus are all things he urges Canadians to consider.

Among other things, Trump generated waves of negative criticism after he criticized the Mexican government for sending «rapists» to the US and briefly questioned Sen. John McCain's (R - Arizona) war record.

Instead, O'Reilly suggested that the U.S. government make it easy for entrepreneurs to develop applications that improve or enhance things it already does — in the same way that privately owned weather websites use data from the National Weather Service.

«There is a definitive shift toward finding ways to make things more efficient and longer - lasting,» says Panteva, who notes that government programs such as Energy Star are also helping drive consumer demand for eco-friendly products.

I mean, for a long time, plants have had all kinds of government regulations about how they're supposed to dispose of noxious fumes and things like that.

There's no role for government — and that's a very good thing,» said Ken Paulson, a former USA Today editor who now directs the First Amendment Center in Tennessee.

Things really took a turn for the worse in 2000, when Mugabe's ZANU - PF government started forcibly seizing white - owned farms.

Swapping four complex tax credits for one means - tested payment would simplify things for families and government alike

«The government has known for quite a long time that interesting things happen out in the commercial space,» said Moran.

The idea of paying more for privacy is unusual and would require a major shift to current thinking, but it might not be a bad deal in the grand scheme of things if it leads to keeping companies and governments out of our business.

If he secures his party's nomination, the most important thing that Republican voters are looking for in Trump's running mate is government experience.

As an investor in the next 10 years, I'm looking at who's doing things for blockchain government and who's doing things to make Bitcoin more useful?

«Albertans will give the government a free reign for a very long time, as long as they sense the government is taking care of things in a way that is basically sound,» says Danielle Smith, the Wildrose Alliance's leader.

«One thing is for sure,» the reports says, «state and local governments face large fiscal uncertainties and state forecasters are struggling to sort out various impacts of the TCJA on the state tax revenues.»

As talk about the economy has largely focused on tax cuts, the U.S. budget deficit and the potential for trade tariffs, one of the biggest things investors and the general public seem to be missing is the increased spending soon to be pumped into the U.S. economy by the government.

There are a lot of things in government that limit the ability of the leader in, for example, making personnel calls.

Payroll tax is usually calculated as a percentage of total employee salaries and is used by the government to pay for things like income tax, MediCare and Social Security.

Ms Coppinger said the most important thing for the Minister and the Government was to ensure Greece did not get any deal which Ireland could not secure.

It's hard to «move fast and break things» in government, and public funds don't allow for the failure rates that venture capital does.

For one thing, says Plant, when the Liberal government started the registry the only enforcement mechanism available was to make it an offence not to register.

«As things shift downwards, the degree to which the government will be tested is the degree to which the government has prepared for the inevitable downturn and built upon the natural and human assets of the province, in order to provide some protection from that downturn.»

There still are opportunities, he continued, for government and Congress to «do the right thing» in making sure travel is managed properly.

Too bad doing the right thing at home for the environment when the stakes are crystal clear has proven to be mission impossible for him and his government.

For as he kept repeating, a Conservative government did these things, and no Liberal government had, and no NDP government, on most of these files, would.

It's conceivable that by sending the Obamacare markets into a quasi-death spiral, the policy will significantly drive up the costs to the federal government through bigger subsidies — which is, funnily enough, a good thing for conservatives as far as the Byrd Rule is concerned.

After all, this would be an example of the federal government stepping into the private market, mandating that certain companies can not gain too large a market share — in other words, not exactly an easy thing for limited - government types to support.

The last thing Wall Street wants is for the government to change its behavior.

The thing is, the Harper government is responsible for pushing the envelope on deregulation both domestically and internationally despite cautionary events in the U.S. clearly indicating what could go wrong.

Congress needs to pass a new one for the new fiscal year and President Trump has actually been fairly explicit that he may want to shut down the government if he doesn't get some border wall funding and some other things that he wants.

IT analyst forecasts remain unable to keep pace with the dramatic rise in cybercrime, the ransomware epidemic, the refocusing of malware from PCs and laptops to smartphones and mobile devices, the deployment of billions of under - protected Internet of Things (IoT) devices, the legions of hackers - for - hire, and the more sophisticated cyber-attacks launching at businesses, governments, educational institutions, and consumers globally.

Things typically don't end well for the people opposing the government.

«I'm not a partisan actor, but I actually think this is the worst thing that the Harper government has done for Canada,» the former co-chief executive of RIM said in an interview after studying large sections of the 6,000 - page document, released to the public last week.

The one thing investors should be able to count on is for the Chinese Central Government to more or less deliver on its economic promises because they can not afford not to.

A culture that not only tolerates, but welcomes questioning and dissent may make things quite uncomfortable in the short term for the status quo, but in the long term, it's essential for any company, government, or system to thrive.

Those are big things to balance, but the fact that the government has indicated [it's] interested in the question is a good sign and if [it's] going to talk about more than just length of leave, it could be a significant opportunity to make life better for families.»

An increase in national income should reduce mortality not just because it is usually associated with lower poverty and better nutrition but also because growth can be a proxy for other good things: more sensible economic policies; more democratic, accountable governments; and a greater commitment to improving people's living standards.