Sentences with phrase «funded conservative think»

The Heartland Institute, a Chicago - based, industry - funded conservative think - tank, has had a long history of climate denial that continues today.

It has been based on the production of lies developed by the fossil fuel industry through industry - funded conservative think - tanks, laundered through conservative foundations, spun and repeated by right - wing media outlets, and adopted as ideology by the Republican Party.

Not exact matches

And, again, this is the core example of the evolution of environmental bullshit: a long history of industry creation of lies; conservative funding of think - tanks, front groups and the echo chamber; the development of an ideological imperative of denialism; and then the necessity of completely groundless bullshit to shore up the lies.

According to the New Yorker, The Mercatus Center was first founded and funded by the billionaire conservative Koch Brothers, and the small think tank advocates environmental deregulation.

Remember, the vast majority of the world thinks it's impossible to consistently make more than 10 - 20 % / year returns so everyone eats up boring, conservative, diversified mutual funds and long - term investments, at their most speculative being in giant companies like Apple (AAPL) and Google (GOOG)... viewing inspirational stories like this turning $ 1,500 into $ 1 million and and this international trader and this teenager with skepticism...

Donors Trust's board of directors, which ultimately decides who gets funded, reads like a conservative who's - who directory: Arthur Brooks, president of American Enterprise Institute; John Von Kannon, vice president of the Heritage Foundation; William Mellor, president of the Institute for Justice, a libertarian legal firm; and Kris Alan Mauren, director of the Acton Institute, a Michigan - based conservative think tank.

Jacob also suggested short - term bond funds as a conservative investment option, for investors who think real estate isn't for them.

Josh Barro wrote that «Social conservatives are more likely to signal openness to pro-middle class economic policies than the «hardheaded business types» who fund the party.: I think there is some truth to that, and I think that Barro's next observation is interesting and....

Josh Barro wrote that «Social conservatives are more likely to signal openness to pro-middle class economic policies than the «hardheaded business types» who fund the party.: I think there is some truth to that, and I think that Barro's next observation is interesting and also has some truth:

Conservative Wall Streefers still boggle when they think of how multimillionaire Jack Dreyfus enlivened investing's image by using a lion in his mutual fund ads.

Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, a fiscally conservative think tank based in Albany, questioned how the village will afford the raises after its fund balance is drawn down.

Funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, is being targeted for budget cuts by lawmakers and an influential conservative think tank whose findings have helped shape the Trump administration's still - forming budget.

While the executive proposal includes $ 200 million in funding to address the opioid crisis, it does not prevent the state from using the existing funds designated for these programs to plug other holes in the budget, according to Bill Hammond, health policy analyst at the Empire Center for Fiscal Policy, a conservative - leaning think tank.

He is listed as an advisor on Think Scotland, a conservative - minded website funded by Scottish unionist businessman Robert Kilgour.

While DiNapoli's office — which oversees the state pension fund — declined to provide an estimate, Skelos pension will be more than $ 95,000 a year, according to the Empire Center, a fiscally conservative think tank.

Prof Appleby, chief economist at The King's Fund think - tank who has analysed the latest figures, wrote in a paper published online by the BMJ: «The NHS must have been doing something right to earn this extra satisfaction — something even Conservative supporters have noticed, and something probably not unadjacent to the large rise in funding since 2000.

Today's «hypercompetition» for funding, they assert, encourages «conservative, short - term thinking in applicants, reviewers, and funders.

Pruitt then appointed as science advisers a number of researchers whose work is funded by industry, energy lobbying groups and conservative think tanks, while forcing out academics from major research institutions.

It is on the web site of Frontiers of Freedom, a conservative think tank funded by corporations like Exxonmobile.

Equally startling was the study's source: the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute, a conservative think tank funded in large part by the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation, one of the nation's leading backers of school choice.

In her speech to the Labour Party conference in Brighton this afternoon, the shadow education secretary drew battle lines between her and the Conservatives, stating that government education thinking was «dead» and signalling the start of a stronger campaign on teacher shortages, school places and cuts to sixth form funding.

Parent Revolution is backed by big money, including receiving funding from the conservative Walton Family Foundation (think Wal - Mart), which has spent over a billion to promote school privatization.

Analysis by the conservative think - tank found giving schools a 10 % increase, roughly $ 700 to $ 800 in per - pupil funding, only yielded a significant increase in one of 28 academic areas observed.

One of the staunchest proponents of Common Core is Mike Petrilli of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a conservative think - tank, who has also received Gates Foundation funding for the support of Common Core.

Conservative funders like the Walton Foundation also give generously to charter schools and liberal think tanks such as the Center for American Progress.

It's part of the Hoover Institution, a conservative and pro-business think tank funded in part by the Walton Foundation, and in partnership with Pearson, a leading developer of standardized testing materials.

Patrick Murphy, a political scientist at the University of San Francisco who recently completed a study on the cost of implementing the Common Core, funded by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a conservative think tank, estimates that the cost of transitioning to the Common Core could be as low as $ 3 billion nationally if districts forgo traditional options and instead choose digital textbooks (that can more easily be updated), tailored teacher - training videos and free curricula available online.

There are several that hold high - yield bonds and emerging market debt, but I'm thinking of something more conservative, such as a fund that invests in the sovereign debt of developed countries.

Assuming a safe withdrawal rate of 3.3 %, this portfolio would provide $ 33,000 of funds available per year, a very conservative estimate in my mind which should allow for the portfolio to continue to grow and kick off the same nominal amount indefinitely (and I think Libre and ERN agree with this safe withdrawal estimate).

I think I'm with ABCs of Investing — I'd prefer to buy funds with either a mixture of bonds (say, a balanced mutual fund or something more conservative), or strictly a bond fund.

My 24 year old friend picked a «conservative growth» fund for her 401k because she thought it matched her risk tolerance.

i have been thinking of your picks and i have goal which is less than 2 years, will your pick will still be profitable considering the exit load which is there if there is redemption below 3 years as it is debt conservative fund (BL SL WEALTH 25)

However, if the thought of losing any money absolutely terrifies you, then you have a lower risk tolerance and would be better off investing in a conservative mutual fund.

It is a deliberate lie, scripted by ExxonMobil - funded propaganda mills disguised as «conservative think tanks», that is demonstrably false and as such it does not belong in the debate about what to do about anthropogenic global warming.

It's clear this is already happening and we can expect more op - eds in major newspapers from the likes of George Will, more full - page adverts from industry - funded propaganda mills masquerading as «conservative» think tanks, and more comments posted on every blog where global warming is discussed, denouncing the «vast liberal hoax» of anthropogenic global warming, because, you know, it's been proved that the earth isn't warming, and if it is, it has nothing to do with fossil fuels.

«Tim Phillips, The Man Behind The «Americans For Prosperity» Corporate Front Group Factory «The rate at which the Koch Industries funded Americans for Prosperity (AFP) churns out front groups to promote its right - wing corporate agenda sets the organization out among similar conservative «think tanks.»

Since 2009, the bulk of its money has come from Donors Capital Fund, a conservative donor - advised fund; the Mercer Family Foundation run by hedge fund manager Robert Mercer; and the Dunn's Foundation for the Advancement of Right Thinking, run by investor William A. DFund, a conservative donor - advised fund; the Mercer Family Foundation run by hedge fund manager Robert Mercer; and the Dunn's Foundation for the Advancement of Right Thinking, run by investor William A. Dfund; the Mercer Family Foundation run by hedge fund manager Robert Mercer; and the Dunn's Foundation for the Advancement of Right Thinking, run by investor William A. Dfund manager Robert Mercer; and the Dunn's Foundation for the Advancement of Right Thinking, run by investor William A. Dunn.

Arnold is the executive vice president of the think tank the Center for the Defense of Free Enterprise, which has received funding from various conservative foundations and oil and gas companies, including ExxonMobil.

The research by its affiliated scientists is funded by a mix of anonymous sources, companies, trade groups, conservative think tanks and government grants.

Leaked internal strategy and funding documents from the Heartland Institute, obtained by DeSmog, revealed that the conservative climate change denial think tank planned to pay approximately $ 25,000 in June, September, and December ($ 75,000 total budget) for a «K - 12 Climate Education Project» headed by David Wojick.

I read anti-AGW websites at conservative think tanks that are funded by big business.

It is a conservative think tank that was initially founded during the years of the Reagan administration to advocate funding for Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative — the «Star Wars» weapons program.

Based outside of Chicago, Heartland is a conservative think tank that lobbies against climate regulation, has received funding from fossil fuel - linked groups, and lauded President Donald Trump's recent decision to withdraw from the Paris climate agreement.

The conservative think - tank in Washington D.C. has received funding from ExxonMobil, Chevron, as well as hundreds of thousands of dollars from foundations associated with Richard Mellon Scaife.

«A group of climate skeptics who weighed in on climate lawsuits in California revealed their recent funding, and court documents show their donors are a mix of fossil fuel companies and conservative think tanks.»

The Heartland Institute is a conservative leaning think tank funded by a number of business donors, and the main funder of the conference is a local libertarian millionaire who just happens to want a bit of openness and honesty in the debate on AGW.

The American Enterprise Institute (AEI) and the Heritage Foundation, two of the best - known conservative think tanks in the U.S., were also among the top recipients of funding.

The raw material the feeds the populist anger is generated overwhelmingly by a network of conservative think tanks in part funded by Big Carbon.

Morano is also the Communications Director at CFACT, a conservative think - tank in Washington D.C. that has received funding from ExxonMobil, Chevron, as well as hundreds of thousands of dollars from foundations associated with Richard Mellon Scaife.

The successful exploitation of those weaknesses by conservative political leaders and think tanks that are funded by oil companies has created a virtual standstill in developing cost - saving, alternative energy policies.