Sentences with phrase «getting big money»

«Nothing restores the faith of a people more than getting big money out of politics,» said the mayor, whose administration has been dogged by scandals involving political fund - raising and alleged favors done for big - money benefactors.

As for the claim that is widely made by good government groups and left leaning reformers that establishing a public campaign finance system would go a long way toward getting big money out of the political system and reducing corruption, New Yorkers aren't really on board.

Getting big money out of politics has been a central theme of her campaign to represent the 19th Congressional District, located in New York State's Hudson Valley and Catskills regions, like it was when she ran for governor in 2014.

The lobbying in favor of getting big money out of politics — be it in the form of personal meetings with decision makers or through well - financed TV ad and mail campaigns — has, ironically, been a costly one in recent years.

We must commit to expanding voting rights and getting big money out of politics so that billionaires are no longer able to hold our democracy hostage,» Jamaica Miles, Capital District Organizer, Citizen Action of New York.

Before you could get big money for any silly idea, DHHs philosophy was the MO of the world's best managers.

Looks like he's got a big money deal with an improving franchise in the Browns whilst the Pats went on to win another Superbowl without him, seems like a win / win to me.

So many people want to get a Big Money Fight, why not BE The Big Money Fight?

I think both Ozil and Sanchez started to play well near the end for their own selfish reasons to get a big money transfer..

Carter, scheduled to be a free agent after this season, will have to have another big year to get big money.

It's a seller's market, and we could have got big money for players, e.g. for Ramsey after the Euros.

Silva got his big money move to Manchester City last summer in a # 43 million deal from Monaco but has struggled to have a desired impact so far in England.

● Enact meaningful campaign finance reform to get big money out of our state and local politics.

Wisneski, whose group supports public campaign financing, said with Democrats in charge of the Senate, it's more likely that they will respond to what she said is increasing voter demands to get big money out of politics.

Wisneski, whose group supports public campaign financing, says with Democrats in charge of the Senate, it's more likely that they will respond to what she says is increasing voter demands to get big money out of politics.

Over the next few weeks the three parties will be getting round the table following on from an initiative by Nick Clegg, the Deputy Prime Minister, to discuss how we can change the way party funding works to try and get the big money out of politics.

«For democracy to truly function, we have to get big money out of politics,» de Blasio said in a statement Thursday.

They then go on: «this autumn Labour should again reach out to the Liberal Democrats with the aim of working together to get big money out of politics».

«There's a clear step to help get big money out of New York politics: closing the LLC Loophole.

WHAT IT»S ABOUT With Lucious (Terrence Howard) in jail, Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) holds a «Free Lucious» concert, which is just a big ploy to get the big money interested in her gambit to wrest Empire away from him.

Everyone knows assholes get big money for books ghostwritten by other people because there are people stupid enough to buy their bullshit, literally and figuratively.

So called rescue places buy from breeders and resell also, where do you think they get the bigger money from?

Not exact matches

The biggest question mark that remains is just how much of the money from Snap's IPO will get funneled back into the Los Angeles tech scene.

In the true indie spirit, though, none of the company's principals are much interested in making the big money through getting bigger or selling out in an acquisition, like many of their forebears did.

And some of the players to watch out for are the same big guys from 10 or 20 years ago (Microsoft, Oracle, AT&T, etc.) who are the long - entrenched stakeholders and «powers - who - be» in your space — not because they're great innovators or disruptors, but because: (a) they're increasingly well - informed about who's doing what very well (damn those demo days); (b) they're fairly fast followers with great gobs of money; and (c) they have the people, resources, and patience to hang around and keep buying and trying until they eventually get things right in the long run.

They had to get big - time results without spending a lot of money.

«Secondly, they're borrowing to finance cars and trucks because most Canadians just don't have the money to pay for a vehicle outright anymore, and finally, for student loans, which is another big - ticket item that if they haven't saved for a few years, they will have to get loans for.»

Money is always a big hurdle to get over, but not necessarily in the way you might expect.

Every hospital «gets a big chunk of money upfront — between $ 20 million and $ 35 million, depending on the institution,» says Jeff Bluestone, a UCSF scientist who's now the Parker Institute's president and CEO.

But look, if they sell their baby, if they have a good reason to sell it, and they don't just buy a big yacht and get more and more caviar, and then they use that money to create 10 more babies, and they are the kind of entrepreneur that likes creating new things, then yeah.

Of course, the big payoff comes when the holding company sells an asset, though much of that money often gets funnelled into the next purchase.

And as those companies» market value gets bigger, a greater percentage of the money index funds invest flow to those companies.

If you've got a product that has a considerable audience, is scalable and has potential for big profits, put together a presentation and try to pitch your business model to a VC firm, as you'll likely need their money to compete in a hot market.

«The biggest mistake even experienced business owners make is pushing off a good P&L cleaning for weeks or months after they've already incurred expenses on things like subscriptions — that's money you can't get back, and it adds up fast.»

I could have easily gotten a huge deal with any big name brand, but I chose to go out there and start my own brand — the TMT [The Money Team] brand.

Online trading sites allow people to buy and sell it in fractions of a whole, meaning ordinary people don't have to plunk down a big bundle of money all at once to get a piece of the action.

He said, «Patrick, I didn't believe when you started bringing this discipline that if the economy got better, or if there was a big initiative we really wanted to fund, that you would actually give us money for something that's not «in budget,» and just let us do it.»

It's probably the biggest sum of money you have ever had, and you immediately think of all the things you could do with that money: pay off debt, build up savings, go on vacation, buy a BMW, get a rare dog breed.

However, it's also trying to get money out of the big ad networks, and the nature of this technology means Three is heading for a clash with regulators over net neutrality.

The biggest benefit is that by spending a little money and a little time, I get to save a lot of time and by association money.

Ladouceur predicts that all segments of Toronto's housing market will get pricier, from condos to detached single - family homes, but the luxury segment — where many foreign investors park their money — could see the biggest lift.

NEW YORK, April 5 - Thirteen big mutual fund firms, including BlackRock, T Rowe Price and Vanguard, will soon give retail investors a new tool to assess whether they are getting their money's worth for the higher fees often charged by actively managed stock funds.

Goldman Sachs is betting it can get its money - making mojo back by pitching creative deals to big, complex clients.

In other words, if they're not sure how to approach a big money decision, they get help.

As CEO of Credible, a marketplace for student loan refinancing which was founded in 2012 and recently secured $ 2.7 million in seed round financing, Stephen Dash has some ideas on how to get your money in order before taking a big leap as an entrepreneur.

Getting lots of money from Spotify may be great for music labels and owners, but it's not doing much for Spotify: The company lost $ 200 million last year, and the massive payments it makes to record companies (which amount to more than 85 % of its revenues) are a big part of the problem.

You don't have to spend big money to get the same valuable contacts as the big guys.

I got rid of the individual mandate, the most — the biggest part and the most unpopular thing in Obamacare, which really repeals Obamacare, because it can't live without the mandate, because that's where a lot of the money came.

He says the symbolism is valid because it targets the «differential treatment of debt» and how money has influenced politics such that «big borrowers got their debt forgiven, small borrowers got their houses taken away from them.»

And, because entrepreneurs tend to be risk takers in growing their businesses, their aggressive personalities sometimes get them into trouble when they apply the same get - big - or - go - home mentality to managing their money.