Sentences with phrase «giving blank checks»

My single income household grosses roughly $ 120K per year, but thanks to non-taxable benefits (housing allowance, subsistence, etc.), only 75 % of that annual pay is taxable (not bad considering I've given a blank check to God & Country).

Given a blank check to build the church institutionally, one could still reap an impressive dividend by sustaining the forces and themes that were the attraction of the «50s — that is, by offering a blend of the gospel, the American way, and nostalgic escape to an earlier era.

Give us a blank check.»

«And he's never given me a blank check.

«No company's multi-billion-dollar political warchest gives it a blank check to skirt vital protections and oversight for New Yorkers,» he wrote.

Curran, who broke ranks with Democrats last year to approve some capital borrowing, said she «will not give a blank check to this county right now if I am not 100 percent sure that money is going to be spent responsibly and appropriately.»

Flores told Newsday last month he supported Trump «because he is not going to give blank checks to these Central American governments where there is so much corruption going on.»

One would think that given the blank check for raunch that Kevin Smith (Clerks II, Jersey Girl) has given himself with subject matter inherently adult in nature, he would be able to cut loose and deliver his funniest film ever.

We put a lot of time into creating assessments after the district gave us a blank check to do our own.

Because it wants vague language that gives it a BLANK CHECK and NO ACCOUNTABILITY?

Don't give a blank check to them!

Not exact matches

He's saying that the governments are too hesitant to implement more fiscal policy, but that these same governments might give the Central Bankers of the world a blank check?

Unless you trust a broker or financial adviser with your life, never give anyone this type of control over you finances — it is the equivalent of a blank check.

Perhaps what's most humiliating about this is that Obama Government and Congress blindly let former Goldman Sachs CEO, Henry Paulson, in his capacity as Secretary of Treasury give these banks an $ 800 billion blank check from the Taxpayers to continue on with their criminality.

I think we SHOULD give the thief the blank check, the house, the car... since it offers the thief a chance to see, perhaps for the first time in his life, that this temporal «life» is not all there is... that we don't need «stuff» to truly live or to be truly happy, and to repent.

No wonder Ginsburg likes it so much: it more or less gives judges a blank check to look anywhere they want to reach any result they want.»

By him giving the signet right to Haman, he is basically giving Haman a blank check and saying, «Do whatever you want.»

They may be able to hand him a blank check, but given how far behind AZ is at this point, he will likely not even make a small chance of living up to it.

Tribune Company, the team's bankroller, has not given Green a blank check, but he does have a firm commitment to spend whatever he thinks it'll take.

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Give him some writing paper, a blank check or a deposit slip, or an order form of his own to scribble on while you take care of business.

In his State of the State address in Albany, Cuomo said the Republican tax plan passed by Congress and signed into law by President Donald Trump last year gave «rich corporations a blank check» and will cost the state an additional $ 14 billion per year in net payouts to the federal government.

The CSEA leader also expressed extreme concern that state legislative leaders seem ready to give the governor a blank check on this latest misguided venture.

It's almost as though crossing the equator northwards gives one a blank check to lie, cheat and steal, and to pretend that the contributions of Uruguayans doesn't count for s ***.

That for me was kinda strange given that I was there with a blank check from my bank, this was a Monday.

It's easy to imagine Fiat Chrysler Automobiles boss Sergio Marchionne giving his truck team a blank check and this order: «Spend whatever it takes to make the best pickup you can, using all available technology at our disposal.»

Checking account is good too in the case when you need to give them a «blank and voided» check to put something on hold or used as a deposit.

Having had several checks collected from me by (typically) utility companies in order to set up automated payments (where the company withdraws funds instead of my initiating a payment each month), I always gave them a blank pre-printed deposit slip with the bank routing number and personal account imprinted on it in magnetic ink.

One company demanded a blank voided check in lieu of the deposit slip, the others were quite happy with what I gave them.

If you don't know what car you want, then the lender will give you a «blank check.»

-- Keren Blankfeld — Blank Checks — Forbes — I have argued that Berkshire — given its deep management talent, decentralized structure, committed board with skin in the game, and a growing world - class portfolio of businesses, most of which have durable competitive advantages hand - picked by Buffett — is undervalued even without Buffett at the helm, and that investors should look at the remaining years we have Buffett, whether its one or twenty, as a free option on his investing genius.

Nintendo are just beginning to test DLC modeling and pricing, so why give them the impression that you're willing to fork over a blank check?