Sentences with phrase «government off the backs»

«We sent him to Washington to create the best national policies that we can to get the government off the backs of businesses in Western New York.»

They want government off the backs of their big business sponsors, they could care less about the rest of us.

Republicans are such hypocrites when they claim they want to get government off the backs of the people.

And that's sort of what the Reagan Revolution was all about: «getting government off our backs.»

You sound like another «keep the government off my back» libertarian, using the Global climate Change issue to take back handed swipes at governemnt regulation.

Whether you're trying to watch Netflix from India or to keep the local government off your back by pretending to be from Canada, your new VPN - toting router has you covered.

I urge all Realtors to vote out the Conservatives — and get the government off our backs.

Not exact matches

Held back by police, they were waiting some distance away near the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing, when the second explosion went off just as people were entering the government office.

China's Huawei said it backed Apple's chief executive Tim Cook in his stand - off with the United States government over breaking into an iPhone, but stopped short of saying explicitly it would adopt the same stance.

Fresh off closing a very dark chapter in its history — and winning major government security clearance — the once - iconic «CrackBerry» claws its way back.

In recent months, the proposal has stirred back to life as the Saudi government kicked off a formal process to solicit bids for their first reactors.

Will governments, investors and green - minded consumers, who put their faith in the sun's power to help wean us off our fossil - fuel addiction, back away from another technology that promised too much — in jobs and profits as much as in renewable energy — and failed to deliver?

By 335 votes to 244, the House of Lords backed an amendment to the government's key Brexit bill to give Parliament decision - making power on the outcome of negotiations with the EU — including the power to call off the divorce.

On the other hand, Yellen might decide to hold off scaling back the QE stimulus if the current government shutdown and debt - ceiling battle last long enough to take a sizable toll on the economy or end with a deal that entails more heavy - handed spending cuts.

In January, Mallinckrodt raised its price to $ 36,382 a vial, according to the data provider Truven, but that wasn't far off what it cost back in 2015 when Medicare Part D, a prescription drug program, spent over $ 500 million on the drug, making it one of the top 20 expenses for the program, government data shows.

Once the acting thing cooled off a bit, Shue went back to Harvard to finish her degree in Government.

Security concerns that caused the U.S. government to propose (then back off from) a laptop ban in the passenger cabin of some flights, which clearly could be a factor.

A new study, backed by Facebook, wants to go beyond measuring the impact of internet shutdowns on the formal economy and measure the impact of internet cut - offs on «shadow economies,» namely economic activities that circumvent government regulation, oversight, and taxation.

He said he would rather «cut off his arm» than accept another austerity bailout without any debt relief for Greece, adding that he was «quite confident» the Greek people would back the government's call for a no vote.

While successive Canadian governments have been strong advocates of financial liberalization, the unfolding financial crisis might have suggested now is the time to show a little caution and back off these WTO negotiating demands.

In spite of this long record of federal support for profit sharing and employee stock ownership, the Federal Government has backed off its support for broad - based employee stock ownership and profit sharing during virtually every recent Presidential administration for almost four decades, a trend that has lasted to the present.

At an age in which our government seeks to widen the gap between the religious and the secular maybe the State would be better off the back off the idea of regulating plural marriage.

The minimal proposition is that government should get off the backs and out of the way of mediating institutions — family, church, voluntary associations, etc. — and let them do their vital work as they best know how.

What he does to bring harm to another might just come back to his children and he will pay for the evil bile he is foisting upon all of us citizens, disgracing our country for his dreamed of chance for be elected again and to again live off the government's payroll.

Jesus would not promote the government taking care of your fellow man - he would promote YOU taking care of your fellow man, including the shirt off your back if need be.

The development has come off the back of two # 1million Innovate UK funded government projects into improving the efficiency and quality of food products.

APRIL was developed off the back of two # 1million Innovate UK funded government projects into improving the efficiency and quality of food products.

It beggars belief a succession of Australian governments have let us down in this way, as does the revelation Meat and Livestock Australia has been fleecing producers for years, raking in enormous fees off the back of the lie it was looking after the interests of the Australian live animal export industry and the beasts it deals with, only to be busted as an irresponsible, incompetent, dishonest and uncaring bunch of cowboys.

To all you people saying that she doesn't deserve the governments help and saying it's her fault for wanting so many kids BACK OFF!!

11:28 - Ian Davidson, the Labour MP for Glasgow South West, kicks off by backing the bill because «the government can not be trusted and therefore it is necessary to put this down in legislation to allow them no wriggle - room whatsoever».

On the one hand, the government appears to be backing off its commitment to local ownership and content, repealing legislation passed last year that required mining firms to have 35 per cent local shareholding.

«This is wrong... The government should not be making a profit off the backs of people who are trying to get an education.

Mr. Speaker, Government streamlined ESLA flows to accommodate all the existing legacy debts (about GH cents 10 billion) owed by the energy sector firms to banks and suppliers, and took steps to issue an ESLA - backed bond to pay off these debts.

As for «paying back the debt» — unlike private citizens, governments are immortal and never have to pay off their debt in full.

Faced with Labour's reasoned opposition, and with substantial scepticism on their own benches, the government backed off from seeking a mandate they would not have obtained.

Back then, the Tories managed to pull off a victory against Labour despite being in government since 1979.

«It's been a good run, I've given it my all, and it's simply time for me to hand off this tradition of service to someone else who, I hope, will be no less willing and able to keep heading back to the Capitol year after year, legislative session after legislative session, and floor debate after floor debate to constantly and steadily roll up their sleeves, get down in the trenches, stand on their principles, shout out their fundamental beliefs, and carry on the fight for upstate's rightful place in this government.»

Ms Burrow also warned against the dangers of austerity: «Given a choice of economic policies, two - thirds of people support government action to invest in job creation to allow economies to grow and pay off debts compared with less than one in four who want debts paid off now by cutting back on government spending.»

Sure, the federal government is even stingier with funding for the city than it was back in the 1970s when the Daily News kissed off President Gerald Ford.

In fact, the public has also gone off the principle of coalition — people's preferences have shifted back to single party government.

Gov. Cuomo's upcoming «trade mission» to Communist Cuba should convince him to back off his efforts to have the government control New York's economy, the state's top Republican contends.

Ultimately, council elections will cast judgement on whether modest council tax hikes in the name of local autonomy and better services are preferred over ever - diminishing central government hand outs, but the gloves are now off as local democracy fights back.

An independent panel appointed by ministers following their forestry sell - off U-turn has told the government it was right to back down.

Andrew Stunell, the Liberal Democrat communities and local government spokesman, suggests innovative ways in which the government could increase the housing supply, including bringing empty homes back into use, converting commercial property and selling - off community land.

The governor's Cuba trip should convince him to back off his efforts to have the government control New York's economy, said NYS GOP Chair Ed Cox.

Taking action to prevent further long term costs to our economy and social security system as well as giving back a chance for a better life to hundreds of thousands of people who under this government have been written off.

Trump raised the possibility of a government shutdown ahead of a meeting with Democrats for a second consecutive week, even as tensions on Capitol Hill appeared to diminish after hard - line House conservatives backed off plans to oppose a short - term stopgap.

«It amazes me that, at a time when unemployment is at record levels, schools are being shuttered, workers are being laid off, pensions are being lost, that the Senate President is rolling back basic protections for hardworking transgender government employees,» said Dávila.

Governor David Paterson recently signed into law CSEA - backed legislation to clarify that school district, and other local government workers, including those employed by public benefit corporations, be granted time off with no charge to their accruals for mammograms and prostate cancer tests.

Frankly, it is all pretty feeble and we are just picking up votes off the back of a totally discredited, over-spending, clapped - out socialist government.