Sentences with phrase «great things the government»

Yes, you can try to point out all the great things the government has done (the Internet, anyone?)

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All of those things happened not because of, but almost in spite of commercial and government interests, and that's the really remarkable thing: it was people who made the Internet great.

The face - to - face comes after Trudeau, whose government is struggling with a pipeline crisis at home, pitched Canada as a great place to invest by telling hundreds of business leaders «that big things can get done in Canada.»

Just how bad would things have to get before the Harper government realizes further liberalizing the world's financial markets is not such a great idea?

Full employment via public jobs is a great thing; but, oh, it is so blatantly obvious that debt - free money creation by the government is absolutely censored on both the right and the so - called left to protect the commercial - banking cartel.

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.

My last point and Im out... Throughout our great nations history... we always found a way to fight through national issues and come up with solutions... Giving the problems we have now to people in the 50's and 60's... and they may actually come up with a solution... if you earnestly care about making a change... start at the lowest levels of government... go do something... find out costs... expenses... how to get more health care to people... do things like that... quit waiting on the government to provide all the answers... its not the way this country was founded... and not the way we get through problems... If you or ur family does nt have insurance... get a job that can provide you that... instead of hoping the government will do so... If you or ur family lacks access to education... move to an area that excels at it... education is invaluable... Do something about your problem... and quit waiting for the next big lotto...

It is unfortunate that a country of this stature, who rules the world, from the skies like a god, and lacks comprehensive leadership to deal with these pressing issues... where are the Presidents akin to our late leaders that took the initiative and got things done, America has become a cold, hostile place to live, We lack the sense of unity that made us what we are... There are hundreds of thousand unemployed, Why can't the government promote an agency akin to the peace corps, that utilizes the young folks sitting on their a $ $ and make them earn their unemployment check by working in this storm zone, to rehabilitate and get these folks back on their feet... it would promote a culture of selflessness and charity and would without a question cause a paradigm shift in the minds of our youth, This is what makes a nation great!

99 % of the people who support him are ultimately going to get hurt by this government (because of everything happening with aca, pp, education, etc etc etc), and yet they continue to spout nonsense about he's the greatest thing since chocolate.

Great article ~ in many parts of the world, babies are still being taken away and the sad thing is, mothers don't seem to know the importance of 24/7, they see the BHFI as something that the government forces them to take care of their babies before themselves.

«Most extraordinary of all, the two great achievements of British diplomacy of the last decades in Europe, supported by Governments both Labour and Conservative, — namely the Single Market and European Enlargement — are now apparently the two things we most regret and want to rid ourselves of!

But if you're working to «fundamentally transform government from the world that fails to the world that works,» well, the great thing about the «net is that you can be anywhere and still keep tabs on what's going on.

And I think saying one thing today and a diffrent thing tomorrow is not exactly a great ways to build a career, and it's certainly not good government.»

Now, I see what's going on with the dysfunction in government, and we don't have a strong leader... He did a lot of good things for everybody, and he leaves a great legacy, and that's where I'm coming from.»

We want to trust our state government, and we want it to do great and innovative things.

Without descending into the detail of policy appraisal or the delivery of operational targets — both things that my environmental audit committee will scrutinise — the best snapshot of effort will come from the big policy packages that define the government's agenda, and which have the greatest environmental impact.

«We are achieving some great things already in this government.

The truth is that those in government are not reading because had it been they are reading all the things you've been writing about, by now we'd have seen great changes.

Thus, not only do rural people have a greater democratic say in how their local governments are run, they also have a greater democratic say in how some of their key utilities and economic institutions are run, and are far more likely per capita to serve on the governing boards of such institutions, (even though, as in the case of governments, they have far less formal training and expertise in doing so than their urban counterparts running investor owned corporations that do the same things in urban areas).

One thing we've noticed is that inevitably organisations who seek to criticise the government are getting much greater traction than ever before.

«Now to allow them to continue their failed policies of increased taxing, greater regulation and more government control at a time we need small businesses and the private sector to start hiring would be just a terrible thing for the country and the wrong thing to do, both from a policy standpoint and politically.»

3) Labour have been in Government for 65 % of the time since she left - and what a great job they've made of things

Kirk P. Gregg, Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer for Corning, Inc. said, «New York is poised for great things with the addition of Ken Adams to state government.

We need to make sure that we are in control over the things that affects us.Anytime there is flood and people loose their life, most of the blame goes to sitting presidents.I am not saying that the central government does not have responsibility to ensure that enabling environment is created.They have a great work to do but as citizens what is our quota?When you move around Accra, sometimes i becomes angry within myself because i am in doubt as to whether our sanitation laws exit.People because of the tax they claim they pay waits for zoom lion workers to come and clean the choked gutters before our houses and shops either than that, it will remain like that.Is it modernity or civilization that has turned us to forget our traditional values or duties of ensuring that our environments is clean?Everybody in our Ghanaian setting knows the responsibility of men and women in making sure that our environments are clean not waiting for flood to occur and we start blaming sitting presidents.To the media, though your responsibility is to keep governments on it toes, you equally have a mandate in educating the public of what we are expected to do as citizens in other to ensure that our dear nation is a better ecosystem for all of us to live.The attention of the media should be shifted from making politicians popular to making us aware as citizens of our responsibilities.I sometimes get confused to hear journalists calling opponents to comment on issues concerning the sitting governments and the only thing that comes to my mind is what do the journalist want to hear from the political opponents?Nothing.They will end up criticizing without giving an alternative.The media should rather resort in questioning people directly to where the problems are coming from.Let us build our institutions.When it comes to energy issues.Citifm will call Hon.KT Hammond who was a deputy minister living who he worked under (His boss at that time) and I always become confused because what can we expect from him?nothing.

But there is persistent concern about the quality of some of the construction and this is because, local officials sometimes take bribes and allow construction companies to build things below standard and so we have a situation in the Sichuan province where the earthquake occurred, where schools were collapsing and collapsed at a much greater rate than other government buildings and the suspicion is of course that local officials have taken bribes and allowed the schools to be built this way.

«Over and over, I've seen great things accomplished by only one person, whether it was taking down a useless dam, cleaning up a toxic canal, or taking down an evil government,» Patagonia founder Yvon Chouinard said in an interview last month.

Especially considering how puny philanthropy is next to government, its greatest asset isn't money — it's independence, the singular ability to do things that government can not or will not do.

Nathan Gill of UKIP said: «This Welsh Labour Government are guilty of many things - but their failure to equip our children for an ever more competitive 21st Century must count as one of their greatest crimes».

«It would be great if all the politically energized public school supporters turn their attention to things that are less visible but higher impact — like how the federal government will permit states to implement accountability under the new ESSA law.

in 3 months went to fix 2 times, don't start, the towing guy show me receipts for 7 prius daily, very bad sign, never go to west kendall toyota, very bad customer service, got my new plate after 7 days the temporary expire, fast service department but don't know what happen with my prius v 4, they only have 1 master technician for prius to resolve starting problems and reset software and he is on vacations, keep driving but scare about reliability, good on gas, smooth ride but paying $ 37.560 for a prius???? its ridiculous, same price that any lexus, no government incentives, just for all electric cars or plug - in, after my last visit now my car don't recognize the key, need to press to open doors and use the key just in front of the start bottom to start the car, even doing that, some times don't start, is amazing, don't recommend to buy a prius, price to high, if you use your car for daily commute you will get your money back on saving gas in 10 years, time to change the car, I driving with Uber and Lyft and only one thing is great» «45 mpg» combined, that's it.

Another great thing about the ATS Sedan is its 5 - star crash - test rating from the federal government.

They are leading us to a greater crisis where the only thing that does matter is debt, and for political reasons, some governments will not be willing to pay in full.

The great thing about a Roth IRA is that it takes advantage of tax savings, keeping the government away from your earnings.

Jim, who works for a government agency in Kelowna, B.C., has maxed out his RRSPs but knew he could use his TFSA to do great things.

But things have loosened up a great deal, and the US government is trying to make it easier for bad credit borrowers to get a home loan.

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A great help from the government would salvage things and save folks like me from resorting to unconventional methods to get our funds back.

The important thing to remember is that governments around the world, including Canada have recognized that some breeds pose a greater risk to community and acted on it by enacting breed specific laws.

The great thing about having no capital gains or real estate tax in place, is the fact that you get to keep all of the money you make, rather than having to hand some of it over to the government in taxes.

Another great thing is that with British Airways, you don't pay any fees on the transfer itself, unlike the government taxes you pay (well, until the recent FAA shut - down) when transferring AMEX points to U.S. airlines such as Continental and Delta.

In a way it's bringing about a greater creativity, as people have to find other solutions, whether it's exhibiting in marketplaces or in the streets, which is not to say that the lack of government support is a good thing.

It's one thing for anti-whaling campaigners, at great risk and cost, to dog Japanese vessels to chronicle the slaughter of whales on the shared global ocean — far beyond the ability of governments or media to track.

The UK government is right to feel frantic at this moment, but this enormous change could also be viewed as a great opportunity to turn things around, to take a drastically new approach to dealing with recyclables.

When things work great, when they don't change them, with Government, change that decreases «entitlements» is awfully slow.

So every government program and social benefit program set up during and after Great Depression brought us to the point where things now stand as Lee so perfectly describes.

When the government and local community start working together, great things can happen.

It is a puzzling thing... democratic governments, supranational political organisations and charities seem to be out of kilter with the public mood, yet each depend on the public to a greater or lesser extent, for legitimacy.

«I think that the current attorney general and the government have done a great thing here, because it's long overdue.

Hopefully Philip Hammond and the government recognise this and the ideas in the budget are a start of greater things to come.

The last thing law schools should desire is greater interference in their internal workings by the Federation of Law Societies or the government.