Sentences with phrase «increased national income»

The halving of alcohol - fuelled car crashes since the mid-1980s boosted US economic output by $ 20 billion, increased national income by $ 6.5 billion, and created 215,000 jobs in 2010, reveals an analysis of the economic impact of drink - driving, published online in the journal Injury Prevention.

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The amount of debt that is projected under the extended baseline would reduce national saving and income in the long term; increase the government's interest costs, putting more pressure on the rest of the budget; limit lawmakers» ability to respond to unforeseen events; and increase the likelihood of a fiscal crisis, an occurrence in which investors become unwilling to finance a government's borrowing unless they are compensated with very high interest rates.

NDP commitments include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (already implemented by the Conservatives (but with a different phase in); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; and, increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI).

NDP promises include a two point cut in the small business tax rate (already implemented in the budget by the Conservatives); extension of the accelerated capital cost allowance for two years (also already implemented by the Conservatives); an innovation tax credit for machinery used in research and development; an additional one cent of gas tax for the provinces for infrastructure; a transit infrastructure fund; increased funding for social housing; a major child care initiative; increasing ODA funding to 0.7 per cent of Gross National Income (GNI); and restoring the 6 % annual escalator to the Canada Health Transfer.

For the New Democratics, we have included their commitment to increase international assistance (ODA) funding to 0.7 % of Gross National Income over the next ten years.

But every new business recovery increased the ratio of debt to national income.

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.

She found that, all else equal, for every one - percentage - point increase in the national unemployment rate, the starting income of new graduates fell by as much as 7 percent; the unluckiest graduates of the decade, who emerged into the teeth of the 1981 — 82 recession, made roughly 25 percent less in their first year than graduates who stepped into boom times.

Specific policies include the 30 - 50 Plan to Fight Poverty, which is committed to reducing the number of people living below the poverty line by 30 percent and the number of children by 50 percent; an Affordable Housing Plan; pursing the long - term goal of a national high - quality, universal, community - based, early education and child care system; increasing the Guaranteed Income Supplement by $ 600 per year for low - income seniors; and creating a new relationship with Canada's First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, including re-instating the Kelowna AIncome Supplement by $ 600 per year for low - income seniors; and creating a new relationship with Canada's First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, including re-instating the Kelowna Aincome seniors; and creating a new relationship with Canada's First Nation, Inuit and Métis peoples, including re-instating the Kelowna Accord.

Recent estimates from the Peterson Institute for International Economics suggest that the agreement will increase Canada's national income by $ 37 - billion by 2030.

Rising home prices, despite an increase in the national family median income ($ 67,723) 4, slightly decreased affordability in the third quarter compared to the third quarter of last year.

For example, a conservative commentator might concede, grudgingly, that there has been some increase in the share of national income going to the top 10 percent of taxpayers, but then point out that anyone with an income over $ 81,000 is in that top 10 percent.

With stunning consistency, virtually every indicator of civic engagement currently available shows the same pattern of increase followed by stagnation and decline — newspaper reading; TV news watching; attending political meetings; petition signing; running for public office; attending public meetings; serving as an officer or committee member in any local clubs or organizations; writing letters to the editor; participating in local meetings of national organizations; attending religious services; socializing informally with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving blood.

In her current role as senior child nutrition policy analyst, she works with a diverse group of national and state partners to expand the use of the School Breakfast Program among low - income children and increase the number of schools offering breakfast in the classroom free to all students in target states, school districts and schools.

The National School Lunch program exists to serve low - income children (those receiving federal meal subsidies), and among that group, participation has actually increased.

Despite this, their detailed tax policies are a net giveaway of 0.1 % of national income, their detailed social security measures would only provide a tenth of the cuts that they have said they want to deliver, and their commitments on aid, the NHS and schools would (relative to a real freeze) increase spending on these areas by 0.3 % of national income.

But National Insurance contributions are set to increase and the income tax rate of 50p will be introduced.

The union also released the results of a poll conducted by National Opinion Research that found 63 percent of New Yorkers would prefer to see a temporary income tax increase on the state's highest earners (1 percent for those who make more than $ 1 million and 2 percent for those who make over $ 5 million) over education funding cuts of between $ 800 million and $ 1.4 million.

Happy to agree that the national insurance threshold should be a greater priority than increasing the personal allowance for income tax further.

The revised scheme hits the rich hardest, but also requires a substantial increase in the basic rate of tax to 30 %, as well as lifting national insurance to 12 % of all income.

The top 0.1 per cent of households have increased their share of national income from 2 per cent in 1980 to almost 10 per cent today.

Moreover, ahead of the 2001 general election, it was widely reported that the Chancellor was planning to raise National Insurance contribution rates shortly after the election, in preference to raising Income Tax in order to fund increased NHS spending.

Defence secretary Liam Fox «can not support» plans to increase the aid budget to 0.7 % of gross national income, he has said.

The best way to do this is to help take many working families out of income tax by increasing the personal tax allowance and the annual equivalent of the level at which employees pay national insurance to # 10,000.

The education cuts, the biggest in at least half a century, will reverse the increase in education spending as a proportion of national income that happened under Labour.

And while the US increased its aid budget by 14 per cent, it remains one of the lowest donors, contributing just 0.19 per cent of its gross national income, compared to 0.33 per cent in the UK and 0.38 per cent in France.

Taking into account the personal allowance, individuals will start to see their income tax and National Insurance payments increase sharply when their earnings rise above # 42,475.

Under Labour's plans 95 per cent of taxpayers will be guaranteed no increase in their income tax contributions and everyone will be protected from any increase in personal National Insurance Contributions and VAT.

The manifesto aims to impose a high tax rate on the top income level and increase the upper earning limits of national insurance contributions.

Ahead of the 2015 election, David Cameron has pledged a tax lock — a law to be passed in the first 100 days of a new government to prevent income tax, national insurance or VAT increases during the next parliament.

If that was ever an option, it certainly isn't after Wednesday's figures from the independent Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) showing that average incomes fell last year after Mr Brown increased national insurance.

Mr Osborne announced an increase in the threshold before workers start paying income tax to # 8,105, financial support for first - time home buyers, a two per cent cut to corporation tax this year, a tax on private jets, a clampdown on non-doms, the introduction of # 140 flat - rate state pension, a review into a merger of national insurance and income tax and a fair fuel stabiliser, including a 1p cut on fuel duty.

An increase in the income tax personal allowance and changes to national insurance contributions and child tax credits appeared to close the gap between the top and bottom fifths of the population.

The chancellor announced a # 20 billion fiscal stimulus which will double the national debt, cut value - added tax for the first time since before 1997 and increased income tax to 45 per cent for those earning over # 150,000.

It said: «No increases in VAT, National Insurance contributions or Income Tax.»

«We are making good progress with social mobility — we have increased the national living wage, cut income tax for the lowest paid and doubled free childcare.

A married father of two on a salary of # 55,000 whose wife does not work: Taking into account income tax allowances and the increase in national insurance contributions this man would be # 593 worse off.

Overseas aid spending would increase to a 2013 target of 0.7 per cent of national income.

In the run - up to the 2015 election, Cameron promised not to increase income tax, VAT or national insurance (NI) contributions.

The Prime Minister will say voters face their biggest choice on the economy «for a generation» as he pledges a change to the law to prevent increases in VAT, income tax or national insurance over the next five years

David Cameron will today pledge to change the law to prevent increases in VAT, income tax or national insurance over the next five years.

David Cameron today pledged to change the law to prevent increases in VAT, income tax or national insurance over the next five years.

If they revise down the Treasury's growth forecasts by 1 per cent of national income, the gap between tax revenues and spending increases by around # 10bn, meaning the government has to find more money from somewhere.

«As the compactness index for a metropolitan area doubles, the likelihood that a child is born into the bottom fifth of national income distribution will reach the top firth by age 30 increases by 41 percent.»

For the past 50 years, mainstream economics has assumed that the increase in goods and services produced domestically (gross domestic product, or GDP) and national income (gross national product, or GNP), are adequate yardsticks.

Her team — Clinton Key and Shenyang Guo, PhD, of the University of North Carolina; Yeong Hun Yeo, PhD, of Jeonbuk National University in the Republic of Korea; and Krista Holub of the CSD — found evidence that low - and moderate - income homeowners experience greater short - run increases in net worth, assets and non-housing net worth than renters do.

17.18 by 2020, enhance capacity building support to developing countries, including for LDCs and SIDS, to increase significantly the availability of high - quality, timely and reliable data disaggregated by income, gender, age, race, ethnicity, migratory status, disability, geographic location and other characteristics relevant in national contexts

-- the percentage of those giving the schools an «A» or a «B» on the traditional A to F grading scale drops 11 percentage points, from 49 % to 38 %; — support for a proposal to make vouchers available to all families regardless of income jumps 13 percentage points, increasing from 43 % to 56 %, while opposition to the proposal declines from 37 % to 25 %; — support for charter schools shifts upward from 51 % to 58 % when respondents learn the national rank of the local district, while opposition to charters declines from 26 % to 23 %; — opposition to teacher tenure climbs 8 percentage points, from 47 % to 55 %, while support for tenure drops 8 points to 25 %.

If one calculates these percentage increases as national income projections over an 80 - year period (providing for a 20 - year delay before any school reform is completed and the newly proficient students begin their working careers), a back - of - the - envelope calculation suggests gains of nothing less than $ 75 trillion over the period.

to consider should be the following: 1) the achievement of full employment or reduction in the unemployment rate; 2) increase the income distribution measured by the Gini index; 3) reduction of the levels of crime in society; 4) increase in service levels of education, health, housing and transport to the population; 5) increase of the investment in infrastructure, education, health, housing and sanitation; 6) increase in the HDI - Human Development Index, used by the United Nations, which takes into account GDP per capita, the longevity of people and their education (measured by illiteracy rate and the enrollment rates at various levels of education); and 7) increase of GNH (Gross National Happiness) indicator, which analyzes 73 variables that contribute most to the goal of achieving the well - being and satisfaction with life (See GNH posted in website