Sentences with phrase «needs by raising taxes»

Molinaro attacked the incumbent for addressing the state's financial needs by raising taxes.

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After one particularly offensive show on Aug 19, 2010 where he and his cohost, Crank, spent the morning railing against the «mentally diseased perverts» everyone else calls gay, preaching that women aren't equal to men and should be home raising the kids and making dinner, and Blacks need to kick their drug habits and get a job instead of freeloading off his hard earned tax dollars by trading in their food stamps for drug money, we started a blog documenting his abuses on the air waves.

«U.S. global power, as presently conceived by the overwhelming majority of the U.S. establishment, is unsustainable... The empire can no longer raise enough taxes or soldiers, it is increasingly indebted, and key vassal states are no longer reliable... The result is that the empire can no longer pay for enough of the professional troops it needs to fulfill its self - assumed imperial tasks.»

Wood's comments substantiate those made by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, which warned an independent Scotland would need to cut spending by # 6 billion or significantly raise taxes due to declining oil revenues.

, «$ 2.6 trillion could be saved -LSB-...] It's possible to achieve all the budget savings we need for the next 10 years simply by cutting the fat out of discretionary spending programs and tax expenditures [i.e., cutting the corporate welfare] without raising tax rates on the wealthy or cutting the safety net at all.»

The two candidates agreed on a number of the issues raised by audience questions in Wednesday's forum, such as the need to fully repeal the MTA payroll tax, support for same - sex marriage, and support for a Shinnecock casino, but not on the East End.

The idea has been floated by some county leaders in the past, and Hochul raised it again in a statement criticizing Collins» proposal: «If the Collins amendment passed, the state would need to raise income taxes or the counties would have to forgo their share of sales tax in exchange for the state picking up the additional Medicaid costs.»

Paterson's plan, which does not raise taxes, would need to be approved by the state Legislature.

The MTA needs a dedicated revenue stream through a new and permanent tax on millionaires in the regions served by mass transit, as well as cash raised from the closure of the carried interest loophole.

Cuomo said recently the cap has a «built - in relief valve» that lets voters override if they feel the need to raise taxes by more than 2 percent.

The New York State Senate recently passed legislation carried by Independent Democratic Conference member Senator Diane Savino, which would raise the income cap for SCHE / DHE to $ 50,000 for a full 50 % property tax exemption and to $ 58,400 for a partial exemption, which will provide much - needed relief to New York City homeowners.

B is all non-property tax revenue and C is the amount of money needed to be raised by property taxes.

Cuomo has proposed far more sweeping changes to the state's tax code that he says are needed to soften the blow of the new federal tax law, which will raise the federal taxes of many New Yorkers by capping a deduction for state and local taxes at $ 10,000.

• So could the many other bills that need to be passed by tomorrow, including but not limited to: New York City's adjusted sales tax, which is needed to balance the city budget; a bill to renew federal support for special education; and a bill to allow the city to continue to sell bonds to raise money.

New York State residents pay some of the highest property taxes in the nation, and Erie County needs to lead by example by reversing the trend and not raise taxes each year.

«Since we do not wish to raise taxes, we are forced to change things by giving up wants and finding ways to pay less for what we really need,»...

The CommUNITY slate, noting that Douglas County's low per - pupil rate means that teachers can sometimes get a $ 10,000 raise by switching to a neighboring district, promises to educate the community on the need to pass a tax increase in 2018.

A story in the Oct. 25, 1995, issue of Education Week about school board elections in Wilkinsburg, Pa., misstated the size of a tax increase that a board member said would be needed to offset a pay raise sought by the district's teachers.

Some of the paper covers territory long ago identified by Canadian retirement guru Malcolm Hamilton, who repeatedly argued that many retirees would need to replace closer to 50 % of their working income than the 70 or 80 % the financial industry portrays — just because many costs disappear later in life: mortgage payments, raising and educating children, commuting and clothing costs, and even retirement saving itself and the high taxes that accompany high earning.

Well, the political gridlock in Washington has led to a game of brinkmanship around the debt ceiling (which needs to be acted on in the next two weeks), a failure to pass a solid budget, and no consensus whatsoever about how to start reducing the deficit by either cutting spending or raising taxes.

Tax - free bonds are offered by public entities (states, counties, cities, school districts, airports, etc.) that need to raise money for special projects.

HB 2523, sponsored by Rep. Drew John, would raise much - needed funding for spay neuter services through voluntary tax check offs.

Funds raised by the tax increase would also include school and county needs.

The need for tax shifting — lowering income taxes while raising levies on environmentally destructive activities — has been widely endorsed by economists.

We expect, given the finding that Retail taxes produce less of a drag on the economy than Income taxes that if a government decides it must raise new taxes (perish the thought), then it ought by the Precautionary Principle do so by reducing the Income Tax rate so low as possible and raising the Retail Tax rate to meet the needs of the state — for instance to pay off debt accumulated by fighting foreign wars.

To create an honest market, we need to restructure the tax system by reducing taxes on work and raising those on carbon emissions and other environmentally destructive activities, thus incorporating indirect costs into the market price.

The offending article, No Need to Panic About Global Warming, which appeared last week, argued that climate change was a cunning ploy deployed by governments to raise taxes and by non-profit organisations to solicit donations to save the planet.

His proposed broad - based energy tax would apply to the energy content of nearly all fuels, as measured by the British thermal unit, or B.T.U. — the quantity of heat needed to raise the temperature of a pound of water by 1 degree Fahrenheit.

Right now raising taxes is not good for our economy either so tech needs more private investments, however, there are efforts being made by both corporations and government in investing in such green tech.

Governments create the need for high - quality advice as they find new ways to replenish their sources of revenue by raising taxes and increasing regulation, while new businesses as well as established companies look to minimize their obligations.

Globally, the dominant economic intervention affecting food pricing is national taxation on food to raise general revenue.17, 18 In Australia, the basic foods required to maintain health were mostly exempted from the Goods and Services Tax (GST), and the price of these foods was expected to fall after the introduction of the new tax system in 2000.19 However, in Queensland from 2000 to 2001, the price of a basket of healthy foods increased by 12 %, more than twice that of less healthy options.20 This highlights the unpredictability of complex economic systems and the need for rigorous testing of economic solutions to increase access to healthy food.18 Such testing is imperative within remote communities, but baseline data are not readily available as Australia lacks a comprehensive food and nutrition monitoring and surveillance systTax (GST), and the price of these foods was expected to fall after the introduction of the new tax system in 2000.19 However, in Queensland from 2000 to 2001, the price of a basket of healthy foods increased by 12 %, more than twice that of less healthy options.20 This highlights the unpredictability of complex economic systems and the need for rigorous testing of economic solutions to increase access to healthy food.18 Such testing is imperative within remote communities, but baseline data are not readily available as Australia lacks a comprehensive food and nutrition monitoring and surveillance systtax system in 2000.19 However, in Queensland from 2000 to 2001, the price of a basket of healthy foods increased by 12 %, more than twice that of less healthy options.20 This highlights the unpredictability of complex economic systems and the need for rigorous testing of economic solutions to increase access to healthy food.18 Such testing is imperative within remote communities, but baseline data are not readily available as Australia lacks a comprehensive food and nutrition monitoring and surveillance system.