Sentences with phrase «not policy principles»

His «nice» list reads much like a bunch of member - item grants — cash doled out for reasons of political connections, not policy principles.

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Even worse is that the Harper government — self - proclaimed protectors of the economy — don't appear to have any clear principles guiding these policies.

I don't think now that they have a majority they're going to all of a sudden rock the boat with Conservative principles, which could mean any number of things in terms of cost - cutting and other policies.

This review included a discussion with management and the independent auditor of the quality (not merely the acceptability) of the Company's accounting principles, the reasonableness of significant estimates and judgments, and the disclosures in the Company's consolidated financial statements, including the disclosures related to critical accounting policies.

Such a return may occur if the rule is not compatible with the law, if the quality of the agency's analysis is inadequate, if the regulation is not justified by the analysis, if the rule is not consistent with the regulatory principles stated in Executive Order 12866 or with the president's policies and priorities, or if the rule unnecessarily conflicts with other executive branch agency regulations or efforts.

«You don't ever really see him, when there's a financial interest or there's a big lobbying effort, where he abandons his principles,» said Edward Mills, a financial policy research analyst with FBR Capital Markets & Co..

The principles and practices captured in our corporate documents and policies, as well as the culture of integrity that can not be fully captured in them, are central to our ongoing ability to provide energy, high - quality jobs, shareholder returns and tax revenues that fund public policy.

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The last few weeks of September will see a double - barreled shot, of sorts, as two stalwarts in loose monetary policy may signal that they are on the cusp of stepping away from that guiding principle — or not.

Federalism is based on shared principles including respect for the constitution and the division of powers, while being aware that Quebec has not agreed to the Constitution Act, 1982, and accepting that there are differences among the provinces and territories and that governments may have different policy priorities and preferences.

Einar, I didn't realize that the WR pulled their policies off their website, but that fits with the point you're making about «principles» (such as transparency) meaning something different to the Wildrose than the rest of us.

In principle, explaining the logic behind new economic policies is supposed to be the job of politicians and the media, but available evidence would suggest that they are not very good at it.

The principles are tiresomely belabored, but the specific policy recommendations don't follow straightforwardly from the principles.

While it may not be possible to re-establish the majority of our people on the land, it should be social policy to re-establish the largest number possible, on the principle that the land is the most precious heritage of a free people and should be shared, worked and enjoyed as widely as possible.

Capitalistic selfishness of individuals and companies, raised to the level of a supreme principle of public policy, does not promote the true liberation of humans from selfishness, hatred and delusion, but rather worsens the human condition almost everywhere.

I'm certainly open to changing my mind on the basis of practical revenue - flow projections, but not, I think, on a set of tax - policy principles that I suspect too few are really serious about.

This is not to say that we can not come to impassioned, principled positions about how to vote, particularly when dealing with issues as important as sexual assault, bigotry, racism, responsible foreign policy, religious liberty, and the dignity of human life at every stage in its development.

Capitalistic selfishness of individuals and companies, raised to the level of a supreme principle of public policy, does not promote true liberation of humans from selfishness, hatred and delusion, but rather worsens the human condition almost everywhere.

To say this is not to endorse the policies and attitudes of religious institutions or their spokesmen, whether past or present, but to maintain the principle that religious values are either humanity's supreme values or they are not religious values at all.

A foreign policy which takes this into account must involve, he argues, «adopting an overarching principle: religion is normative, not epiphenomenal, in human affairs.

From Somalia to Haiti to Rwanda to Bosnia to Kosovo, this Administration has not communicated any believable policy or principle for the use of U.S. power.

In the prophetic application of New Thought principles, a just and compassionate world becomes possible not by simply shifting who holds power in society, but in shifting the paradigmatic framework that guides beliefs, policy, and action.

Furthermore, it must be firmly maintained as a principle both of justice and of religious freedom that opposition to governmental policies, based on sincerely held moral opinions, need not make a man a security risk.17

Prudence is not a matter of splitting the difference between opposed positions; it is the moral and political art of incorporating principles in public policy.

No, the next three principles of the chaos theory show that despite God's policy of non-interference, God is constantly interfering in ways we (usually) can not see.

While Scripture does not offer apodictic guidance on the use of wildlife, it does provide some helpful principles to consider when evaluating wildlife management policy.

Mr. Smith, the Scouts spokesman, said that under the proposed policy, «the B.S.A. would not require any chartered organization to act in ways inconsistent with that organization's mission, principles, or religious beliefs.»

They accepted that their pricing policies were aggressive towards each other, but not predatory in principle.

In addition, the Baby - Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) was launched by WHO and UNICEF in 1991, when international policy agreements were translated into ten recommendations for health care, including the directive that babies should not be given infant formula as a default principle.

The Guiding Principles for Complementary feeding of the Breastfed Child (2003) developed by the Pan American Health Organization, summarize the current scientific evidence for complementary feeding and are intended to guide policy and programmatic action at global, national and community levels, while the Guiding Principles for feeding the non-breastfed child 6 - 24 months of age (2005) provide guidance for feeding children who are not receiving breast - milk.

«While my policy as leader is not to sign the many pledges that are presented to me, I want you to know my position on the three issues that you have raised with the members of the State Legislature: I support the concepts of applying generally accepted accounting principles to our state budget, requiring disclosure of lawmakers» non-government income and appointing an independent commission to redraw legislative district lines,» Sampson said in a statement released by NY Uprising.

And, last but not least, to the supporters of Scottish independence, «one nation» means, in principle, a Scottish autonomous nation, within the EU but implementing anti-austerity policies.

While Cuomo has hewed to progressive principles on social policy by backing gay marriage and gun control, he hasn't on some other issues.

Webb's commitment to improving private sector pension schemes has not been without criticism within the pensions industry and it is a testament to his principled resolve that so much of this policy has been achieved in so little time.

To be clear - we don't know what policy will follow from these legal clarifications and vague statements of principle.

«The government goes into European negotiations with no policy on European defence; it is not mentioned in the coalition agreement; no policy on European energy - also not mentioned; and on justice and home affairs, all they can say is that they will review cases one by one; no principles, no plans,» he said.

For one, the Rosia Montana initiative breaches the Lisbon precautionary principle, which states that policy can not harm the public or environment.

A policy which disproportionately affects ethnic minorities, LGBT people, women, the disabled and those living in less affluent areas is not only an affront to basic principles of fairness and social justice but also exacerbates the inequality crisis which continues to worsen across the UK.

Over the past week I've heard the following arguments - they want to lift the poor out of tax, actually the main beneficiaries of this policy won't be the poor because they don't pay tax, but will instead be the middle class, anyway, on a point of principle we need to simplify the tax system, and we need to cut public services by # 80 billion per year, or maybe we don't.

The question was whether it is the only legitimate alliance or outcome The central argument is that «coming first» does not rule out forming another alliance based on political principle and policy alignment.

«We won not because we did what we thought was wrong as a matter of principle but right as a matter of politics; but when we realised that what is right as a matter of policy is right as a matter of principle.

Gary Titley stressed with some success that involvement in Europe does not mean federalism, but would involve an extension of Britsh domestic policy around principles most in this country would endorse.

«This is policy by focus group, not principle.

The fact that these attacks have focused entirely on the costings of our policies and not on the principle of why we wish to introduce them makes it clear that our opponents are involved in a self - interested rubbishing campaign.

This Afghan policy was very much influenced by «Pashtunistanism,» driven by idealistic and principled causes (i.e. supporting Pashtuns and Balochs» right to self - determination, not recognizing the Durand line, and most of all continuing to claim as Afghan land territory lost in the 1893 Durand agreement, parts of today's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces in Pakistan).

Fourthly, Lib Dem and swing voters especially will not forgive Lib Dems for precipitating the demise of the Coalition government, probably two years before it is due to end, not on a point of principle, such as on tuition fees, tax policy, social policy like gay marriage, Trident, the European treaty veto or the health or welfare bills but on... an issue of narrow partisan electoral self interest, i.e. unhappiness at boundary changes (which they had already voted for in February 2011).

«The Welsh Liberal Democrat policy sets out a new liberal vision for higher education that builds on the core principles that access to higher education should be determined by academic ability and not social background.

The Conservative party is not homophobic because some extreme idiot in their group (who has signed up to a set of principles that define the group, not to Conservative party policy) happens to be homophobic.

So we will point out where there is a mismatch between professed principles and policies, or where the evidence does not back up what is claimed, but we will try not to assume our opponents are in bad faith where we do not have evidence to support that».

Actually, I was talking about the US; multiple articles are ignored for the purposes of torturing terrorism suspects (remember, this is about a countries principles, not how it acts domestically); Article 18 conflicts with the Pledge of Allegiance; other UN policies such as Agenda 21 are seen by some as a conspiracy to limit liberty.