Sentences with phrase «of as a safety net»

Think of it as a safety net you can count on.

Think of it as a safety net mixed with some green marketing that can increase your house's value by up to 5 percent.

Not exact matches

Because of this shift, older adults have started to see technology as more than just a safety net.

While a financial safety net is certainly handy, Said says having support from a network of credible entrepreneurs and business leaders is just as important.

Of course, when the federal government and states make changes to hunger programs, it has a direct and hard - hitting impact on the groups that act as a safety net.

When development fees replace property taxes as a funding source, the burden of supporting the safety net gets passed from current residents to future ones.

And if you do get a windfall, such as a bonus or a tax refund, save at least some of that money to help create a safety net.

While it's always recommended that families meet with a financial advisor to decide what level of life insurance protection would benefit them the most, a supplemental policy could act as a financial safety net, providing much needed normalcy during a very difficult time.

I mean, literally not only have they, as a population, been cut to no social safety net, no social security, yet the Syriza government keeps getting supported, elected in referendums, and they seem to be able to maintain power in spite of these austerity measures.

Even so, I believe that it's essential to carry a significant safety net at present, and I'm also partial to tail - risk hedges that kick - in automatically as the market declines, rather than requiring the execution of sell orders.

Role of government in these affairs is to fight corruption, preserve the environment, and provide a modest safety net so people don't die as a result of financial matters.

Each paper dives into one aspect of middle class prosperity — such as inequality, education, retirement, achievement, or the safety net.

«If you need the safety net of having access to a large amount of money because something might happen, such as losing a job, a HELOC is a great option,» Michael said.

Other more technical factors such as the Net - Net Theory and the Margin of Safety Theory also play a part in the value investors method.

«While it's important to keep note of what's going on, keep in mind that bonds act as your safety net,» Kim says.

A greater amount of favorable stories also function as a reputation management safety net so when potential clients search online, they only see good things.

The question, then as now, is whether freedom and republican virtue can be squared with the existence of safety net programs and some version of the modern regulatory state.

How about this for justice — God decides to punish all of those who believed in him as a «safety net» and never really looked for the truth.

Safety - net programs that help low and moderate - income working families, as well as those among us who are elderly, poor, disabled and neglected, account for only 13 % of the total 2011 federal budget.

They want government to provide a modest safety net that does not discourage work and to regulate business in an evenhanded way for the sake of safety and the environment and to prevent discrimination based on race or gender as well as monopoly control.

Americans are as sympathetic to the idea of a high and permeable ceiling as they are to a wide and reliable safety net.

I used to pray «Thy will be done» as a cop - out, a safety net to avoid the risky prayers, the ones that meant I was openly begging heaven for a miracle, the prayers that involved my heart on the line along with yours, putting some of my own skin in the game.

Such a society needs churches for providing «a very worthwhile safety net» for have - nots and for «promoting fundamental American values of hard work, family, freedom, and faith» for all citizens, as President Reagan put it this spring in thanking the National Association of Evangelicals for its ministry.

In «Apostolate of Death» (April), Aaron Kheriaty cites the 94 percent of reported assisted suicides not afforded psychiatric consultation as one example of the gaping holes in the Death with Dignity Act's vaunted «safety net.»

A dairy safety net alternative formulated by two dairy economists with Ohio State University's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences is being discussed by lawmakers as a potential compromise to end a roadblock to a new farm bill.

Sanchez's training camp tells the story of his value at this stage in his career: The eighth - year pro wasn't good enough to beat out rookie Trevor Siemian for the Broncos» starting job, but he was signed as a safety net for Prescott almost immediately by Dallas once Denver cut him loose.

As your child grows, you may find you need to bring out the safety net to protect your one year old who believes he is in total control of the world around him.

That, unfortunately, is one example of a rising problem: Steep food costs have tattered the U.S. food - security safety net, even as demand for...

Obesity aside, this more recent study is a good reminder, even as we complain about the quality of school food across the board, that the NSLP is a critically important safety net for the 31 million American children who eat a free or reduced price lunch every single school day.

Which politicians wouldn't be interested in something UNICEF describe as «a natural safety net against the worst effects of poverty» or a factor shown to have a significant impact on the national economy?

And instead of reducing or dropping programs like the NSLP, she thinks such programs should be expanded to provide what she describes as a «food safety net» particularly for children living in low - income households.

Not to come across as overprotected but you had full control of your children for the most part until the WWW decided to bring strangers into the safety net of your home.

In addition, round cribs are considered most user - friendly these days as they facilitate easy patching and dispatching of safety nets and crib nets.

I'm glad things went well for you, but you would have had the same outcome in a hospital as well, just with the safety net of trained staff and equipment in the event of an emergency.

This, he said, was to «pare back the welfare state to the barest safety net full of holes in order to further undermine it as part of the drive for a small state».

Speaking today at the Policy Exchange, shadow work and pensions secretary Chris Grayling said the welfare state must act as a safety net and not a way of life.

The drugs are still there, and people are still using them just as much if not more than before, but the safety net that offered some hope of harm reduction has been torched in the name of prohibition.

While I agree, I'm not sure that explains why they side with one party and not the other (since the GOP seems very much for interference of the individual by government, as well seems OK with various corporate - level safety nets)

«Beyond infrastructure», Krauthammer dictates, «the conservative sees the proper role of government as providing not European - style universal entitlements but a firm safety net... those too young or too old, too mentally or physically impaired, to provide for themselves.»

According to the legislation, safety - net hospitals would be defined as those where at least half of patients are on Medicaid or uninsured, 40 percent of inpatient discharges are covered by Medicaid and no more than 25 percent of patients are commercially insured.

As the public continues to bear the brunt of pain after budget cuts to services, schools, and safety net programs, community leaders came together to demand that our elected leaders in the State Senate and Assembly ensure the priorities of Central New York are met by passing Fair Elections.

While Callum Kerr is widely admired for his stint as MP for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (BRS) but he has the smallest majority in Scotland and the Conservatives are so confident that their candidate John Lamont gave up the safety net of a Scottish parliament seat to take on the general election campaign.

The Bank of England estimates that UK banks have received the equivalent of # 1 trillion in support, with taxpayers acting as a «safety net».

As one of the largest Jewish social safety net programs in the U.S., Met Council is acutely aware that charity alone can not remedy these cuts.

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY (02/15/2013)(readMedia)-- Community Voices Heard and a number of allied organizations will host a public meeting in Poughkeepsie with federal and state elected officials to discuss issues important to low - income residents of the Hudson Valley, including affordable housing, youth issues, raising the minimum wage, immigration reform, safety net programs, job creation, instituting a Fair Elections system in the state, as well as the federal and state budget.

Second, the purpose of the welfare state is to act as a safety net for those in need.

Instead of being a safety net for the most vulnerable, it claims the council sees it as a reason to strip away essential support.

Yet, for the society's most vulnerable, Osun has pioneered this schools feeding programme, as part of its larger social safety - net agenda.

Like former Senator Adetunmbi, the other lead speakers, Prof. Mobolaji Aluko, famed public intellectual and founding vice-chancellor of the Federal University Otuoke, Bayelsa State (the South West critique) and Dr. Charles Akinola (who as director - general, Osun Office of Economic Development and Partnerships, is the policy wonk strutting the Osun safety - net programmes), discharged themselves creditably.

Republicans are preparing to use the swelling deficits made worse by the tax cut package as a rationale to pursue their long - held vision: undoing the entitlements of the New Deal and Great Society, leaving government leaner and the safety net skimpier for millions of Americans.