Sentences with phrase «of austerity gets»

Right now, the party of austerity gets a lot more press than economic - justice organizers.

Not exact matches

History, and current pressures on the Pentagon to justify its budget in a time of austerity, suggest that the Pentagon is not really opposed to an attack on Iran, only very shrewdly letting someone else get the music started.

«The GUIDES indicators that focus on some overall macroeconomic indicators,» Chisa recommends, plus «a few other topics that get you a lot of bang for the buck: British Colonialism, nations versus states, Dutch Disease (resource curse), Sovereign Wealth Fund, import substitution, current account balance, fiscal deficit, IMF austerity measures, and the «trilemma» of free - capital flows, independent monetary policy, and fixed exchange rates.»

In a country that has imposed tough spending controls and austerity measures on all government departments, investing in the future means getting at the end of a very long line.

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.

He succumbed to IMF austerity in order to get loans to support the value of sterling.

So, by trying to rephrase the question in a way that will get a «Yes» vote, they avoid asking the really important question: Do you Greeks want to push yourselves into a decade of depression and impose austerity?

After more than two years of financial crisis, international bailouts, a huge debt writedown and Europe's harshest austerity program, Greek voters have been given a chance to hit back at the parties that got them into this mess.

The second problem is that in order to get some of its debt absolved, Puerto Rico agreed to impose the harsh austerity measures — reducing education and health spending, for instance — that hurt growth at the same time that thousands are fleeing to the mainland in search of economic opportunity.

«But step one is: get rid of the debt, and get rid of the austerity plan.»

«They have to get out of this perpetual state of austerity,» said Steve Charles Kyle, an economist at Cornell who grew up in Puerto Rico and has been monitoring the situation closely.

Part of that advice would have been — «look, Arsene, I love you, and I love your zeal and the vision that you follow — but I think for the next couple of years, you should forget austerity the dream and just tough it out, play hard and dirty, win a couple of Premier Leagues, just to spite that tart Maureen, and then get back to following your dream.

Amid the misery of austerity, promoting marriage never really got very far.

At the same time, though, diplomacy is getting weaker because of austerity, because of Iraq and Afghanistan, because of a sort of inward - ness in Europe — look at the Brexit debate — and there's a retreat generally from world leadership on lots of issues by the leading power.

In fact, I don't remember her once standing up against any of the austerity policies which made the lives of those struggling to get by, so much harder.

The big message from the end - of - summit press conferences was that Germany had got the austerity treaty it wanted.

The IMF's call for him to cease his austerity obsession, the disastrous GDP figures and now his own deputy prime minister's admission that it was wrong to shrink spending in the teeth of a global recession all tell the same story: you have got it seriously wrong.

In 2011, many European leaders fell, including a humiliated Brian Cowen of the Republic of Ireland's Fianna Fail, which in February got hammered for its handling of the economic crisis, and Portuguese prime minister José Socrates, who resigned in March after Portugal's parliament rejected austerity measures.

So why can't Alex Salmond get a poll lead in an age of austerity?

Just as the quality of the public services you rely on are getting worse because of a politically driven austerity drive...

As the Tories have little popularity (the second lowest popular share of the vote for any government) it has been necessary for this project that there is a pretence that this not a return to austerity, after the boost to consumption that helped the Tories get re-elected.

But when there are still millions of people in this country living in poverty, and when the age of austerity means we must focus on the real priorities can we honestly say it's right for people earning over # 50,000 a year to get state benefits in the form of tax credits?

In the age of austerity we've got to ask ourselves what we really value in the public sector: and I know what the answer is.

Britain needed a Budget for jobs and growth but we got cash for the rich and a dose of austerity for ordinary people who've worked and saved all their lives in the hope of enjoying a comfortable retirement.

In government he worked closely with George Osborne to ensure that, in this era of austerity, this long - term investment in our nation's future got extra funding rather than less.

Delivering George Osborne's austerity programme, seen chummily joshing with Oliver Letwin at a fringe event last night - admitting that the «only area we disagree on is Europe» - and generally being an all - round «proalition» representative, Danny Alexander seems to have got off lightly so far in terms of grassroots resentment.

In addition to the tax cap, what seems to upset the mayors is that they don't feel they're getting credit for any of the austerity and consolidation work they have already done.

After all the pain of austerity, we still don't get what it's for.

Not that they'll necessarily get it though; some hard line austerity hawks in cash strapped councils across the country are undoubtedly going to balk at the idea of being inundated with more calls for aid than they can possibly service after Westminster cut their budgets.

Initially Sturgeon got stuck into the Labour leader, accusing him of being so «thirled» (a good Scottish word) to austerity and «so scared to be bold» that the SNP would have to help him out.

Speaking of Sarah Teather's «very sad» decision to quit as an MP, Farron described being in government as «tough... it's a stressful thing to do, to be in government at a time when you've got to deal with austerity.

Where Ms. Teachout might get traction, in a perfect world, is with the kind of fiscal policy she has proposed, one that would alleviate the austerity that Mr. Cuomo's coddling of the summer - house - and - seaplane demographic has begotten.

no we didn't lose in 215 with milk centrist policies we spent the last 5 years denouncing new labour, saying we've got our party back Ed miliband when asked that he may feel the last labour government should have started cutting uicker he said no, we shouldn't of, it gave the perception that we were anti austerity

Some MPs are concerned that his radical stance of facing down corporations and taking on Tory cuts will have little resonance in areas where Labour is facing a tough electoral challenge from Ukip; but asked if the party should tailor its message for different audiences, Corbyn said: «No: you've got to give fundamentally the same message, of the injustice of economic austerity, and the way in which local government is being punished».

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The Labour Party, its members and affiliates are committed to making sure that we get through this recession fairly, that we secure the recovery and we as a party go on to present the choice at the next election between our plans for an age of aspiration or the Tories» plans for an age of austerity, a choice between securing growth or choking off the recovery.

An expenses - weary, austerity - struck public might not like the idea of any MPs getting any more pay in any circumstances but a premium for select committee work may be one of the best possible ways of encouraging MPs to see scrutiny of government rather than membership of government as a worthy parliamentary career path.

And she unveiled a # 140billion «ransom note» for Britain to drag Labour to the left, including an end to austerity, rising benefits payments and the abolition of Trident as the price Mr Miliband would have to pay for getting into Number 10.

Bounce - back situation # 1: Youve Been Fired The day you get the news, put yourself on an austerity budget, says money expert Jean Chatzky, author of Money 911.

In these times of austerity, to get the best value for money and the largest number of schools being redone, we are batching together schools in particular areas so we can get contractors who will agree to rebuild a whole series of schools.

Teachers» unions, getting ready for the fire and brimstone of their annual conferences, are likely to see it as an attempt to put gift - wrapping around another year of austerity.

Dr Mary Bousted, the joint general secretary of the National Education Union, said it would be «interesting» to see «how the governors of any school can justify an enormous pay rise for a head teacher when teachers have been getting austerity rises since 2010».

You can't get something for nothing and the frontline is where we see the price of education austerity — in workload, teaching quality and teacher retention.

Fortunately, Volkswagen of America has backed off some of visual austerity (or maybe we're just getting used to it) in this $ 23,985 Volkswagen Jetta SE (with connectivity and sunroof).

Cars aren't getting cheaper, smaller, or simpler, but it's nice to know there are still pockets of vehicular austerity left.

I write this not because I get any kick out of austerity, but because I think the present set of solutions will not only not work in the long - run, but make things worse.

Austerity advocates deserve much of the blame: They sound - bite the confidence fairy will grant a quick & relatively painless path to prosperity, and deservedly get shot down.

«CFA's analysis flags important differences in the multiple versions of austerity resolutions passed by the states, and calls into serious question how close the Koch machine is to getting a crack at rewriting the Constitution,» said Arn Pearson, CMD's General Counsel.

So let's not get swept away in this tide of austerity here — the EPA has a really important job; one that Americans want to continue to see done.

«But as things get worse for Ontario's workers we've seen new levels of cooperation between injured workers, advocates, legal experts, labour unions, doctors and more, all coming together to fight against Ontario's austerity programs