Sentences with phrase «of draconian cuts»

What you fail to account for is the cost of draconian cuts in CO2.

Perry's confirmation comes amid reports of draconian cuts to the department's budget, including rolling back funding for nuclear physics and advanced scientific computing research to 2008 levels, eliminate the Office of Electricity, eliminate the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and scrap the Office of Fossil Energy, which focuses on technologies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Not exact matches

3) The fiscal cliff would amount to a 4.5 % - of - GDP drag on growth in 2013 if all tax cuts and transfer payments were allowed to expire and draconian spending cuts were triggered.

DETROIT / SAO PAULO, April 25 General Motors Co is planning for long - term profitability in South America built on the back of draconian cost cutting during Brazil's recession and the same low - cost vehicles it is developing for Chinese consumers, which are due to hit dealerships in 2019.

It's clear what his priorities are, to punish those programs and people most deserving of funding in order to portray the «draconian» 1.2 % cut in the growth of spending as nigh unto apocalyptic.

My concern is that in this era of draconian state education budget cuts (here in Texas, we rank second to last in per - student spending), state agencies, under pressure from cash - strapped districts, might be far too liberal in allowing these exempt — but often quite lucrative — fundraisers.

Does this line of argument ultimately endorse the coalition government's draconian cuts to legal aid as a tool for securing higher success figures for the UKBA?

«They have had enough of being forced to do more for less, on top of a draconian diet of cuts and having their concerns ignored by their employers.»

The two - year budget deal reached in Washington on Friday ensures no draconian cuts in federal aid to the state and city, undercuts arguments to raise some local taxes and portends problems for Cuomo as he exaggerates the impact of Congress's tax bill on New Yorkers.

In 2010 he announced that the main priority of the coalition was to eliminate the public deficit by 2015 and that this would be achieved through a draconian programme of public spending cuts.

Unsurprisingly, support for the Tories has diminished as they have made it clear — with Cameron's warning of «an age of austerity» and George Osborne's draconian cuts proposals — that they will ruthlessly carry out capitalism's demands for the working class to pay for the economic crisis.

He was frustrated by the threats of teacher layoffs and the damage done to a well - rounded curriculum by Draconian budget cuts.

Directly after the Mayor unveiled his executive budget this past Thurs., May 3rd, which revealed major cuts for Out of School (OST) and after - school programs, the steps of City Hall were flooded with northern Manhattan after - school providers, staff, advocates and parents, and elected officials protesting what some have termed «draconian» and «unimaginable.»

Mayor Bloomberg ripped into Gov. Paterson and state lawmakers on Thursday, accusing them of handing down «draconian» budget cuts that starve the city financially.

Draconian cuts during the red - and - green budget fiasco left the Department of Public Works with far too few resources to adequately maintain the sprawling county road system.

Some people I talk with blame the Red and Green Budget mess of 2005 with its Draconian cuts to the county Department of Public Works.

Towns like West Seneca and Aurora would lose out on millions of funding that comes from their portion of the sales tax leading to possible draconian cuts or even worse, further tax increases at the town and village level.

There was confusion among Corbyn spokespeople, but, by the end of the campaign, Corbyn's policy of continuing most of the planned draconian cuts to welfare was confirmed as still in place.

«Angle's radical plans to eliminate the Department of Education would cost Nevada college students more than $ 500 million in financial aid like Pell grants, and hundreds of millions for our state's elementary and secondary schools — all at a time when our students can least afford such draconian cuts,» Reid campaign spokesman Kelly Steele said in a statement.

On Thursday, the city's Department of Aging announced a draconian plan to close 105 senior centers (40 % of the system) due to proposed budget cuts in Albany.

«It has no tax increases, no layoffs of teachers or uniformed workers, and no walking away from our long - term investments,» said the mayor, who credited prudent fiscal planning for avoiding more draconian cuts.

The Gov.'s budget is expected to be draconian, calling for the firing of 10k + state employees, cuts of billions in Medicaid and school aid; and a property tax cap without mandate relief in place.

«The proposed draconian cuts to NOAA's budget would be devastating to the economy, jobs, and to the safety and livelihoods of Americans in every state,» says Jane Lubchenco, former NOAA Administrator under President Obama.

The founder of a grassroots public school advocacy group based in northern Wisconsin says Rep. Mary Czaja backs «draconian» budget cuts to public education at the behest of Republican party leadership.

(One of the towns hardest hit by the governor's draconian cuts, Stratford stands to lose $ 2.89 million and was the last town to pass a budget.)

The states face a combined shortfall of $ 125 billion, and to help balance their budgets, some are making draconian cuts in public education and employees, including, of course, teachers.

Connecticut teachers are urging legislators to take up the critical issue of education funding when they convene for a special session later this month to focus on the draconian cuts devastating the state's public schools and shortchanging students» education.

Now, although the draconian laws passed in 2037 have cut CO2 emissions in half, the US is in a state of near collapse.

in the meantime, in the absence of reliable climate models or any certainty of «how much climate may change,» how many trillions should we spend and how far backward must modern industrial civilization be propelled by imposing draconian co2 emissions cuts?

They will ride when our energy systems break down, our means of distribution are cut and agricultural output is limited by draconian measures to cut emissions and use of resources.

«We have considered cases ranging from business as usual, which is scenario A, to draconian emission cuts, scenario C, which assumes zero effects from changing levels of CO2 after the year 2000 ″

Instead, climate reality and natural climatic forces intruded - real world temperatures since 1988 resemble the cyan temperature curve of «draconian» emission cuts that Hansen's testimony implied would necessarily make global warming safe by end of 2014.

A high degree of warming does not automatically mean we take draconian measures to cut back fossil fuel use.

Oops, typo: meant to write «Given that we have a political culture in which «reductions in the annual increases» to the provinces», i.e. a decrease in the rate of increase, are seen a draconian cuts»

Washington, DC — Last night, the Trump administration unveiled an overview of its Fiscal Year 2018 Budget, revealing sharp cuts and draconian changes to essential programs, such as Medicaid, SNAP, TANF and more, that women disproportionately rely on — and for the first time in history singling out an individual health care provider — Planned Parenthood — by prohibiting it from participating in any program funded through Congress's annual Labor - HHS bill.

These draconian cuts are just another example of Tea Party Republicans» attacks on women's health.

After the president had agreed to raise taxes, rather than make the draconian cuts needed to adhere to the law, it became clear he'd been saying, «Don't nuke Texas,» when most of us thought he'd said, «No new taxes.»