Sentences with phrase «of profiteering»

Observers have blamed BCH for deleting much of what made bitcoin so attractive and many feel the current vision of bitcoin cash is that of profiteering me - too rather than being a serious currency project.

This feeds right into the agenda of profiteering multinationals like Esso.»

Over the past few years, the Big Six have been repeatedly accused of profiteering and price fixing, and the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) spent two years investigating the sector between 2014 and 2016.

Robert Rauschenberg, whose early combine, Thaw, sold for almost 100 times what the Sculls had paid for it, accused the taxi magnate of profiteering.

The reason for this non-traditional gap between rates is not one hundred percent attempt of profiteering by the lenders.

As for why the corruption, all the obvious reasons: a) the country's made up of a zillion different historically hostile tribes arbitrarily thrown together as a country by the Brits; b) life is short, there are few official safety nets (e.g., unemployment insurance, pensions), so there are few moral qualms about taking care of your own, no matter what; c) there's not yet any sort of history of democracy, of regulation of profiteering — this is a very young, very capitalist country; d) the outside world and all its wealth provides tremendous incentives for corruption — the amount and indiscriminate nature of foreign aid, the fact that the amount of money that would eventually be paid for, say, a rhino horn dagger will trickle down to paying the poacher enough money to cover his kids» school fees for years; e) the fact that the west encourages the illicitly wealthy in the developing world to hide their loot in western institutions (e.g., Swiss banks).

Using this structure for the Co-op ensures 1) the Co-op will be a nonprofit and concerns of profiteering or corporatization will not be an issue, and 2) the Co-op will be wholly owned and governed by its members, which will be towns, school districts, and the State.

They were excited by policies that would spur «infusions of capital and entrepreneurialism,» but «we didn't take seriously enough the risk of profiteering.»

doing for the Cold War what Three Kings did for the first Gulf war - i.e. following the adventures of a small group of profiteering soldiers in order to satirise the self - interested smash - and - grab attitudes of US foreign policy.

As a side means of profiteering, he breaks into the houses of Jewish residents, extorting them of belongings and money through the threat of exposing them to the Nazis.

Since 2003 they have been accused of profiteering off opioid addiction, violating anti-trust laws, and selling products that contain toxic chemicals.

Under Obasanjo, Nigeria's public holdings, from factories to government housing stock was liquidated; privatized and sold in what should pass for the most brazen form of profiteering and looting of any nation in history.

It is the legitimizing of profiteering by an oligarchy.

Last year he was also accused of profiteering from a relationship with the wealthy Gupta family — allegations that both parties have denied.

As the shortages increased, others hiked their prices above the official government rate — leading to accusations of profiteering.

The result: fare increases from Uber and Lyft, though they reversed course after being accused of profiteering off a terror attack.

De Blasio just can't get enough of nonprofits: He's setting up a new one, the NYC School Support Services Corp., in what looks like another union payoff in the name of ending the long - running scandal of profiteering custodians.

The government accuses food bank operators of profiteering and «publicity - seeking», after new figures reveal a surge in the number of people resorting to their use.

Compare this to the Tory agenda of profiteering and wealth protection for those at the top; creating an army of unemployed people to force down pay whilst demonising the vulnerable, setting people against one another and underpinning the whole twisted ideology with a culture of fear, hatred and selfishness.

This would mean the same sh!t different day with a clone like replacement manager but it's a start at least Get rid of these profiteering scum Get rid of kroenke and his lapdog Gazidis

That view of Bechtel was given new currency this year by the publication in March of The Profiteers, a Bechtel exposé by veteran investigative reporter Sally Denton.

Beware the prophecies of the profiteers!

The temporary WOPPOW flagship store presents fashion in the age of predatory capitalism, global aggression and the indifference of the profiteers.

Not exact matches

«India, it has been an important market for us, but again there is this opportunity cost of the deals that we are not able to do that don't get discussed,» Trump Jr. said, shrugging off criticism about profiteering from the president.

It may be as likely that these two parties will settle their profiteering differences out of the public eye.

It is even more beyond comprehension to me when I realize that the vast majority of that dirty money will in no way benefit British Columbia — it will go mostly to wealthy and powerful financial investors and to American oil profiteers.

«For anyone driven crazy by the faux warm and fuzzy PR of the so - called sharing economy Steven Hill's Raw Deal: How the «Uber Economy» and Runaway Capitalism Are Screwing American Workers should be required reading... Hill is an extremely well - informed skeptic who presents a satisfyingly blistering critique of high tech's disingenuous equating of sharing with profiteering... Hill includes two chapters listing potential solutions for the crises facing U.S. workers... Hill stresses the need for movement organizing to create a safety net strong enough to save the millions of workers currently being shafted in venture capital's brave new world.»

In 1980, the Financial Deep State realized that there existed an extraordinary opportunity for serial plunder and profiteering: the manipulation of the gold and silver markets.

Uber has been accused of sexual harassment, stealing trade secrets and profiteering off protests.

And as for the stock market, the effect would be to create a boom, from which speculators no doubt would profiteer by riding the wave of social security and pension inflows into the market.

But pump and dumps are only one form of manipulation, and are arguably one of the more benign attempts at profiteering.

In meetings, the executives began warning Mylan's top leaders that the price increases seemed like unethical profiteering at the expense of sick children and adults, according to people who participated in the conversations.

The rigging of gold persists without regulatory or legal interference because it is based on a straightforward deal between the profiteering Deep State financial elite, and the western governments they control: the criminals are allowed to manipulate the gold market however brazenly they wish and keep whatever sums they steal, as long as they keep the gold price under control.

It's time to end the role of CCA, GEO, and other prison profiteers in our inhumane immigration system.

The Parable of the Talents in Matthew 25:14 - 27 (a similar narrative found in Luke 19:11 - 24) is an oft - cited parable, and sometimes abused to validate profiteering.

I guess you prefer politicians that lie their way into a second war while we're still fighting the first without bothering to figure out how to pay for it, give no - bid million dollar government contracts to their profiteering cronies, then fail to oversee those contracts, leading to BILLIONS of tax dollars wasted.

Is there anyone who remembers, among church - going profiteers and racketeers, insatiable sexists, alcoholics, torturers, and myriad murderers of human rights - any of the exploiting respectables who remembers the story of Cain and Abel and the piteous words: The voice of thy brothers blood crieth unto me from the ground.

This activity has been spurred by the prevailing market ideology, by the concomitant deregulation of the financial markets and the growth of the financial services industry and by the combination of a, fairly sluggish economy with a hot stock market that encourages paper profiteering rather than investment in plant and product.

It's a further mockery to imagine that humans need to / should reproduce... As if... The (impending) thermonuclear war that prolifer's drool over, in greedy anticipation of the next corporate - profiteering - adventure, (in Iran), has already occurred / mushroomed from a mere corporate profiteering crime to the Unthinkable!!

I guarantee all of you that the majority of those who call themselves Christians (sincere or not) are under the tutelage of false teachers and profiteers.

It is a mockery of the multi-verse to imagine that Earth, (aka, the befouled, way - over-crowded, war - profiteering & starvation - choked, singular - human - terrarium), is a mere 6 - 10,000 years old!

Vanderbilt had been stung, in his elder years, by public resentment of him as a crude and crooked profiteer, and he was anxious to offset this repugnant image with some philanthropy.

It may well be attested as truth that the then hierarchies of secularims» patronizings amid the 17th and even into the 18th centuries, were aligned themselves with profiteering principles, but many of those early colonizers were matter O» factly of religious persuasions.

The people of the United States became mere spectators as an array of ideological extremists, vested interests, and foreign operatives — including domestic neoconservatives, Ahmed Chalabi and his Iraqi exiles, the Israeli Lobby, the petroleum and automobile industries, warmongers and profiteers allied with the military - industrial complex, and the entrenched interests of the professional military establishment — essentially hijacked the government.

While I commend Beck for advocating charity (even if he does it mostly to make political points), if people like Beck and Santorum are such devout, outspoken Christians, why were they not vocal in support of the long - standing Vatican and Christian position that the War in Iraq violated Christian Just War Criteria from the beginning, and vociferously denounce the draft - dodging, war profiteers and religious hypocrites who started it?

And because they are entertainers, comedians, and profiteers that pander to the most mindless generation of youth in our country's history, their hate and disdain willl always be played off as humor and subtle disregard.

His faith gave him the guidance to execute the innocent, deprive children of health insurance, pal around with intolerant evangelicals, spend time at his N ***** HEAD retreat, profiteering, secede from the Union, so on and so forth.

They are greedy profiteers with connections that help them shut down entire communities of local businesses, bring down wages, and make life overall worst for everyone save their owners.

Oh wait, you're right, I almost forgot how happy Jesus was with the profiteering money changes in the temple that took advantage of the poorer members of the populace?

He should remain in charge of the whole rotten edifice - the whole profiteering, woman - fearing, guilt - gorging, truth - hating, child - raping institution - while it tumbles, amid a stench of incense and a rain of tourist - kitsch sacred hearts and preposterously crowned virgins, about his ears.