Sentences with phrase «of wealthy interests»

Glittering Steel, the Mercer film production company, then brought the book's findings to the screen, portraying Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to a mass audience as a captive of wealthy interests.

Only a minority of wealthy interests and corporations stand in our way.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo wouldn't say much today on the topic of the seemingly hibernating Committee to Save New York, the consortium of wealthy interests that backed his legislative agenda over his first two years in office.

Not exact matches

And interest isn't just coming from wealthy energy entrepreneurs anymore; in the last two months, a «significant» number of Wall Street investors have begun inquiring about the boutique venture.

Bailey told CNBC that increasing numbers of wealthy individuals — defined in Knight Frank's report as those with at least $ 30 million in investable assets — had shown interest in the space industry over the last 12 months.

«Meanwhile, the masses are convinced that master's degrees and doctorates are the way to wealth, mostly because they are trapped in the linear line of thought that holds them back from higher levels of consciousness... The wealthy aren't interested in the means, only the end.»

Interested as he is in the challenge of sending wealthy joyriders beyond the atmosphere, Bezos seems happy to resort to the tried - and - true, low - tech «Wait till the next rest stop!»

A majority of respondents (72 percent) think thieves are only interested in «wealthy people's identities,» according to the report.

Because most wealthy Chinese seem to think about RMB in terms of USD or Hong Kong dollars, it is the fear that any depreciation of the RMB against those two currencies (the Hong Kong dollar is pegged to the USD through a modified currency board) greater than the couple of percentage points interest rate differential would yield less than equivalent USD or Hong Kong dollar bonds.

What I found most interesting was his conclusion, based on the research of University of Chicago economist James Heckman, that it is more essential to invest in early childhood education where children will develop the social skills that are truly what are necessary to live a successful and wealthy life.

«We are seeing that our focus on the middle class, by putting more money in the pockets of hard working families, and giving less advantages to the wealthiest, is growing the economy,» Trudeau said, as he also attempted to distract the media horde from his finance minister's loose interpretation of what constitutes a conflict of interest.

The idea of order was made more difficult by wealthy families asserting their economic interests at the expense of society at large.

Perhaps lots of rich men die old, but I've never noticed since I'm not particularly interested in wealthy people.

We have been cross referencing the above indicators and now can add in a fiscally imposed indicator as well in the form of beneficial changes to the tax code, for the wealthy, the investor class and corporate interests, at least.

Mike @ Wealthy Turtle writes The Dark Side of Compound Interest — Compound interest is a powerful ally in your quest to buildInterest — Compound interest is a powerful ally in your quest to buildinterest is a powerful ally in your quest to build wealth.

But carried interest is left as is, one of several sops to the wealthy.

«Up until recently, the majority of fundraising opportunities in North America were limited to the wealthiest 3 percent of the population — this includes both startup owners looking to grow their business as well as investors interested in pursuing progressive new financial opportunities.»

Since its creation in 2001, the Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton Foundation has raised close to $ 2 billion from a vast global network that includes corporate titans, political donors, foreign governments and other wealthy interests, according to a Washington Post review of public records and newly released contribution data.

If she is in favor of the current GOP mantra of starve the aged, the very young, the disabled and the personnel in the military so we can give more tax dollars to Chevron and the wealthy I am not even slightly interested.

The other is the growing tendency of policy and policy makers to cater to the interests of the wealthy.

The reason ministers won't speak up is that they are employed as part of the conservative movement, which was created by the wealthy to advocate for their interests.

Historically the Churches have generally been rather on the side of the wealthy and powerful due to the common interests of the Churches and of the affluent in society.

The nearest I ever came to engaging in a deliberate act of civil disobedience was about a decade ago when I read The Great Treasury Raid by Philip M. Stern.1 This book tells how the tax laws of this country have been manipulated by wealthy people and huge corporations for their own interests and to the disadvantage of the large majority of less privileged citizens.

I would be interested to see evidence supporting your belief that the wealthy came up with the entire concept of religion.

The R's govern only for the wealthy, the well - to - do and the interests of business.

Coontz misstates the historical record to give the impression that marriage has typically not been a province of law and only became such in an effort to preserve the narrow interests of certain powerful sects of society: wealthy parents in requiring parental consent, Catholic authoritarians in proscribing divorce, and Southern racists in preventing miscegenation.

Of interest to Australian businesses, says Buckingham, is the demand for services as China urbanises and becomes wealthier.

This is likely to produce a new wave of wealthier consumers with an interest in healthier and more nutritious food and drink products.

However, interest outside of two wealthy investors for the fund's beef production farms on King Island, including the properties Boongara, Dinibili, Longford and Reekara Park, has gone cold.

we're one of the top 10 richest clubs in the world... stop being conned by those in charge... why would an incredibly wealthy man who doesn't care about soccer buy the controlling interest in this club then???

Also do not forget the underrlying world wide status of our club which may take a short term hit, but will soon recover and thrive when a healthy, wealthy and interested owner is in charge.

He is a very wealthy young man, with one of baseball's biggest salaries and two profitable outside business interests.

Instead of recruiting a plethora of young talents who will never get their chance at the highest level, and in the interests of both the game and the players themselves, the wealthiest teams would do better to cooperate in a healthy and united manner with those of lesser means.

She's interested in an «ethic of responsible parenthood,» which sounds good on surface but borders on elitism once you start exploring what that may mean: George Lucas adopted two children as a single man and I will bet that Sawhill would not insist that he have a partner first and wait until they are «ready to be parents» — he was wealthy enough to hire surrogate moms until he married again and, last year, became a biological dad at age 69.

He demonstrates, as is generally found, that with voluntary voting only, wealthy people are more likely to vote than poorer people, which could distort the representation of interests by electoral institutions.

The amendment to the civil liberties policy motion read: «The protection of freedom of expression, by reforming the libel laws in England and Wales to ensure a better balance is provided between free speech, responsible journalism, scientific discourse and the public interest on one hand and powerful corporations, wealthy individuals and vested interests on the other.»

For instance, how many California ballot initiatives have been «bought» by some concentrated wealthy interest that spent tons of money to swing a low - turnout election?

Compare this model with that of the current government, whereby we have an unelected body of wealthy individuals, laden with conflicts of interest running the country and forcing through policies made up in a closed room that not one member of the electorate has had an opportunity to vote on.

And, in any case, there's something to be said, I think, for giving common people their own institutional branch through which they might assert their interests against other institutions more readily at the disposal of wealthy elites.

The child of wealthy parents, his father was a leading Liberal politician, Runciman was able to indulge in his interests and academic pursuits.

What's more, the more redistributive your policies, the more harshly you're likely to be attacked by sections of the media representing the interests of wealthy elites.

Founded to represent the material interests of the majority at a time when politics was entirely dominated by a wealthy minority, it's still the party best placed to deliver the future most voters desire.

At 10:15 a.m., leaders from New York's organized labor movement will hold a news conference as the U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments in Janus v. AFSCME, the latest in a series of attacks by the wealthy and corporate interests against ordinary working people, outside the Senate lounge, 3rd Floor, state Capitol, Albany.

As a result, wealthy donors and the political action committees of unions and corporate interests often give to political party committees that are backing candidates they favor — in addition to, or rather than, the candidates themselves.

Elected officials who profess to be on the vanguard of progressive thought fell behind Alcantara, knowing full well she was joining a conference that has no qualms with supporting a Republican Party that safeguards the interests of Wall Street, wealthy suburbanites, and the real estate industry over the poor and working class of the five boroughs.

Engaging more small donors and making legislators more dependent on their constituents, rather than a few wealthy special interests, offers an added layer of defense against corruption.

Nixon is also critical of the widening gap between the rich and poor in the state, accusing the governor of being beholden to «corporate interests and wealthy donors.»

NLC is shameful organization that parades itself as serving the interest of the masses when in fact they are simply a tool of the wealthy.

It was a choice to sell our government off to corporate interests and wealthy donors, while the rest of us suffer.

Our analysis underscores how unlimited campaign contributions - as limited liability companies effectively have no limits - warp our elections and result in important policy decisions being driven by the demands of wealthy special interests.