Sentences with phrase «often times the government»

But often times the government goes after the poor first since they can't fight back.

Not exact matches

Governments often cut spending and balance the books in time for an election.

Reporters who spend a long time on the beat often find themselves getting close to or friendly with senior government officials, and even the president himself — relationships that can make it hard to be tough in their reporting.

And if we wanted to spend some time on the suject, we could probably find numerous other examples of census data being historically (and, if you believe the New York Times - that agent of the Harper government - presently) misused by governments, often to the significant prejudice of minority members of those societies.

First - time homebuyer loans are offered by mortgage lenders — such as banks or credit unions — and are often backed by the government.

At a higher, almost philosophical level, the government wants to disrupt the long - standing mechanics that enable a small business to both get through challenging times without resorting to layoffs or bankruptcy, and then reap their rewards during those precious, and often short, «good years.»

But it was Stamos's stint at Yahoo, shortly following that sale, that offers the best window into his approach to security — especially at a time when Silicon Valley firms are often at odds with government forces.

This makes sense, since often times, high net worth individuals seek the safety and yield of munis, and the market infers a slight spread above Treasuries since a municipality is more likely to default on a loan than the US government, which can always just print more money under the US Fiat currency model.

Since then his independent reports, which have challenged industry and government hubris on a number of energy matters, are often quoted in publications as varied as Nature, The Economist, the Los Angeles Times, Bloomberg, USA Today and The Tyee.

But they always have to find a way to work WITH local governments, who are often highly sus - picious of them — sometimes with good reason, other times because they are power mad loons who don't WANT anyone helped if there's nothing in it for them.

Conflicts in the Muslim World today, while occupying significant news time, A) pale in comparison to what non-Muslims have done in this past century and B) are mostly the result of secular governments in the Muslim World vying for power and resources C) often backed by non-Muslim armaments and vested interests.

Thus we had, at the same time and often by the same people, a decrying of judicial usurpation and paeans of thanksgiving that the Supreme Court had spared us the awful prospect of self - government through the constitutional means of representative democracy.

But all too often we hear nice words from the government at the same time as their actions slash the safety net for women affected by gender - based violence.

Drawing back to a longer time horizon, one discovers the counter-narrative reality that government funding for science research often grew faster under Republican than Democratic administrations.

Though a majority of Joiners said in the poll that they thought Labour had learned the right lessons from its time in government, much of this is wishful thinking: in discussion, they struggle to think of any evidence that Labour has changed or learned, often insisting simply that «they must have done».

Although the strained relationship between the Queen and this PM is often hinted at in the history books — it was the subject of a memorable Sunday Times splash at the time bellowing how «dismayed» the monarch was at her government's policies — stories of the Palace's horror at «that bloody woman» are exaggerated.

I have often wondered how he managed to reach such an elevated position in Government in such a short time, and having listened to him today, I am still wondering.»

«We're a party of inclusion we're a party of discussion... and it's been my impression during my short time in state government that Governor Cuomo often doesn't like those debates,» the senator said.

Term limits, which are common at the state and local government level, also often impose de facto age limits, because most very elderly elected officials mandated to be so old by being re-elected many times after being first elected at a much younger age.

But the budget process is often regarded as the time of maximum urgency and leverage, when the continued operation of state government — and legislators» continued paychecks — hang in the balance.

It is often argued by the proponents of executive supremacy that a government effectively enjoys a direct democratic mandate because most voters in general elections believe they are voting for a party manifesto and a prime minister at the same time as selecting a constituency MP.

Why has this government had ten times more staff dealing often with the poorest in society abusing benefits than with the super-rich evading their taxes?»

As Ranking Member on Energy, Mr. Hammond, was a full - time critic of the John Mahama administration, often slamming the government for its management of Ghana's oil and gas resources.

Government employees often are compensated for unused vacation time in lump - sum payouts.

I believe the answer lies in collaborating with our partners in the private sector, where a dollar often goes ten times further than it would in county government.

The same can't be said of most STEM graduates: a 2011 UK government study reported the moans of employers that they often lacked communication and organisational skills as well as the ability to manage their time or work in a team.

Even if they could afford these tools, the remote locations of the farms, which are often accessible only via poorly maintained roads, mean governments and merchants have a hard time delivering these products to farmers and providing education on how best to use them.

While effective, assembling this information is costly and time - consuming, and it often lacks detail that aid organizations and governments need in order to best deploy their resources.

At a time when scientific evidence is often disregarded by citizens and governments around the world, scientists must connect personally with policymakers, speakers said at this year's World Science Forum.

The Pentagon Papers also marked the first time that the phrase national security was revealed, to a mass public, as an often - hollow cover for government lies and embarrassments.

The film argues, sometimes eloquently and other times a bit heavy - handedly, that government corruption paved the way for the gruesome work of a vicious criminal, often showing us survivors who were left to pick up the pieces in the wake of brutal violence.

Working with governments, private organizations and civil society, and often times creating pioneering programs and organizations, IEP graduates bring an acute understanding of how to support systemic school improvement at scale.

It often seems that everyone in the business world, both corporate and government, is trying to reduce formal training time.

In that role they are concerned with software licensing, hardware contracts, and e-Rate government funding, important activities — but they often preempt and leave little time for coordinators to ensure the professional development of their teachers.

It is important to note that these are often happening simultaneously, and they are only grouped in this historical faction because they have been the dominant force driving racial segregation at the time listed relative to the other events (i.e. government action is listed first, not because it is over but because it was the most significant force shaping early housing segregation).

The hero is a complex, cynical, and at times melancholy family man, trying to do his job and often stymied by government bureaucracy and blustering superiors.

Every so often our government officials spend their time (waste their time?)

The program was created in 2007, and borrowers may qualify if they are employed in a federal, state, or local government or nonprofit job full time which often included those who worked in healthcare, education, and more.

Evaluations drawing from workers, retirees and Service Canada officials show Canadians are often confused about what they need when applying for CPP benefits, have a hard time understanding information on government websites, and don't completely understand the cornerstone retirement program.

The government often rewards collectors at 40 times the value of what they actually earn for the government.

Often at such a time, various government ministers / bureaucrats come forth and say, «There is nothing fundamentally wrong here.

The stress on shelter staff is significant: no room to put ever more dogs; having to euthanize dogs to make room for new dogs; performing triage on sick animals when space is limited; having to make hard choices about evening and weekend heating and lighting with a small budget; no veterinarian or vet tech on the staff; no evening or weekend staff; no time to network adoptable animals; no available homes in the surrounding communities; inadequate transport vehicles; little or no support from local government; an Animal Control Officer often doing double duty, responsible also for managing the shelter; counties lacking even a shelter or inside kenneling.

Often multiple organizations and government agencies contribute cash and product to shelters during times of disaster.

By that time, back here on Earth, the Smithsonian will launch a mid-career survey of the American - born, Berlin - based artist's work, featuring his new AI - infused installations in addition to his previous photographs and sculptures that often explore themes of surveillance and government secrecy.

Text that is 50 % + cut - and - paste, plus trivial rewordings of the sort often done by student to evade plagiarism - detection software, and modest rephrasings, is not... Some of that material showed up later in a journal for which Said was an associate editor, and Wegman a long - time advisor, impressively moving Received to Accepted in 6 days, and citing 3 separate government contracts for support.

From a scientific, economic and political perspective, REDD is a very complicated business that ratcheted up demand for the Rapid Response Team because many governments with critical and intact forest are now pursuing national or subnational level policies for REDD, often without the necessary tools, time and capacity.

Now Ms. Rabett is more than somewhat of Eli's disposition or as she would say visa versa and she realized that governments do not always write crazy regulations to pass the time of day, but more often because some outstanding libertarian tries something crazy and goes nah nah there ain't no law agin it.

These are concerns that economists often raise about regulation: that government mandates may be rigid, inflexible, and frozen in time.

a nation of remarkably productive, often well - paid workers who are becoming increasingly reluctant to pause from their labors and refresh their souls — a nation whose cash - drenched corporate employers typically don't pay for much time off (less than two weeks annually, on average), a nation whose globe - gripping federal government is the only one in the whole industrialized world not to legally require generous periods of paid kick - back - and - hang time — is a nation that's socially screwed up, particularly in comparison with European countries like France, which orders its citizens outside to play for the entire month of August and a few other weeks spread through the year.

Rarely doing what they promise regarding a host of global issues affecting climate, pollution and even their own survival... government decisions are often unhealthy when they feel the people can be easily controlled or diverted... and as humans What we want for the earth and its systems has been ignored for a very long time... as a global population every individual needs a choice on the future of humanity and earth's remaining species.