Sentences with phrase «on average citizens»

As for this book, it was prescient with respect to the US government collecting data on average citizens.

The threshold on the average citizen should be higher than that on an elected official, who by their pursuit of elected office should be expected to be more versed in the regulatory aspects of the process.

And in all of this, we often forget about the impact of high - stakes international finance on the average citizen.

Not exact matches

The African nation of Zambia, for instance, has only enough food available to provide its population with 1,870 calories on average, per day, according to a striking global map in the October issue of National Geographic — and in truth, in much of the world, such calorie counts offer an inflated view of what's actually accessible to most citizens, due to widespread poverty, civil unrest, natural disasters, corruption, government mismanagement, food - distribution failures, and other issues.

On what the average citizen without military service probably doesn't grasp about Gen. Petraeus:

Benefits — Each family / real estate investor keeps average $ 600 / mo for 2 yrs, real estate in all major metropolitans will have a traded price, increase buying power of low income high credit citizens, stimulate real estate investment by making it easier for investors to cash flow a rental property, reduce home inventory, the increase home values and liquidity provides incentive to put the $ X trillion in capital currently on the sidelines back to work and mortgage prepayments will increase capital availability.

This means average citizens can contribute capital to companies without those companies having to deal with the typical bureaucratic overhead of selling stock on typical stock exchanges.

President Donald Trump had been elected on a promise to stick up for average citizens, not special interests like the powerful U.S. lumber lobby.

What can the average citizen do to insist on public responsibility of those in positions of power in television?

1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

Thus «the economy» is presented as a force working on its own, beyond comprehension by the average person or action by the average citizen.

In 1900 there was, on average, one newspaper owner for every 38,000 citizens.

We know that television informs us, a genuine window on the world, but also that its commercial demand for profit severely limits the amount of diversity of opinion that is aired, that it tends to trivialize issues and to represent the views of the rich, so that through TV the average citizen simply can not get the information needed to make intelligent decisions about living in our democracy.

Given its pervasiveness in our lives — most studies indicate that the average citizen watches over 20 hours a week — it is important that research on a national and impartial level be undertaken, so that we can understand TV's effects.

Not just members of the bar association — average sitting - at - home citizens wonder what you base your claims on.

The Citizens have seen over 2.5 goals land in their last 13 home matches in the league, while the Blues have averaged close to two goals per game on the road.

The rate of breastfeeding mothers was higher among foreign citizens (89.4 % vs. 84.6 % of Italian mothers), as well as the duration of breastfeeding, which was 9.2 months on average among foreign mothers and 8.1 among Italian mothers.

The lesson: political professionals need to realize that they don't have a monopoly on political messaging — from T. Boone Pickens to Will.i.am to Ms. Hilton, average citizens can now go toe - to - toe with them and even win a few rounds.

People in countries that provide citizens with a high level of economic security have a higher level of happiness on average, as measured by surveys of national levels of life - satisfaction and happiness... The most important determinant of national happiness is not income level — there is a positive association, but rising income seems to have little effect as wealthy countries grow more wealthier.

So, an average citizen bases their favorable view of him on the fact that unless they are involved with the drug trade, they are 13x times less likely to be a victim of a rogue crime that's part of war drugs; than a non-victim of a crime that war on drugs is percieved to have prevented.

More generally, expect emphasis in the new Kenya on private sector development that transforms the way in which the state is constituted, and the stance it takes to questions concerning the average citizen.

On the right and more so on the left, the majority of bloggers, after all, are average citizens activated by the InterneOn the right and more so on the left, the majority of bloggers, after all, are average citizens activated by the Interneon the left, the majority of bloggers, after all, are average citizens activated by the Internet.

Wealthy contributors helping their favored candidates win elections would not systemically skew politics or policy outcomes if these well - heeled donors were like the rest of us, if on average they had the same life experiences, opinions about issues, and political views as average - earning citizens.

They conclude that «economic elites and organized groups representing business interests have substantial independent impacts on U.S. government policy, while mass - based interest groups and average citizens have little or no independent influence.»

On average, mobile EU citizens are more likely to be employed than nationals of the host country and often fill skills shortages.

«My goal is to bring voters on the road with the campaign and experience a process that is stacked against average citizens running for office — we can make a difference here,» said Babinec.

Other surveys, such as this one by the Committee on Economic Development demonstrate support for reform is also strong in the business community; 72 percent are in favor of creating a public financing system that would match low - dollar contributions and give average citizens more incentives to contribute to campaigns.

«The former Vice President, is focused on lending his time and best endeavours to the President to ensure that the country turns the corner by overcoming the present ravaging recession and inflation and put food on the table for the average Nigerian citizen.

Based on the weekly average ticket take of $ 10.5 million in fiscal 2014, the Citizens Budget Commission estimated the reduction could have bled about $ 10 million from city coffers.

Maffei said it's one reason why he is supporting the two bills that would put dollar limits on donations, provide public financing of campaigns and amplify the impact of grassroots donations from average citizens.

Instead, Bernier has headed up a series of award - winning projects that bring together average citizens with scientists and policymakers to reach joint recommendations on vaccines, holding public dialogues across the country to break down boundaries between the experts and everybody else, literally putting multiple perspectives around a table.

«Even if people think objectively and follow rules of statistical inference, richer and poorer people may be led, by the information available to them, to very different conclusions about how wealthy their fellow citizens are, on average, and how wealth is distributed across society.»

According to that same survey, the American citizens got 7.9 hours of night sleep on average 70 years ago.

The quantity of wasted food amounts to around 30 % of the average daily calories that each U.S. citizen consumes, the paper shows, and the amount differs depending on how healthy your diet is.

Average citizens» stories are not told and the conflict that shapes their existence is too endless and stagnant to regularly elicit headlines and prominent coverage on the nightly news.

After following the personal life of one transgender sex worker in Hollywood, California, Sean Baker will set his sights next on exploring the hard scrabble life of the average American citizen living in the greater state of Florida.

To read King Lear and Hamlet today, and understand that average citizens of Elizabethan London considered such plays entertainment, not daunting puzzles, is to understand what a downward slide we're on linguistically.

The bright side is that with effective modules, adaptive modification, and the will to succeed, the average citizen of the future will be learning something new every day, whether it's at school or on the job, for the rest of their lives.

In every district with available data, and for all three sets of elections, other district employees who live and work in their districts vote at substantially higher rates than ordinary citizens do — rates that, on average, are just a shade lower than those of teachers who live and work in the district.

A simple regression of the average grades citizens assign to local schools in each state on NAEP and state proficiency rates simultaneously confirms that average grades (1) are strongly correlated with NAEP proficiency rates and (2) after controlling for NAEP proficiency rates, have no relationship whatsoever with proficiency rates on state tests.

With this many blocks of residential, and «x» amount of citizens per block on average (for light - density housing), there really should be a second police station and fire department somewhere close!

Yes, wealth's probably correlated with longevity, but CDC data may actually prove just that — i.e. the rich are already the longer living citizens, on average, and it's already in the data?

Citizens Bank claims that parents who use their loan saves $ 637 in fee savings, on average.

On Saturday, April 28, there will be a nationwide march for our pets and we are «marching in memory of our pets that have lost their lives, we are marching in memory of those pets that are fighting for their lives, we march as pet owners, dog lovers, cat lovers and average citizens that are tired of the lowered safety standards for goods coming in to this country».

The average U.S. citizen does indeed possess «vast wealth» compared to the average African, who subsists on an income of $ 300 per year.

* Average citizens «understand» (recognize) uncertainties in climate science; recognition of uncertainties becomes part of the «conventional wisdom» * Media «understands» (recognizes) uncertainties in climate science * Media coverage reflects balance on climate science and recognition of the validity of viewpoints that challenge the current «conventional wisdom» * Industry senior leadership understands uncertainties in climate science, making them stronger ambassadors to those who shape climate policy * Those promoting the Kyoto treaty on the basis of extent science appears to be out of touch with reality.

An op - ed in the NY Times a few weeks ago said each person in the big 4 western economies — North America, Japan, Australia, and Western Europe — was consuming, on average, 32 times as much as a citizen of a developing country.

Several influential people in the national debate on climate said that whatever legislative proposals come next, they must guarantee that polluters pay, while average citizens are protected from the higher energy costs that would unavoidably come with a fast move away from burning fossil fuels.

When water management decisions are based on generating profit instead of protecting public and environmental health, the average citizen and the ecosystem pay the greatest price,» said Julia DeGraw, Northwest Organizer for Food & Water Watch.

And (here's the punch line), that they would have to do so while most of their citizens were still, on average, quite poor.