Sentences with phrase «opposes spending increases»

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Congress Should not Oppose an Increase in the Minimum Wage as It Would not Involve an Increase in Government Spending or an Increase in Taxes

Though the German government is notionally committed to the alliance's 2 - percent defense - spending target, it only spent 1.2 percent of its GDP on defense last year — an amount her coalition partners, the Social Democrats, and more than half the German public oppose increasing.

Because of the political divide between supply - siders and demand - siders, most economists either oppose any and every policy that increases the savings rate through greater wealth inequality, or oppose any hint of demand management, especially if it involves fiscal spending.

Still, opposition from Republicans is adamant — not only do they oppose increased domestic spending, but it appears to be in the political interests of the party to exacerbate the negative consequences of automation and free trade.

Both the UFT and NYSUT are airing TV ads opposing Cuomo's education proposals, which are linked to increase spending in his $ 142 billion budget proposal.

Collins expects his GOP colleagues to join him in opposing an expected call from the President for increased tax revenue and spending.

However, as the governor's footnote indicates, the gaps could be turned into surpluses if spending growth continues to average 2 percent a year, as opposed to the nearly 4 percent average increase that would occur if the budget was on autopilot.

Finally, we strongly oppose any temporary increase in, or surcharge on, any of our broad based taxes without a prior commitment to significant spending restraint and other fiscal reforms to provide long term stability, and affordability, to the state's budget.

They opposed, with us, the Tory married tax allowance and the likely Tory VAT increase to pay for projected spending plans.

She opposes de Blasio's «tax and spend» policies and is pushing for increased spending on vocational training programs instead of the mayor's proposed expansion of early childhood education.

Cuomo, who won a landslide 28 - point victory, campaigned on pledges to reduce state spending, oppose tax increases, and freeze public - employee salaries for at least a year.

George Osborne has indicated he will focus on restraining spending as opposed to increasing taxes.

The policy of increasing NHS real spending is opposed by 68 % of Tory party members (see piechart within this post).

Reducing mandated spending though is a politically tricky balancing act for a state that doesn't have a lot of money and a governor who has gone to pains to not seek new tax increases while at the same time has a very active labor movement opposed to more provocative changes.

«Senator Flanagan didn't get a pay raise, so now he wants a return to member items and pork barrel spending,» Azzopardi said in a statement, adding that 70 percent of the public opposes a pay increase for lawmakers.

The WFP, which is closely aligned with the radical group ACORN, is composed of a variety of public employee unions and special interest organizations that oppose fiscal reform in state and local government and promote increasing spending, raising taxes, and expanding debt to bloat the public workforce.

Representing working - class, conservative towns in northeastern Connecticut, Rovero is generally opposed to tax increases and wants tighter state spending.

«Sen. Flanagan didn't get a pay raise, so now he wants a return to member items and pork barrel spending,» Azzopardi said in a statement, adding that 70 percent of the public opposes a pay increase for lawmakers.

Romney, like most of the Republican candidates, has largely embraced positions held by party activists: committing to repeal the health - care law signed last year by Obama; calling for reduced federal spending, but no tax increases, to balance the budget; and opposing same - sex marriage and abortion.

Cuomo's budget - which de Blasio gave mixed reviews during recent Albany testimony - ties a $ 1.1 billion increase in education spending to a number of reforms opposed by teachers unions and their allies.

Cameron pointed out that there was one party which explicitly opposed increasing NHS spending at the election - Labour, quoting Alan Johnson - and that he was «confident» the Coalition would deliver the increase as promised.

I always wanted to be an in - house attorney or work for a company as opposed to an attorney who litigated and spent time in court; so I thought the extra degree would be really interesting and increase my marketability once I finished school.

In 2016, when a random selection of respondents were asked if spending in their school district should be increased (as opposed to either being cut or remaining at current levels), 61 % supported the idea (see Figure 10a).

Doing so would have a number of positive benefits, including 1) making sure that the taxpayer dollars devoted to this purpose are being spent on those most able to benefit, 2) encouraging students to work harder during high school to prepare themselves for college, and 3) increasing what students actually learn as opposed to the amount of seat time they acquire.

Left - wing policy supports neighborhood - based public schools, opposes any methods to measure or differentiate the performance of teachers or schools, and argues instead for alternatives to school reform like increased anti-poverty spending or urging middle - class parents to enroll their children in high - poverty schools.

The plan, which was vigorously opposed by the state's largest teachers» union, would prohibit school districts from increasing their average spending by more than $ 190 per pupil this year.

When it comes to traditional public schools, more than three out of every four parents surveyed said they were opposed to reducing compensation for teachers or cutting resources for the classroom while increasing spending on charter schools.

«A recent bipartisan poll commissioned by TSTA showed that Texans overwhelmingly oppose diverting tax dollars to vouchers and instead favor tapping into the Rainy Day Fund to increase spending for under - funded neighborhood public schools.»

According to a CBC News article, a higher interest - rate environment could lead to a significant increase in Canadian household debt financing, as opposed to consumer spending.

At the same time, dogs are spending more time indoors — as opposed to being kept in the backyard — resulting in a steadily increasing rise in bed purchases, says Emily Benson, marketing director for Starmark Pet Products, Inc., in Hutto, Texas.

NVAR and NAR strongly oppose the use of guarantee fees for any use other than intended purpose and the associations will work to prohibit G - fees from being extended, increased and diverted for unrelated government spending.