Sentences with phrase «own pittance»

Named after the 13th constitutional amendment, which abolished slavery except as «punishment for crime,» the doc uses archival footage and expert commentary to make the case that slavery hasn't disappeared from the U.S. — it's evolved into our modern system of mass incarceration, one in which many prisons are run by for - profit companies and prisoners can be paid a pittance to work for corporations.

For instance, legislators like Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, and Jeff Merkley of Oregon recently warned that Cures amounts to a big pharma giveaway which will weaken regulatory standards on drugs, provide a mere pittance to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and do nothing to confront the rising tide of high drug prices.

Apple's Washington spending was $ 720,000, a pittance by major corporations» standards, but a noticeable bump up from $ 500,000 last year.

To enter, a startup needs to have raised less than $ 4 million, which is a relative pittance in Silicon Valley terms.

To hear tell from the «right now» industry mavens, no old - line business today is safe from aggressive and disruptive innovators planning to mobilize the masses to do the biddings of others on demand and — albeit over time — they'll be working for a relative pittance.

That's a pittance for a nationwide chain with an established brand and 121 locations.

«If he returns with a concession, he will be seen as having succumbed to China and to have abandoned long - standing good relations for a pittance.»

To protect the pittance that remains, Loblaw has stopped selling it.

The device itself costs about $ 235, but that seems a pittance for the ability to use Skype sans PC — and for the right to scold your mobile - phone provider for not thinking of this first.

But we shouldn't let Alcoa keep digging up our bauxite for a pittance.

Known for his steely determination in business, Khodorkovsky bought up floundering state companies for a pittance, turned them around and used his resulting power to squeeze out rivals and minority shareholders.

To make that happen, they charged department stores a pittance while charging other tenants much more.

I say «curious» because Marathon came under intense scrutiny for its initial plans to hike the drug's price to $ 89,000 per year even though it's available for a mere pittance in other countries (and doesn't actually address the root causes of Duchenne, but rather just some of its muscle - wasting symptoms).

«This extraordinary liquidity earns only a pittance and is far beyond the level Charlie and I wish Berkshire to have.

That fee might be a pittance for a very wealthy person — regardless of what Trump's net worth actually is, $ 130,000 probably didn't make much of a dent in it.

thanks, and yes, a pittance of a pension and regular checkups keep us on budget and head off any problems — best decision i ever made (financial or otherwise) was serving our country doing search - and - rescue, oil and chemical spill remediation, etc. (you can guess the branch of service)-- along the way, frugal living, along with dollar - cost averaging, asset allocation, and diversification allowed us to retire early — Vanguard has been very good over the years, despite the Dot Bomb, 2002, and the recession (where we actually came out better with a modest but bargain retirement home purchase)... it's not easy building additional «legs» on a retirement platform, but now that we're here, cash, real estate, investments and insurance products, along with a small pension all help to avoid any real dependence on social security (we won't even need it at full retirement age)-- however, like nearly everybody, we're headed for Medicare in several years, albeit with a nice supplemental and pharmacy benefits — but our main concern is staying fit, active, and healthy!

Traditionally, most attention in Canadian government support has been given to technology and product readiness, with scant attention being paid to the fact that without proper commercialization strengths a large number of Canadian start - ups have died or have been acquired for a pittance by foreign businesses which then proceeded to harvest the economic benefits for the innovations initially developed by Canadian companies.

As veteran Japan watcher Richard Werner (author of Princes of the Yen) recently described the situation to me, «while Japanese small firms were killed by the continued refusal of banks to expand credit (and many a small firm president was killed by having to sell a kidney to the loan sharks he was forced to resort to), foreign speculators received ample yen funds for a pittance.»

This translated into a crushing debt load, even at present depressed rates: what forced Apollo GM to the negotiating table was a measly US $ 60 million interest payment, a pittance compared to what's coming due in 2019.

That's a pittance compared to the wire houses, but size doesn't matter so much as viability.

«The comparative pittance you charge for the MSJ has already paid off quite well for me and my younger brother.»

Banner ad space on Yahoo can be bought for a relative pittance.

You lose out on the competition — you're just getting your own institution's current rate (we're with a credit union and they beat the market)-- but you don't need to re-appraise and I had only to pay a pittance fee for the trouble; our payback was 1.5 months.

But that is only because they employed everyone at pittance wages with no freedom.

«The inequitable distribution of the national revenue; the disparity in the scale of salaries (some dispose of emoluments which are an insult to the poverty of the country, while the immense majority receives a miserable pittance); the fact that a bare two per cent of the active population owns seventy per cent of the arable land; the system of recruiting our agricultural laborers, who do not even enjoy legal status; the fact that hundreds of thousands of school - age children lack basic education; the disintegration of the family; the growing immorality everywhere — all this demands bold and definitive change.»

We are much more likely to pray for people who give more abundantly out of their abundance than to praise the person who gives us a truly heroic pittance.

And yet many rich people only pay lip service when needed or they might pay a pittance out of their wealth to «show» they can «donate» more than any poor person.

Nevertheless, hundreds of thousands of parents can not afford to lose the pittance that a four - year - old child can earn; thus even free primary education is an unaffordable luxury for many.

Perhaps that's a pittance, but the point is that if Jesus was more interested in being politicized, and just being a political ruler — he had his opportunity and knew it, still choosing to die to take our place in judgment, to bring God to us first.

«Small - scale mining is the second biggest global employer, and many of those mines force their workers to labour long hours in dirty and dangerous conditions for a pittance, whilst we enjoy the high value, glittering jewellery made using their gold.»

Live lavishly and give pittances a few.

They must be paid a pittance.

The indigenous peoples have many Bibles of differing «authority», versions, and mere pittances of the land my ancestors started with.

This means in the novitiate living on a pittance, working with the poor and having nothing to call your own.

Even Paul's storied 500 is a pittance, considering that there were a couple of million people living in Israel at that time.

The male lead earned $ 750 per day, the female lead $ 1,500 per day (top money for the industry)-- a pittance in the whole financial deal.

The fortunate ones earn a pittance a day.

Her widow's benefits were a pittance.

They will keep him from realizing not only that the payoff is at best the pittance for exploitation but that behind the payoff is a terrible double cost.

Cherry season makes me want to do a happy dance and this year was no exception, especially because I scored both Bing and Rainer cherries on sale for a pittance!

Arsenal will have to release players on a free or sell for a pittance other wise no one one will take players off our hands because of their high wage demands.

AND the calibre of player we rejected for pittance from Ligue 1 (Wengers ace up the sleeve) such as cabaye (5m), sissoko (2.5 m), Lloris (10m).

James went to BM for pittance, we could have used him for that money, his salary is low too at 120k.

So despite the fact that Arsene Wenger managed to keep the Gunners in the top four and qualify for the Champions League with a pittance to spend compared to others, there were plenty of grumpy Gooners who felt that a club like ours should be pushing for a trophy.

Leicester won the league paying a pittance and have players hungry for work / success rather than money.

But why sell the best back up option they have for a pittance?

The money involved, and the comparative pittance that goes to the schools participating, will be very disconcerting to most fans.

The manager has previously talked about not being able to find the right players for the right money but here you have a proven Premier League player of quality for a pittance who would allow Wenger to give Ozil a rest every now and then.

The country has a festering problem with crack cocaine addiction, because the Colombian couriers distribute the drug as salary to their Belizean assistants, who sell it for a relative pittance on the streets of Belize City.

Yes, Crystal Palace were probably not going to pay him what he earns at Arsenal but whatever they offer will not be a pittance and he will still be able to live comfortably and play regular football.