Sentences with phrase «point about the government»

He then makes a decent point about government borrowing growing under the Tories.

Your point about the government not taking the proceeds of a sale of one of its own assets is just bizarre.

George Osborne, the shadow chancellor, has this afternoon commented on the matter to the Manchester Evening News - and whilst he repeats Mr Grayling's point about the Government's inconsistency, he seems to suggest that the ban was wrong:

I think you have a valid point about the government fixing many problems.

Not exact matches

Republican Senator Rand Paul pointed to the market sell - off last week as evidence of an «undercurrent of unease» among investors worried about government debt and inflation.

These riches were at least as important to the Eritrean government as they were to Nevsun: by various estimates Bisha would provide about US$ 1 billion in royalties and revenues over its life, and raise the country's annual GDP by several percentage points.

As is often the case, the Government is busy pointing their finger at energy providers and energy providers are busy pointing their finger at the Government - but no one seems to be doing anything about it, and the people (and businesses) of South Australia are caught in the middle.

He's less hopeful about the Bangladeshi government's initiatives, but says, «I think that part of the key points of this agreement is that you've got some of the major buyers in Bangladesh working with some of the major trade unions and labour rights groups together to push on Bangladesh and I think that combination is going to be a powerful force.»

Investment - grade corporates pay about two percentage points more than short - term government bonds, and they're less risky than they used to be.

But when you ask what to do about it, that consensus quickly devolves into finger - pointing — at recycling companies like Waste Management for failing to innovate, at the American public for their lazy recycling habits, at producers for creating plastic packaging that is increasingly difficult to recycle, and even at the federal government for not passing strong legislation that encourages better practices.

Merkel, 63, said she was sceptical about ruling in a minority government, telling ARD television: «My point of view is that new elections would be the better path.»

The report points to September 2015 data released by the Government Accountability Office, which shows about 330,000 people, or roughly 11 % of the Americans who've taken out Parent Plus loans, have gone at least a year without making a payment.

Meicun Weng, the founder of Chinese community and news site Boxun (which regularly reports on Chinese human - rights abuses and is blocked in China), drives home the point about how the Chinese government wields influence with its economic power.

The 10 - year U.S. Treasury yield rose 5.2 basis points to 3.035 percent on Wednesday, driven by worries about the growing supply of government debt and inflationary pressures from rising oil prices.

If rates stay elevated into May, rates on new government loans will be about eight - tenths of a percentage point higher than they are today.

While the government's policies have remained opaque, officials with the Russian Central Bank have talked about blocking the access of people inside the country to virtual currency websites, and Mr. Putin has pointed out the many potential illegal uses of the technology.

«Each one percentage point cut to the corporate income tax rate costs the federal government about $ 2 billion in annual revenues,» wrote the authors, one of whom was CLC chief economist Andrew Jackson...

It pointed out that the rule had led to some distortions in the market and the Central bank had advised the government about the same.

They quickly pointed out the faults in Clark's boasts about her gender equitable government, which cut essential services women need: child care, family and poverty legal services, education, healthcare, the list goes on.

The origin was the fateful decision to reduce the goods and services tax (GST) by two points, costing the federal government about $ 14 billion annually and growing.

Rubin's curious point in the OpEd is that it wasn't «courses in economics or finance» from his days at Harvard that prepared him «for working at Goldman Sachs and in the government» (notice the almost decade - long stretch at Citigroup is completely missing) but instead «the key was Professor Demos's philosophy course and the conversations about existentialism in coffee shops around campus.»

Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailIf asked what the federal government is doing to cut carbon pollution, most Canadians would likely point to the policy they've heard the most about: carbon pricing.

If asked what the federal government is doing to cut carbon pollution, most Canadians would likely point to the policy they've heard the most about: carbon pricing.

The BofA Merrill Lynch high - yield index is trading at roughly 600 basis points versus government bonds, but if energy, metals and mining is excluded, it's about 80 basis points less in terms of spread.

As its defenders point out, it will be difficult for the U.S. government to completely stamp out Bitcoin use, since there is no central repository for the currency and no central authority that can be targeted (there is a FAQ with some responses to popular misconceptions about Bitcoin, including the central authority question).

In my recent National Post column, I make reference to some back - of - envelope calculations to the effect that replacing the fiscal anchor of balanced budgets to one of a fixed debt - GDP ratio allows the federal government to increase spending by 1.2 percentage points of GDP, or by about $ 25 billion.

For «A» rated corporates, the spread over government bonds of comparable maturity is currently about 100 basis points, which is noticeably wider than a couple of years ago (Graph 32).

DVD of the week: McMafia Crime drama McMafia is a rollicing adventure that makes some good points about the extent to which dirty money has corrupted governments around the world.

That's a good point, our government is racking up debt faster than locust on a wheat field, and we're arguing about gay - marriage, race and still abortion issues.

When in the 1970s there began to be much discussion about «mediating structures» and voluntarism, when Ronald Reagan urged us to rely on government less and on ourselves more, when George Bush talked about a «thousand points of light,» those of a statist mind - set groused that it was all a scheme to cut back on government social services.

* My point, again, as I understand it in terms of our 1st amendment, and freedom of speech, was to (build in) a «wall» of separation of church and government... (because) of «Christianity,» since you are talking about our country, so as not to have - anyone's freedom of speech and their civil liberties trampled on.

It will have been noted that in its windy statement about RE in the English baccalaureate, the CES doesn't point to RE as being a way in to religious faith: that wouldn't be of much interest to the government, of course, but it ought to be for Catholics.

Fair enough, I mean, you make a valid point that one of the biggest things about the democractic party is trying to legislate so many different things when there are certain aspects of my life that the government should have 0 say over.

Advocates of world government were at the time divided about the UN, some saying it was a step in the right direction, others pointing out that you don't leap a great chasm by taking one step at a time.

But from the point of view of the tribes, whose religious tradition, as the justices admitted, would be «devastated» by the government's action, there was nothing neutral about the destruction of the forest.

The first and most obvious is how it reduces a complex conversation about government size to a snarky talking point.

Jesus Christ sacrifice represented 4 very important points: (A) channel for us when praying in forgiving our sins (B) The opportunity to learn the truth about Jehovah God's Universal Soverign Government and the role Jesus would play as King of the government along side his Father JeGovernment and the role Jesus would play as King of the government along side his Father Jegovernment along side his Father Jehovah God.

Yuri Wijting and Mark Burgher You make good points, especially about the power of the government to maintain peace and security.

Anyway, it doesn't matter since we are a secular country, with specific prohibitions against mixing church and state (for good reason), and marriage, from a government point of view, is about financial and human rights.

But Kennedy was talking about the promotion of religion by government to the point that a candidate must pass a religious test to be elected.

I thought that was the point of the whole discussion about eagle feathers and how long it takes to get them from some government agency in Denver.

My last point and Im out... Throughout our great nations history... we always found a way to fight through national issues and come up with solutions... Giving the problems we have now to people in the 50's and 60's... and they may actually come up with a solution... if you earnestly care about making a change... start at the lowest levels of government... go do something... find out costs... expenses... how to get more health care to people... do things like that... quit waiting on the government to provide all the answers... its not the way this country was founded... and not the way we get through problems... If you or ur family does nt have insurance... get a job that can provide you that... instead of hoping the government will do so... If you or ur family lacks access to education... move to an area that excels at it... education is invaluable... Do something about your problem... and quit waiting for the next big lotto...

He points to the courageous attempts of some U.S. government officials to warn their superiors about the atrocities of Operation Condor, the dictators» politically most explosive antisubversive organization.

ACCC Chairman, Rod Sims has addressed the RBB Economics Conference in Sydney backing competition reforms proposed by the Harper Review Panel - three points were highlighted: (1) need to make a choice about s 46 - clearly preferencing a change to an SLC approach; (2) need to extend the Act to cover more government activities; (3) need to debate and decide the issues around competition advocacy and market studies.

And yes, no question that pink slime is gross no matter how depicted and I'm really glad he talked about it, but I also take Dana's point that pink slime has little to do with local school districts and a lot to do with the federal government.

The discussion here has been very instructive and I can actually see valid points on both sides of the issue (less government vs. more government intervention) when talking about children's nutrition at school.

Excellent post Bettina — what an important point you make about these types of isolated incidents creating negative perceptions of much - needed government child nutrition programs (not to mention the flaws in reporting these incidents that sometimes make them downright inaccurate).

Fowler points to the parallels between the Conservatives in the early nineties and the present day government, as it wrestles with allegations of sleaze, deep divisions and enmities within the Parliamentary Party, growing fears about the economy and employment, and a series of seemingly unstoppable accidents.

These are precisely the points that Ed Miliband and Chuka Umunna have been making about intelligent government.

The result was the opposite: the isolated interference brought about a condition which — from the point of view of the government — is even more undesirable than the previous state of affairs which the government wanted to alter.