Sentences with phrase «policy blunder of»

Even The Wall Street Journal editorial page condemned Trump's tariff plan as the «biggest policy blunder of his presidency.»

@Andy, the mortgage interest deduction has been one of the worst tax policy blunders of the last few decades IMO, so I hope you are wrong, but we'll see.

Not exact matches

All the benefits of tighter monetary and looser fiscal policy have been threatened by the actions of a president who seems oblivious to the potential outcome of the blunder he has made.

Despite the apparent rout of foreign - policy Bushism, this dream is still alive and kicking, and the level of anger directed at our Iraq blunders is a measure most of all of just how badly the dream must be exploited for it to seem fearsome or ugly.

Why, asked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, was Bush tying his «flawed strategies» to «one of the worst foreign - policy blunders in our nation's history»?

At the very least the proposed changes in Greater Manchester — which obviously go a lot wider than the system of government — have all the hall marks of a policy being made on - the - hoof, behind closed doors, by small groups of like - minded people — just the sort of ingredients identified by King and Crewe which lead to monumental blunders.

Bernard Jenkin, chair of the Commons» public administration select committee, told the Standard newspaper: «At first glance, this does appear to be a civil service blunder and not a problem of policy that is down to ministers.»

Lomborg claims in his rebuttal that «Holdren could find little but a badly translated word and a necessary specification for nuclear energy production in this chapter».8 Actually, as my original critique indicated to the extent practical in the space available, and as Lomborgs rebuttal and this response make even plainer, his energy chapter is so permeated with misunderstandings, misreadings, misrepresentations, and blunders of other sorts that it can not be considered a positive contribution to public or policy - maker understanding, notwithstanding its managing to get right a few (already well known) truths about the subject.

Now that the transcripts of the 2003 Fed meetings are out, he was among the most aggressive in loosening policy, which was the key blunder leading into our current crisis.

Our new article in the Journal of Taxation of Investments (subscription required) explains why repeal of share identification would be a policy blunder, accomplishing nothing and creating unnecessary problems for investors.

What happened last week could prove to be a unique example in the EU's history of it recognising that it has made such a catastrophic blunder that its policy must change.

«A grasp of a few hard facts, a little arithmetic, and some basic physics are necessary to avoid calamitous blunders in energy policy,» she writes.

I am one of those who without thinking much bought LIC New Jeevan Anand policies and I now realize what a blunder that was.

Many of us commit a blunder by dropping the current term insurance policy and then opting for a new policy or a new insurer.