Sentences with phrase «policy blunders in»

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»?

So far, there have been few major policy blunders in China that have had the potential to bring the economic system crashing down.

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They should do so even if they think that the President's policy will prove ineffective, do no good, waste money, or entail unforeseen risks; they should do so even if they think he has gotten the nation into this situation by blunders, fecklessness, arrogance, or naiveté; and they should so even if, and especially, if they have no confidence in his judgment.

«It's a shame that Congress seems more interested in protecting industry than protecting children's health... this legislation may go down in nutritional history as a bigger blunder than when the Reagan Administration tried (and failed) to credit ketchup as a vegetable in the school lunch program,» — Margo Wootan, Nutrition Policy Director, Center for Science in the Public Interest in a press release

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.

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.

The only way to avoid such horrific blunders in environmental policy is by careful and independent attention to the science, economics, and law involved rather than responding to political pressures or current fads.

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.

Inaccurate information, rushing to buy the cheapest policy, buying life insurance just to save tax or delayed purchases are some common blunders, often leading to inadequate cover or higher premiums in the long run.