Sentences with phrase «political class needs»

Even with a small tax, carbon emissions would become an unpredictable variable cost, creating a large incentive to reconfigure production processes to reduce or eliminate them... Politicians frequently ignore the preferences of economists, since economists usually prefer a reduced role for the preferences of politicians... However, if serious action is to be taken on global warming, someone in the political class needs to start paying attention to them.

The MTA needs to invest the lion's share of its resources in upgrading a signaling network that predates World War II — and our gutless political class needs to hold the MTA to account.

Not exact matches

MH: Because they need altogether about $ 5 trillion to create... If they're going to create 500 billionaires to run the country for the next century and to create really a new feudal class they need $ 5 trillion and they don't want the people to know what's occurring because if they did the voters would get so upset they'd create probably a new political party, an alternative.

In its new zombie formulation, however, the idea would be that anyone who acts old in their personal life is Old for political purposes — which leads us back to the need for follow - through in our thinking on the Aristotelian middle class.

What is needed to make this a relevant proposal is a critical empirical analysis of the present situation in terms of whether there is any real likelihood of any class, group, or coalition of groups emerging as the agency of both ideological and political change.

Nevertheless the Christian doctrine of the relation between the ethics of Law and Grace, the Hindu concept of paramarthika and vyavaharika realms, the Islamic concept of shariat law versus the transcendent law, and the equivalent ones in secular ideologies like the Marxist idea of the present morality of class - war leading to the necessary love of the class-less society of the future need to be brought into the inter-faith dialogue to build up a common democratic political ethic for maintaining order and freedom with the continued struggle for social justice, and also a common civil morality within which diverse peoples may renew their different traditions of civil codes.

And we need to take seriously the absence of belonging and alienation felt by working class people by providing more opportunities for meaningful political participation.

What I am criticising, and will continue to criticise, is the escalating inability of the middle - class left to talk to or about anyone who is NOT middle class and middle - aged as if they are human beings, to really listen to their needs and thoughts and strategies and accept that they too have political ideas which are just as important as yours.

Jeremy Hunt's bias and Baroness Warsi's expenses are further proof we need a more competent political class.

He insisted on the need to move from the Westminster bubble, but at times he spoke like a paid - up member of the professional political class.

They need to wake up and realise that although the mystique surrounding the political class has largely been dissipated, they are still expected to take a moral lead — especially if they want high office.

Kwara State Governor, Dr Abdulfatah Ahmed has advocated the need for the country to specially focus on political economy in the quest for true federalism in order to ensure class elevation and egalitarianism.

For housing campaigners and political activists to take Corbyn seriously, he needs to challenge those within his party who are contributing to the suffering and abuse of the working class.

If dedicated activists are your chosen targets, you may need to look at political blogs and Twitter, since these are havens for the political class — likewise for other niche audiences, for instance targeting the «mommy blogosphere» to reach women who are parents.

You allude to the apparent paradox of class / nationalism when you say «To get a Labour majority government, given the political weight of liberalised conservatism in southern England, you need the English north, the industrial Midlands, most of Wales and most of Scotland».

We're giving New Yorkers the facts and the tools they need to tell Republicans to get back to work creating a tax plan that benefits the middle class, not the political donor class.»

So they're attempting to muzzle us, at a time when Middle class Americans are in need of some relief... For the President and his political pals, it must feel like Mission Accomplished.»

CODEO reiterates its earlier call for the need for the political parties, their leaders, and the entire political class to take adequate measures to bridge the political polarization that characterized the 2016 election campaign especially between the NDC and the NPP and to reduce the winner takes all tendencies in our politics.»

A feared and respected presence among Albany's political class, Mr. Percoco is someone city officials are likely to turn to when they need to get something done.

Agbo, however, said that there was need to enlighten political class that disagreement within parties should not lead to registration of new party.

Author of Government Schools Are Bad for Your Kids: What You Need to Know; Political Class Dismissed: Essays Against Politics; Direct Citizen Action: How We Can Win the Second American Revolution Without Firing a Shot; and his latest book, Progressivism, A Primer

Of the new ad campaign, Cuomo said that «we're giving New Yorkers the facts and the tools they need to tell Republicans to get back to work creating a tax plan that benefits the middle class, not the political donor class.»

She says her grassroots organization appealed to more than just the political class in Syracuse, and suggested the election results are an eye - opener to the party that shows it needs to reflect all the people of the city.

People needed a bold speech that pledged serious, radical cuts in wasteful public spending, but all we got was political posturing about the rich and harmful tax rises for the middle and working classes.

However, accomplishing that monumental task is unlikely and those who support political independence will likely need to leave the Green Party and join with other socialist groups to form a new political organization that will fight for a truly independent working class party.

As much fun as it may be to tweak the nose of a sitting governor, Democrats need an agenda that goes beyond the machinations of the political class, even in New York.

I think in fairness to Steve Hart, Unite's strategy makes union backed candidates from a broader social background part of their political strategy, but certainly not the end of it: At the Unite meeting at Labour Conference, Jon Trickett & Len McCluskey made the case for Unite & Labour developing MP's from down to earth backgrounds, but linked this very much to having policies that adress the needs of working class voters: The Unite strategy is fairly broad, including recruitng union members to Labour, developing MP's (who as McCluskey are backed because they «reflect the values of the union movement» — rather than just being from a particular social class), and supporting the CLASS think tank to develop policy — I did a write up of this meeting for the Morning Star (and a rival Progress one), which may be of interest (I think it will appear if you click on my name)

Ed Miliband doesn't need to set out concrete policies — it would be good if the Labour movement is given a real opportunity now to help draw up that political alternative, but the party desperately needs a narrative and to be seen identifying with working and middle class voters who now find themselves at the sharp end.

Calling two formidable women political leaders «nice middle class girls» is exactly the reason we need more women running in political positions.

The UFT on Feb. 3 released a television ad accusing Gov. Andrew Cuomo of putting his political career ahead of children's education by blaming teachers and ignoring the real needs of the city's public schools — smaller classes, afterschool programs and fairer funding.

«They're either the high achievers who don't need much help, or students who are already failing out of their classes,» says Allison Calhoun - Brown, a political scientist who oversees advising at Georgia State University (GSU) in Atlanta.

I am not saying that each and every yoga class needs to always actively engage in political actions.

No political leaders sees the need to call for for schools that are safe and class rooms where teachers can teach and children can learn.

This dramatic change in power distorts our political system, leading to not as much investment in the public goods needed to maintain a healthy middle class, including a great public education system.

Imagine a political environment in which charter schools were celebrated for reclassifying English learners, for insisting that students with special needs can learn in the same classroom as other students, and for ensuring that students take the classes they need to qualify for college admission.

Ultimately, says Cross, political parties lump everyone together in the same pot, stir it up and then treat the «middle class» as a homogeneous group — and that isn't likely to result in policies that benefit those who really need them.

Driving the Mercers is a belief «that there is too cozy a relationship between the established media and the political class, and that there needs to be more accountability,» said Peter Schweizer, president of the Government Accountability Institute and author of «Clinton Cash.»

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