Sentences with phrase «punishment for poor»

But they [the legislature] only seem to have an appetite for increasing punishment for the poor.

Add the fear of punishment for poor handwriting and his anxiety hits the ceiling, causing him to actually perform worse than better many times.

We know that punishment for poor behavior never works with our children.

«There is no benefit to continuing, no reward for good work or experience, no possible raise ever, and no punishment for poor work,» she writes, and she attaches the written testimony she supplied to the Massachusetts House Ways and Means Committee.

Not exact matches

By lobbying to remove tax breaks for Delta Air Lines, a punishment for withdrawing discounts for NRA members, he makes Georgia an untrustworthy partner — and a poor choice for Amazon's new HQ.

Thus says the Lord: «For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes — they that trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the afflicted...» (Amos 2:6 - For three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes — they that trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the afflicted...» (Amos 2:6 - for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they sell the righteous for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes — they that trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the afflicted...» (Amos 2:6 - for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes — they that trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the afflicted...» (Amos 2:6 - for a pair of shoes — they that trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth, and turn aside the way of the afflicted...» (Amos 2:6 - 7.)

A more ancient view, still apparent at many points in the Old Testament, had been that righteousness was rewarded by prosperity and long life in this world, and misfortune was a punishment for sin; but as Israel suffered more and more adversity, and the most faithful individuals and groups were the most oppressed and afflicted, it came to be felt that the humble, the meek, the devout, the poor were the righteous people of God, and the mighty and prosperous were the proud, wicked oppressors.

«Thus says the Lord: for three transgressions of Israel, and for four, I will not revoke the punishment; because they sell the righteous for silver, (and) trample the head of the poor into the dust of the earth?

I know it would be different if I ventured «outdoors,» if I attended a city council meeting and said a word for the poor, if I stood up at Rotary Club with a petition against capital punishment.

Then follow nearly three chapters of very explicit provisions concerning slaves, punishment for deeds of violence and theft, restitution for injury to property, family relations, helpfulness to the stranger and to the poor, observance of the Sabbath as a day of rest for servants and even for the animals.

Trying to exploit that divide, Salmond told the party faithful, «The era of Tory governments unelected by the people of Scotland, handing out punishment to the poor and the disabled will be gone and gone for good.»

The new regulations will allow the state to suspend, limit or revoke a child care provider's license for having too few staff members; failing to get appropriate medical attention for a child; blocking exits; corporal punishment; poor sanitary conditions and refusing to cooperate with inspectors, according to Cuomo's office.

Look at exercise as a reward: I urge my clients not to spend hours on the treadmill as a punishment for making poor eating choices or being overweight.

Structured prompt worksheets for whole topic revision for the current AQA RS unit 3 topics - Rich and Poor, Death and Elderly, Crime and Punishment and Drugs.

There is a greater chance for abuse (delivery of shocks as punishment) or misuse (poor timing of shocks).

Young Legal Aid Lawyers co-chairs Oliver Carter and Rachel Francis presented an introduction to YLAL and a brief history of legal aid, from the Poor Prisoners Defence Act 1903, which introduced criminal legal aid for defendants in the higher criminal courts, to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 («LASPO»), which wholly or partially removed a number of areas of law from the scope of legal aid.

A suspended or disbarred lawyer has already had his right to practice law taken from him as punishment, perhaps only for being poor.

The use of corporal punishment as primary and secondary responses was more likely for poorer families.

Scales used to assess inconsistent maternal enforcement of rules, loud arguments between the parents, low maternal educational aspirations for the child, maternal possessiveness, maternal use of guilt to control the child, maternal anger toward the child, parental cigarette smoking, parental supervision of the child, paternal assistance to the child's mother, paternal role fulfillment, and maternal verbal abuse were obtained from the DPI and instruments assessing maternal child - rearing attitudes and behaviors that were administered during the maternal interviews.28 - 31 Measures of maternal punishment, parental affection toward the child, parental time spent with the child, and poor parental communication with the child were administered during the maternal and offspring interviews using scales assessing parental warmth, parent - child communication, and parental support and availability.28, 29,31 Data regarding parental home maintenance and maternal behavior during the interview were provided by interviewer observations.

I know that you're just waiting for someone to give you the green light to take it out on this poor table, punishment for what the other table did to you, but resist.