Sentences with phrase «pushed by austerity»

«This poll makes it clear that the American people soundly reject the agenda being pushed by austerity hawks and market - based reformers to starve public schools of resources and fixate instead on testing, opt - outs and sanctions.

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So, by trying to rephrase the question in a way that will get a «Yes» vote, they avoid asking the really important question: Do you Greeks want to push yourselves into a decade of depression and impose austerity?

His claims were badly undercut by Nobel economist Joe Stiglitz, who told a Spanish forum that German austerity medicine is «utterly misguided» and will push Spain deeper into a downward spiral.

God only knows how many times I see this: people who already have nothing being pushed permanently into the red by bureaucracies that are equal parts punitive, dysfunctional and decimated by austerity.

«We consider the austerity measures being pushed by President Obama and Congress to be as illegitimate as the war the President has started in Libya.

There was a period in 2014 when disillusionment with austerity, the possibility of Scottish independence, and a firmer push against nuclearism by the Liberal Democrats in coalition and Labour under Ed Miliband could have aligned to shift the debate, but that moment has passed — at least for now.

Leader of the SNP, Nicola Sturgeon has accused Nick Clegg of «pushing people deeper into poverty» by backing Tory austerity cuts.

The risk is that the cost of borrowing money from bond investors for the highly indebted countries will rise substantially, offsetting any improvements they can make in their budget outlook by way of higher taxes or pushing through austerity plans.

The Greek government, elected early this year on a platform of ending years of austerity imposed by Germany and other lenders, is pushing back against further pension cuts and higher taxes, saying they would further weaken an already crippled economy.