Sentences with phrase «spending military spending»
Of every form of public spending military spending is the least Labour productive.
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«A large debt also can compromise a country's national security by constraining military spending in times of international crisis or by limiting its ability to prepare for such a crisis.»
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 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13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 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and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
It follows the disclosure that the heir to the throne has regularly lobbied ministers over pet subjects including homeopathy, architecture, rainforests, rural housing and military spending.
The president's spending blueprint cuts $ 54 billion from the Environmental Protection Agency, the State Department, and NASA, among others, to pay for a massive military buildup.
Laingen started the network in 2004, while working for Minnesota Wire, a small manufacturing company that realized that high - tech entrepreneurs needed some way to band together and tap into the rich vein of military spending.
The December ban also applies to military networks and was included in a more general defense spending bill.
Awate spent the better part of the next decade performing unpaid labour, much of it for the military.
The real issue is how much NATO countries spend on their own military budgets.
While the budget proposes large spending cuts to many government agencies — the Environmental Protection Agency and State Department budgets would be cut 31 % and 28 %, respectively — defense and military spending would increase substantially.
It would significantly boost military spending and increase funding for border security, infrastructure and efforts to fight the opioid epidemic.
Ryan emphasized «all the wins» in the bill, particularly military spending, and felt encouraged after the call, the source added.
As it happened, we kept the tax cuts, added new military and Medicare spending, and did nothing to raise new revenue or cut other spending.
BEIJING, March 5 - China on Monday unveiled its largest rise in defence spending in three years, setting a target of 8.1 percent growth over 2017, fuelling an ambitious military modernisation programme amid rising concerns over its security.
He added that he «looked very seriously» at a veto, but his support for the military spending levels «overrode» his concerns about the bill.
Norway has increased military spending by 9.4 % for 2016.
Since the end of the Cold War in the early 1990s, governments worldwide have been looking toward a «peace dividend,» an across - the - board decline in military spending.
BEIJING, March 5 - China unveiled its largest rise in defence spending in three years on Monday, setting an 8.1 percent growth target compared to 2017, fuelling the country's ambitious military modernisation programme amid rising Chinese security...
BEIJING, March 5 - China on Monday unveiled its largest rise in defense spending in three years, setting a target of 8.1 percent growth over 2017, fueling an ambitious military modernisation program amid rising concerns over its security.
The president said he approved the legislation to fund the government through September for national security reasons, as it authorizes a major increase in military spending that he supports.
He'd like to increase military spending, sign free trade deals with other Asian countries, make it easier for companies to hire and fire workers, change immigration laws, get more women in the labour force and much more.
Ahead of that deadline, the administration told Congress that it will indeed use the money, but is putting a «pause» on spending it or on assigning any funds to specific sales of military equipment to the Pakistanis.
WASHINGTON (Reuters)- U.S. President Donald Trump's push for a major military buildup suffered a setback on Thursday when the House of Representatives put plans on hold to fully fund the federal government through next Sept. 30 and instead resorted to temporary measures freezing spending at current levels.
The outside world needs to apply a different kind of pressure: a diplomatic and economic push for regime - led reforms, commercial investment, and reduced military spending.
Democrats are demanding increases in non-defense spending if military budgets are pumped up as Trump has demanded.
If Trump were to step up spending on the war and military hardware, most of that would likely end up on the nation's credit card.
«We will spend what we need to rebuild our military,» he said.
Space critics such as the CBC's Wendy Mesley and Now are usually opposed to the billions spent on agencies, largely because of their ties to the military - industrial complex and because they feel it's money that could be spent on better things, such as education or social programs.
To determine the economic health of the 30 OECD countries, Canadian Business ranked them by 12 categories: demographics, GDP, trade, prices, energy, life quality, government finance, labour, technology, education, environment and military spending.
President Donald Trump will propose beefing up military spending and slashing domestic programs and foreign aid in his fiscal year 2018 budget to be released on Thursday.
A note: the majority of data in the Factbook is for 2005, and the lower the military spending as a percentage of GDP the better the score in that category.
This is no small matter to a country that already has spent literally trillions of dollars - and suffered the loss of nearly 7,000 military personnel in Afghanistan and Iraq - since former Republican President George W. Bush launched the war on terrorism in the wake of 9/11.
In looking more broadly at spending on military and anti-terrorist activities over nearly a decade and a half, experts vary on the overall price tag - but it's safe to say it's mind boggling.
Trump typically was short on details of precisely what he has in mind, particularly how much more in federal treasure he is prepared to spend to destroy terrorists overseas and at home and to transform what many already consider the most powerful military machine on earth to an even stronger, more Trumpian - like defense force.
The RAND report estimated that if transition - related services were extended to active - duty personnel, the military's healthcare costs would increase by between $ 2.4 million and $ 8.4 million a year — at most a 0.13 % increase over the $ 6.2 billion the Defense Department spent on healthcare for active - duty personnel.
Trump's plans to increase military and infrastructure spending could also stimulate the economy.
China last year set military spending at 954.35 billion yuan ($ 138.93 billion), likely understating its investment, according to diplomats.
To write «Command and Control,» Schlosser spent more than six years steeped in declassified government materials and interviewed military experts, scientists, and «broken arrow» eyewitnesses.
President Donald Trump has said he plans to pay for billions of dollars more for the military by cutting spending on domestic agencies and departments.
According to 2016 estimates gathered by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, the United States was responsible for 36 % of the entire world's military spending.
Even so, President Trump is calling for a $ 54 billion increase in US military spending which he says is needed to «rebuild the military.»
Other defense companies such as Lockheed Martin and General Dynamics — which manufactures everything from tanks to nuclear - powered submarines — have also benefited amid talks of augmented military spend.
The deal would raise spending caps by about $ 300 billion over two years and bump the limit on military spending by $ 80 billion in the current year and $ 85 billion in the next year.
Mutually unpleasant cuts to military and social spending were a key feature of the 1985 Gramm - Rudman - Hollings budget deal during the Reagan years, although the success of these measures remains controversial.
After spending the last four years largely defined by military service, it wasn't that easy to just let go of it, but there's nothing wrong with toning it down.
Well, the spending obviously translates into military superiority but also, in the context of my book, Sex, Bombs and Burgers, it means technological domination.
China's increase in military spending, the biggest rise in three years, was proportionate and low, state media said.
The White House said his new budget proposals will «fully reverse» the so - called sequestration on the domestic side, while raising military spending.
Trump's budget also calls for what the President deemed a «historic» increase in military spending, amounting to an additional $ 52 billion allocation for the Department of Defense.
He also kicked out Uganda's Asian population (mostly Indian and Pakistani citizens), and spent large amounts on the military, both of which led to the country's economic decline.