Sentences with phrase «states than the liberal»

The pre-tax and transfer poverty rates in Sweden (14.8 %) Norway (12.4 %) Denmark (17.2 %) and Finland (12.1 %) were really not so much higher in the social democratic welfare states than the liberal welfare states of Australia (16.2 %), Canada (17.1 %), UK (16.4 %) and USA (17.2 %).

Not exact matches

Critics also charge that Gillibrand emphasized more centrist positions as a congresswoman from a somewhat conservative district than she does as a senator from a liberal state.

More than anyone else, Graham built evangelicalism into a force that rivaled liberal Protestantism and Roman Catholicism in the United States.

He spent more than $ 60 million to win election in 2000 to the United States Senate from New Jersey on a liberal platform.

The Liberal platform also stated that if a senior's inflation index turned about to be lower than the national CPI, the general CPI would compensate seniors, not the seniors CPI.

Thus, it is no surprise when empirical research shows that Justin Bieber Blog people who are believers give more of their time and resources to the needy than do unbelievers, and people who cherish limited government (conservatives) give more than welfare - state liberals.

Given that Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's ruling Liberal - National Coalition has consistently stated it wants to hold a referendum on the issue rather than pass it in parliament, it's unlikely a change in marriage law will now happen for the foreseeable future.

Nowhere have the weak social foundations of American liberal institutions been more evident than in the battered and tattered nature of the welfare state, and in the cynicism with which it is viewed by nearly the entire populace — from the wealthy to the poor, for different reasons.

For example, even though the liberal state has no right to require its citizens who are Christians to accept Locke's proposition that toleration and a respect for religious freedom are the marks of the correct understanding of the Gospels, it has every reason to hope that they do, and perhaps to do more than hope — to educate and persuade, if not to coerce.

I know of no group of people in the United States more reflexively liberal than classical musicians, and none more unanimous in the belief that abortion should remain legal and wholly unrestricted in its availability.

And then he does what all conservatives do, state facts that are unreferenced and unverifiable by talking about supposed studies showing that conservatives give more to charity than liberals anyway, thereby elevating themselves even more above the rest of us in their delusional hierarchy.

Why do liberal states have higher unemployment and higher debts than conservative states?

In fact... hate crimes are higher in liberals states than southern ones.

But if endowments are conceived solely as instruments, rather than equal partners with the state in pursuit of the public good, then the classic principle of private association in liberal democracies has been lost, for instrumentality implies that government alone is the public good's ultimate arbiter.

It is at least conceivable that liberal societies such as West Germany, Great Britain, France, and the United States pay a more just respect to the rights of persons on the one hand and, on the other hand, to the building up of intermediate social bodies through reflection and choice than do some existing Catholic countries.

... Delight in smooth - sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the State, genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation, obvious lack of intellectual vigour in both leaders of the British Coalition Government, marked ignorance of Europe and aversion from its problems in Mr. Baldwin, the strong and violent pacifism which at this time dominated the Labour - Socialist Party, the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality, the failure and worse than failure of Mr. Lloyd George, the erstwhile great war - time leader, to address himself to the continuity of his work, the whole supported by overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Parliament: all these constituted a picture of British fatuity and fecklessness which, though devoid of guile, was not devoid of guilt, and, though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries which, even so far as they have unfolded, are already beyond comparison in human experience.

There is a long - standing trend within the Parliamentary Conservative Party that privately schooled and Oxbridge educated MPs are more likely to be socially liberal and less Eurosceptic than their state - schooled and non-Oxbridge educated colleagues.

The Chris Dillow link is very good, and I'd venture to say that when OB liberals rail against the state, it's that managerialist aspect, rather than simple size, that upsets them.

Former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno deemed Giuliani «Judas» for turning his back on the party's nominee, little - known state Sen. George Pataki, who ended up defeating Mario Cuomo in what was widely attributed more to voters» rejection of the liberal incumbent than their desire to see a GOP legislator from Peekskill in the executive mansion.

Conservatives, Labour, and Liberal Democrats alike agreed to even stronger devolution than is now the case, with the now - permanent Scottish Parliament being given plenary powers regarding taxation and some important social issues, especially involving the operation of the modern welfare state.

In theory, there was not a great deal in this with which Liberal Democrats could disagree, but at the time some in the party feared a new direction focused on reducing the size of the state, rather than relocating it through devolution.

This has continued since the election as the Liberals have sacrificed many of the manifesto pledges that they used to pose themselves to the left of the Labour Party, such as the scrapping of Trident, proportional representation, an amnesty for illegal immigrants and opposition to nuclear power — the latter on which it will now abstain in any parliamentary votes rather than oppose it as its manifesto had stated.

Under the governor's budget proposal, two of the top items on his wish list — covering state college tuition for hundreds of thousands of low - and middle - income New Yorkers, and a package of tax cuts aimed at the middle class — would be made possible in part by a three - year extension of a higher tax on people who make more than $ 1 million a year, another policy favored by liberals.

And no matter who is chosen, the Court of Appeals will likely remain a uniquely New York institution, more liberal than numerous other states such as, say, Alabama, Bonventre said.

Rather than any question of how much longer he can hang on — a question which, as recently as this April, Fred Dicker was raising in print — the test for Silver is how effectively he'll be able to advocate for the liberal priorities of his members with Cuomo campaigning as a centrist, and the State Senate in the hands of coalition of Republicans and breakaway Democrats.

Raymond Harding, the former chairman of the state Liberal Party, admitted he received more than $ 800,000 in exchange for doing political favors, including opening up a Queens state Assembly seat for former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi's son, Andrew, the state attorney general said last week.

Claims by the Secretary of State for Wales that the current devolution settlement does not need major changes are misguided and could help to entrench an unsatisfactory system in place where the courts become the final arbiter of laws rather than the electorate, the Welsh Liberal Democrats Assembly Member, Peter Black has said.

Capturing liberal hearts with phrasing which persuasively whispered into the ears of moderate independents in the state's suburbs, was more than a rhetorical technique.

In finding novel ways to commingle church and state, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, a Democrat, has carved himself a niche as a more inclusive kind of liberal, one who is willing to embrace religious groups rather than treat them as adversaries.

Cuomo's actions have focused on his left flank: a Siena Research Institute poll earlier this month showed that fewer than half the state's voters view him favorably, and a majority of self - identified Democrats and liberals did not approve of the job he's been doing.

The new Liberal Party would «pursue a progressive agenda on social and economic issues that is far broader than the WFP's,» the source stated.

But most industry players — especially those whose business is multifamily properties — would like to see that the state senate, rather than the overwhelmingly liberal and pro-tenant city council, keeps control of rent regulation, said Massey Knakal Realty Services» chairman Robert Knakal.

In a provocative opening essay, Laws argued that the Liberal Democrats had neglected their party's pro-market economic liberal tradition, and had instead lapsed into a policy mindset little better than «soggy socialism»; they had placed too much faith in the power of the state to improve people's lives, and too little faith in the power of choice and compeLiberal Democrats had neglected their party's pro-market economic liberal tradition, and had instead lapsed into a policy mindset little better than «soggy socialism»; they had placed too much faith in the power of the state to improve people's lives, and too little faith in the power of choice and compeliberal tradition, and had instead lapsed into a policy mindset little better than «soggy socialism»; they had placed too much faith in the power of the state to improve people's lives, and too little faith in the power of choice and competition.

With more money, staff and name recognition than when he ran for office four years ago, Mr. Hawkins is hoping an unexpectedly strong showing can boost the standing of his party and liberals in New York State.

The parties for the 2014 election are the Democrats and Republicans (obviously), as well as the Conservative Party (founded back in the 1960s because the state GOP was seen as too liberal by some), the Independence Party (founded in the 1990s and did best with Ross Perot as its presidential candidate, not to be confused with being an independent voter), the Greens and the Working Families Party (founded in the 1990s to be more social democratic than the Democrats).

According to our figures (and I keep asking you to use the figures set out in the Liberal Democrat and Labour document not the figures given by the IFS who state they got their figures from these documents but actually give different figures) to reverse the cuts to Universal Credit cost # 3.665 billion and as I pointed out above these are the reductions in the amounts a person can keep before they start to lose their benefit, which were set much higher than the old benefits, but the withdrawal rate seemed to be higher with Universal Credit (65 % [reduced to 62 %] than with Tax Credit (41 % on gross income).

«Eleven - fifty is almost $ 2 less than what he endorsed last spring,» said Bill Lipton, the director of the New York State Working Families Party, a liberal - leaning third party that endorsed Mr. Cuomo last spring, only to be disappointed by his lack of interest in their goals.

It's not a new tactic for upstate Republicans running for state office: link rival Democrats to New York City, where more than half of state lawmakers come from, and promise to stand against that big liberal base.

The expression «state party» for the Liberal Democrats in England sounds odd in a British context: the UK is generally considered to be four nations (England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland) in one state (the United Kingdom) rather than four states — in the American sense — in one nation.

For more than two decades, he served in the Assembly, a firebrand liberal who wrote a remarkable 108 laws, followed by two terms as New York City's comptroller and one term — so far — as state comptroller.

Mr. Peralta's defection does more than siphon power from the Democratic conference; it puts the independent group in position to expand its sphere of influence, pulling Republicans toward the political middle and offering John J. Flanagan, the Senate's Republican leader, an unbreachable bulwark against liberal policies favored by the Democrats who dominate the State Assembly.

«While several Democratic Party candidates spend the next year trying to out liberal each other for the right to be the Democratic Party designee, Congressman Zeldin will remain completely focused working harder than anyone else to deliver positive results to grow our economy, protect our security and improve in many other ways our community, state and nation.»

In a possible sign of the elevated visibility of the attorney general's role, some of the other names that have been floated seemed more like a liberal wish list than a viable ballot lineup: Preet Bharara, the former United States attorney from Manhattan whose feud with Mr. Trump may have outdone Mr. Schneiderman's, for example — or even Hillary Clinton.

Gov. Haley Barbour (R - MS) on CNN's «State of the Union» «The state party chairman who left office, instead of having a primary where all the Republicans could have a voice in who they wanted, instead they let a handful of people pick somebody who is not just a liberal Republican, she's more liberal than many of the DemocState of the Union» «The state party chairman who left office, instead of having a primary where all the Republicans could have a voice in who they wanted, instead they let a handful of people pick somebody who is not just a liberal Republican, she's more liberal than many of the Democstate party chairman who left office, instead of having a primary where all the Republicans could have a voice in who they wanted, instead they let a handful of people pick somebody who is not just a liberal Republican, she's more liberal than many of the Democrats.

In October 2014, researchers for the liberal advocacy group Center for American Progress cited the Pygmalion Effect as an argument in favor of the new, more rigorous Common Core State Standards, a bold education reform adopted by more than 40 states starting in 2010.

Another 10 % stated that their belief as «some other viewpoint» (i.e. some other viewpoint than the varying degrees of conservative and liberal viewpoints that are given as options) and a few others chose «no answer».

For onlookers of democratic politics, rather than assuming a trajectory in which democracy (by which too many onlookers assume Western liberal democracy) prevails, it is prudent to heed the contested nature of this concept and note that among populations that are deeply divided on the separation of religion and state, if some form of democracy does arise once the dust settles it will by virtue of the democratic process likely take place in between the essentialized and polarizing categories — those «secular» and «Islamist» conceptions — that are so prevalently and popularly discussed in popular discourse and the media.

The agreement to toss whole chunks of the landmark law reflects a rare political convergence, uniting liberals who decried rote testing regimes, conservatives who wanted the federal government out of education, state officials angry about unfunded mandates and powerful teachers unions who said NCLB punished them, rather than giving them needed assistance.

While not every state and local union leader falls into this category, an overwhelming majority do, despite an internal poll by the National Education Association which found that its rank - and - file is slightly more conservative (50 percent) than liberal (43 percent) in political philosophy.

More than half of all states have a 30 - point or more differential between their own reported proficiency rates and the National Assessment for Educational Progress (NAEP), which is commonly considered the gold standard of assessments by groups ranging from the liberal American Federation of Teachers to the conservative Heritage Foundation.