Sentences with phrase «tax giveaways for»

I will work to ensure there are no more tax giveaways for big corporations until we renew our commitment to higher education through greater state investment.

While the massive rally has prompted New York City elected officials to be more responsive to the need to take action on climate change, it has had little impact on state and national political leaders who used their partisan gridlock to avoid needed action on this and many other critical issues while promoting increased wealth and tax giveaways for the 1 %.

«A vote for Ukip is a vote for higher taxes for working families, charges to see your GP, huge tax giveaways for the rich and even deeper cuts to public services.»

Mr. Cuomo has been pushing for the proposal, but it faces opposition in the State Assembly, which is controlled by Democrats, many of whom feel it is a tax giveaway for the rich.

Not exact matches

Democrats claim the Republican tax changes are little more than a giveaway for corporations and the wealthy.

They could get headlines for being open for business — possibly winning the attention of other, smaller suitors — without actually having to go through with the kinds of ludicrous tax giveaways that could turn Amazon's HQ2 into an albatross.

Specific policies include encouraging job creation and innovation in the new energy economy; improving the fairness of employment standards (including re-establishing the National Minimum Wage; reversing «tax giveaways» to corporations; introducing and maintaining balanced budgets; protecting Canadians from «price gouging» by businesses; implementing income stabilization programs for farmers; promoting long - term economic and environmental sustainability of marine and forestry resources; and re-investing in education, skills training and apprenticeships to help Canadians succeed in the economy.

We need a champion for a tax policy that puts hardworking families first, not Paul Ryan's giveaway to big corporations and the wealthiest Americans.

And we will insist that all the proceeds from the sale of our stakes in Lloyds and RBS are used not for a one - off pre-election tax giveaway — but instead every penny of profit used to repay the national debt.

In a TU OpEd, Albany's Bishop Ed Scharfenberger defended the education investment tax credit, saying the criticism that it's a giveaway for «elite» and wealthy New Yorkers is unfair and unfounded.

Cuomo's added commitments are topped off by the extension of $ 420 million a year in state tax credits for film and TV production — the most generous giveaway of its kind in the country.

For each tax giveaway the chancellor awarded, he made one tax or spending takeaway.

This needs to happen before Fresh Direct, or any other entity can be considered for tax breaks and giveaways and move to our public land.

Yesterday's pre-budget report announced big tax giveaways - the largest being a temporary VAT cut, costing # 12.4 bn - paid for, in part, by spending cuts and increased taxation in the future.

In a reference to Cuomo's Start Up New York initiative, Teachout said that «when [Cuomo] sees tech policy all he can think about is tax giveaways, as opposed to... what is needed to build true infrastructure for the next generation of entrepreneurs.»

«Only the Labour Party is promising to stand up for working people, the majority in our country, while the Tories have made clear they are determined to carry on handing out tax giveaways to a wealthy few.»

E.J. McMahon: «New York's Legislature couldn't leave town without approving up to $ 50 million a year in tax subsidies for music and video game producers, modeled after the state's existing (and outrageous) giveaway to film and TV producers.»

On top of that, the Tories have a host of tax giveaways they somehow have to pay for.

Also at 11 a.m., Alliance for Tenant Power tenants and members rally against the renewal of what they desribe as «the 421a tax giveaway or any other subsidies that favors luxury developments over affordable housing,» near One57, 57th Street and Fifth Avenue, Manhattan.

Clinton also hammered away at Brown's call for a 13 - percent flat income tax, blasting it as a giveaway to the rich.

«After 34 years of Albany incumbent Hugh Farley's runaway spending, job - killing taxes, and irresponsible corporate giveaways for his Wall Street banker buddies, it's not surprising that fewer than half the voters want him to remain as their senator.

He picked Dinapoli, who has proven to be a great sinecure, and giveaway McCall, and his buddy for Chief Judge and Lt Governor and he wants to borrow and raise taxes and he makes millions in Joe Bruno - like income, but other than that, he's a great guy!

Republicans are so devoted to providing tax giveaways to the wealthy and big corporations, that they go searching for pay fors in the pockets of the middle class.

«With his customary chutzpah and some artful media management, he made it through the day in one piece, with the help of a distractionary but welcome fizzy drink tax, a few giveaways, most disgracefully for executives with the ability to transform their income into capital gains, and a disruptive revolution in governance for England's unfortunate primary schools...

«Obviously the giveaway is that, for decades, the tax credit was given without any qualification.»

De Blasio said it was «disingenuous» for Cuomo to call the mayor's proposed reforms to the 421 - a tax break program «a giveaway to the developers.»

■ An educational tax credit for donations to schools, including parochial ones, would be a political giveaway of at least $ 100 million of state revenue per year.

After years of indulging in corporate loopholes and giveaways like more than $ 100 million in tax breaks for the new Goldman Sachs headquarters and paying consulting firms hundreds of millions of dollars to work on failed technology projects like CityTime, the Mayor saved one of his largest corporate handouts for the final moments of his tenure: hundreds of millions of dollars for developers through the midtown east rezoning.

The largest state worker union, the Civil Service Employees Association, calls it corporate welfare and a «tax giveaway to business at the expense of local communities and middle class jobs,» Ron Deutsch is with New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness, a coalition of unions, environmental and social justice groups.

The case involves many elements of state government that have been attacked as corrupt and unethical - from the LLC loophole that allows donors to pump the lifeblood of campaign cash into the Republican conference, or the 421 - A tax break for developers that has been attacked as a giveaway to corporate donors, major issues at play in the indictment are parts of how Skelos managed to keep himself and the Senate Republicans in power in Albany.

The giveaway is open to international contestants, however, the international winner will be responsible for shipping, handling, and applicable custom fees / taxes.

Rather than use last year's budget surplus to invest in education, Governor McCrory chose to provide more corporate giveaways and tax breaks for the wealthy.

You can order your tax - deductible tickets for the 2016 Corvette Dream Giveaway by calling toll - free to [phone] or enter online at http://dreamgiveaway.com/dg/corvette.

Your tax - deductible donation for an entry ticket supports a number of worthwhile charities including New Beginning Children's Homes who have returned again as the Corvette Dream Giveaway's main charity sponsor.

The Tax Foundation, a conservative think tank, says the deduction is a giveaway for those with high incomes and big houses, because they are more likely to itemize their deductions rather than claim the standard deduction on their tax returTax Foundation, a conservative think tank, says the deduction is a giveaway for those with high incomes and big houses, because they are more likely to itemize their deductions rather than claim the standard deduction on their tax returtax returns.

The bill also gives further tax giveaways to the oil industry, leading to Janet Redman, from Oil Change International to argue that: «the GOP's generosity to the dirty energy industry in the tax bill stands in stark contrast to their reticence to fully fund climate disaster relief for Harvey, Irma and Maria victims.

Cap and trade may seem like the big offer on the emission reductions table at the moment — one mention of alternatives like a straight carbon tax send many people (the average American in particular) into apoplectic fits — but Annie «The Story of Stuff» Leonard wants you to take a closer look.There are so many troubling details in how cap and trade is currently proposed — free permit giveaways to polluters, massive potential for bogus offsetting projects, the ever - present potential of distracting us from making real changes — that we really need to consider other options.

GOP officials argue the tax overhaul is crucial for boosting economic growth, while Democrats are gearing up to paint it as a giveaway to the wealthy.