Sentences with phrase «than a cap system»

Katko's rejection of the replacement bill comes after the White House and Republican Study Committee agreed Friday to changes, including using block grants to pay for Medicaid, rather than a cap system.

Not exact matches

This makes it clearer than ever that any system of carbon pricing, whether based on taxes, caps or some combination of the two, can only be one part of a comprehensive set of policies to achieve climate change goals.

Raising the income cap would increase the existing progressivity of the system, as would applying greater cost - of - living benefit adjustments for families with lower earnings than to those with high earnings.

Furthermore, it promised to reform the Jospin Government's 35 - hour week, by relaxing the cap and altering the tax system to encourage overtime (paid 25 % higher than normal hours in all companies) and home - ownership.

It's considerably higher than the 15 percent cap proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo — which he modeled after the U.S. Congress — but it is still a major shift from the current system, where legislators are considered part - time officials and allowed unlimited earnings in their side jobs.

· Allowing counties an option to modify how they fund state mandated pension contributions · Providing counties more audit authority in the special education preschool program · Improving government efficiency and streamlining state and local legislative operations by removing the need for counties to pursue home rule legislative requests every two years with the state legislature in order to extend current local sales tax authority · Reducing administrative and reporting requirements for counties under Article 6 public health programs · Reforming the Workers Compensation system · Renewing Binding Arbitration, which is scheduled to sunset in June 2013, with a new definition of «ability to pay» for municipalities under fiscal distress, making it subject to the property tax cap (does not apply to NYC) where «ability to pay» will be defined as no more than 2 percent growth in the contract.

The system would be funded by a payroll deduction of less than $ 1 a week, and the benefit would be capped based on average state wages.

The revised bill gives states the option to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients and pays states block grants for Medicaid, rather than using a cap system that would be more favorable to New York.

Some, including New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg and the U.S. Congressional Budget Office, have suggested that a national carbon tax — an extra cost per amount of fossil fuel burned — would be simpler and more effective than any cap - and - trade system.

Energy Both John McCain and Barack Obama have called for a cap - and - trade system to cut carbon emissions, although Obama's proposed reduction (80 percent from 1990 levels by 2050) is larger than McCain's (65 percent).

The system can only levitate things that are as dense or less dense than water, but there is no intrinsic cap on size.

Even though the regulatory institutions were stronger than those fostering Europe's carbon cap - and - trade system, the European Monetary Union proved relatively ineffective at keeping its powerful members in line when commitments grew inconvenient.

A predictable carbon tax would be much more effective than the cumbersome and nontransparent cap - and - trade system and might win broader assent as part of a package of deficit reduction.

A truly strict global system, involving the majority of countries and imposing a tight cap on total emissions, would cut emissions more than the European trading scheme.

Although this means that tariffs are lower than before and are slowly decreasing, and the new quarterly caps system means that you may have to wait several months before you start receiving payments, there is no doubt that solar PV can still be a good investment for a power - hungry school to help bring its electricity bills down.

For example, ESSA requires states to include a broader set of factors in school accountability systems rather than just test scores; provides funding for states and districts to audit and streamline their testing regimes; and allows states to cap the amount of instructional time devoted to testing.

The always excellent - looking flashes of Cadillac's trademark eucalyptus wood gracing the console, center stack, shift lever, door caps, door pulls, and steering wheel - warmer and more appealing than any German wood - grain effect - help remind us that we are not in a Teutonic ride, as do American - looking gauge fonts, the sat - nav system, and secondary controls.

Double check the substance in question, if you realize that it is nothing more than sludgy build - up in the cooling system (you will notice it on the bottom of the radiator cap and in the coolant overflow tank) and the vehicle has a Dexcool brand coolant in it, this is caused by air being introduced to the coolant system.

The following parts have been replaced / restored: • crankshaft and connecting rods • clutch • shift cable • oil pump • control (cam belt, valve control, tightener etc.) • cooler fans (all 3) • oil coolers (upgraded to a bigger than the original) • turbo restoration and vacuum pipes • exhaust system replaced, then upgraded to a dual (one on both sides) exhaust system • brakes (disc and shoe) • RC injectors (4x primer 370cc and 2x seconder 270cc) • electronic window motors • electric power assisted steering • A / C • new leather interior (including dashboard, seats, door and roof panels etc.) • LED backlit dashboard • carbon dashboard • carbon front light frames • secondary door seal and door glasses • front spoiler rubber lip • blanking caps I would recommend my Lotus for anyone who would like to preserve its unique condition, especially for collectors or as a hobby vehicle.

At the rear is a pair of 3 - inch (76 mm) chrome exhaust outlets, which caps a performance dual - exhaust system made of high - grade stainless steel that will maintain a lustrous appearance longer than ordinary stainless.

As CCM brakes generate more surface temperature than steel brakes, open - air intakes on the bumper and deflectors on the anti-roll bar direct increased airflow to the braking system — the attention to detail even extending to the use of new, heat - resistant valve caps.

Easy Fuel ™ Capless Fuel - Filler System is an industry - exclusive feature that provides customers a hassle - free, odor - free and more consistent seal than a manual fuel cap.

Apparently, one of the biggest feathers in Amazon's developer friendly cap is its in - app purchasing system, which it claims generates more than twice the revenue of the average paid app transaction.

For every small cap like Quadrant 4 System (NASDAQ: QFOR) that is up more than 800 percent for the last 52 weeks of market action, there are great publicly traded companies in that group like SoupMan (OTC: SOUP), LaborSmart (OTC: LTNC), and Americas Petrogras (OTC: APEOF) that have increasing revenues with the stock price not following as it seemingly should.

Small - cap companies like Quadrant 4 Systems, Labor SMART, and Americas Petrogas do more than make time a «friend» in investing: they become reliable and rewarding allies.

Combines campaign content from all three games with modified or added content Provides more than 50 hours of gameplay in the campaign mode Lets the player choose between six playable classes from the beginning Has a reworked and extended skill - tree system Contains all the tower defense game modes, all made optional yet highly rewarding Has a level cap of 80 (campaign) and 100 (with other game modes)

The House in the summer of 2009 passed a bill outlining a cap - and - trade system that could, over the next few decades, lead to an early end to conventional use of coal and oil, fuels that have underpinned prosperity and growth for more than a century.

A flexible system such as cap and trade would likely be essential if we found that the worst - case feedback values were more probable than originally anticipated.

A steadily escalating carbon tax, perhaps $ 20 / tonne in FY11 escalating at $ 10 / tonne / year to $ 150 / tonne [in 2010 dollars], would provide a long term environment for private investment and be clearer to all participants than a cap - and - trade system with auctioned rights.

My point was more... a cap - and - trade that provides the federal government with significantly more revenues than the fuel tax, as one example, just strikes me as 1) not much of a market based system (you know — looks like a tax, feels like a tax, smells like a tax, IS TAX!)

That is why so many industries and governments prefer cap - and - trade systems (which can be illusions) rather than straightforward carbon taxes.

In short, overcoming all of the problems with creating a cap and trade system rather than imposing a simple tax is simply not worth the effort.

We definitely need some sort of mechanism to assign a cost / price to carbon emissions, but that could be a carbon tax of some sort rather than a cap - and - trade system.

Clearly, the EU and China are doing far better than the U.S. Note that I am not a big believer in the likelihood of carbon taxes or a cap and trade system bringing enough renewables online quickly enough to save the climate just due to investors reactions to higher energy prices.

Despite proponents» claims that early action crediting was a «third way» between the Kyoto Protocol and «inaction,» the policy was a less - than - subtle strategy to establish the accounting framework for a carbon cap - and - trade system and grow a corporate lobby for Kyoto - style energy - rationing.

Companies based in regions with regulatory carbon pricing programs were more likely to buy carbon offsets, even on a voluntary basis, than companies based in locations without a cap - and - trade system or carbon tax.

And here's a lesson CRS didn't articulate: a simple, predictably - rising carbon tax could accomplish more with far fewer administrative hassles than linked cap - and - trade systems.

On the first criterion, Weitzman points out that while a carbon tax is more easily administered and more transparent than a cap - and - trade system, a carbon cap or a tax can both achieve cost - effective emissions reductions.

So, once we clear away the underbrush, we can see that the case for a carbon tax or a cap - and - trade emissions rationing system is really that it would be a hedge against the risk that actual damages from warming would be much, much worse than current risk - adjusted projections indicate.

Individual system limits based on on - site consumer loads rather than arbitrary caps expand the market to more applications.

In other words, not only does Germany already have a far more aggressive emissions reduction goal than most other developed nations, but it's also part of the EU, which has implemented a serious system to cap carbon emissions.

The EU has long led the way on carbon emissions, implementing a cap and trade system in 2005, having set ambitious emissions reductions targets, having per person emissions that are less than half of those in the USA, Canada, and Australia, and which in general has been the global model on climate policy.

What I» ve said is that we would put a cap - and - trade system in place that is more — that is as aggressive if not more aggressive than anybody else» s out there, so if somebody wants to build a coal - powered plant, they can, it» s just that it will bankrupt them because they» re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that» s being emitted.

Yes, the EU has a cap - and - trade system, but the cap is not sufficiently tight to drive a price higher than 20 euros.

And while it is true that Allen's proposed cap - and -(maybe) trade system would reduce European demand on Russian fossil - fuel producers, it would be likely to increase dependence on RussianCO2 sequestration services, since it is probable that massive CO2 sequestration would be more publicly acceptable and cheaper in Siberia than, say, the Paris or Wessex Basins.

Third, although it is not impossible to link such as system internationally (for purposes of cost containment), it is more challenging to do so than with the quantity based cap - and - trade alternative.

In addition to ongoing consideration of an economy - wide cap - and - trade system, another possibility now receiving attention is a utility - only cap - and - trade system, which some members of the Congress inexplicably find more attractive than an economy - wide approach.

As a result, a cap - and - trade system's effect on the cost of coal use would be significantly greater than its effect on the cost of gasoline or natural gas consumption.

It also removed the cap that had previously prevented homeowners from taking more than a $ 2,000 credit when purchasing a solar PV system.

It is certainly a better option than the corruption ridden cap and trade systems currently in vogue.