Sentences with phrase «than cut programs»

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Earlier this year, for example, it launched a program in which more than 420 of its most active and influential community members sell products to their friends and followers; in turn, they receive a cut of the profits, as well as rewards that include sneak previews of products and trips to New York to visit Glossier and have dinner with Weiss.

Five months after The Cut & Color Room launched the Perka program, more than 600 customers had enrolled.

The White House recommended cutting the EPA's budget $ 2.6 billion, or more than 30 percent, along with eliminating dozens of programs, particularly those enforcing Obama - era regulations and climate programs.

Adding to the pressure on Dollar General were cuts in food - stamp programs as seven states, all governed by Republicans, ended benefits earlier than they had to.

In an attempt to hold on to those shareholders, the company made deeper cuts in the workforce than previously planned and curtailed early - stage research programs.

We also promote tax simplification; identify and fight the creep of specialized deductions; conduct, synthesize and curate research on the effect of globalization and technological trends on the US economy; and encourage growth advocates to focus more attention on cutting harmful regulations and increasing program efficiency than attempts to radically pare down social spending.

It is much easier to cut a program or eliminate a tax change that has not been implemented than one that has.

There is also no doubt that without these tax cuts the government would have been in a much better fiscal position to deal with the 2009 - 2010 recession; that any resulting deficit, would have been eliminated much earlier than 2015 - 16, and without the need for draconian cuts in federal programs and services.

But more than half of that group, 61 %, oppose any cuts to the program.

However, the various expenditure reduction exercises over recent years, without major cuts to programs and services, have forced departments to operate «closer to the edge», implying that the lapse at the end of the year will be lower than in previous years.

The individual viewer has only the option of choosing the least - objectionable program or of pressing the «off» button, which cuts that part of the public off from the communication system — a system currently arranged to meet the needs of business rather than the needs of the public.

If the Republicans want to make gains among the working and middle - classes of all colors and ethnicities, they need to focus on a program that offers more than just the supposed indirect benefits of cutting taxes on «job creators.»

I am not calling for cuts to government programs as of now — they are necessary for so many people's basic survival — but Mr. Beck does have a pertinent point: voting to tax someone else (typically wealthier than us) to provide assistance does not necessarily demonstrate a society that «cares» — much more caring is a society that willingly donates those funds to charities they have taken the time to research, and more caring still if the members of that society take the time to volunteer to administer that aid.

As judicatory funding came under close scrutiny in the late»70s and early»80s, campus ministry staff and programs were good targets for cuts: clearly, it takes less staff time to refer and network than it does to design and implement creative ministry.

Years later, when Gov. Perry actively supported the death penalty and cuts in government programs for the poor - positions that clashed with the more progressive stances of the United Methodist Church - some fellow Methodists speculated that Paint Creek's cultural conservatism shaped the governor more than his church did.

But if we have to treat food / ag - spending as a zero - sum game — any increase in one program must be offset by cuts in another — it would make much more sense to cut stuff like corn, soy, and cotton subsidies than to attack conservation and hunger programs.

Hi Stan, I think you and I disagree even more deeply than that — I'm not in favor of budget cuts for the cutting's sake, only in favor of funding programs we need and not ones we don't (in the abstract — the real world of politics is far too messy for such an innocent construction).

In its particulars, the deal averting a government shutdown includes few of the cuts the president sought, and more resembles the kind of spending deals that former President Barack Obama — a Democrat — struck with Republicans in Congress, rather than the wall - building, program - slashing approach Trump suggested.

Because of lower - than - expected federal assistance for Medicaid, Albany instituted an across - the - board budget sweep of 1.1 percent, cutting state spending and also siphoning off theoretically separate revenue streams dedicated to specific programs and agencies, like the MTA.

Nassau's financial control board for the first time will impose spending cuts for county departments and programs after county lawmakers proposed more than $ 30 million in changes to the 2018 budget the board said were inadequate.

Otherwise, the cuts would take more than $ 3 million from library programs as well as tens of millions from health plans, including those concerned with covering HIV and AIDS.

Also at issue are cuts to law enforcement programs like the COPS grants, which Grimm and King said they consider these reductions «misguided,» a $ 400 million reduction in LIHEAP funding and more than $ 150 million worth of cuts to Amtrak.

More than 180 jobs have been vacated through budget cuts and an early retirement program.

While there was a split among moderate and liberal Democrats on Social Security, expanding the program rather than cutting it is becoming the party line on the Hill and on the campaign trail.

More than 180 jobs have been vacated through budget cuts and an early retirement program, yielding annual savings of $ 7 million.

Voters should remember that New York City was singled out by Albany and eliminated from the revenue sharing program, while other localities took no more than a three percent cut.»

A coalition of more than 100 nonprofit community service organizations is urging New York's congressional delegation to reject proposed budget cuts to food stamps, Medicaid and other social programs.

Legal Services Corp. grant funding has been cut from almost $ 379 million two years ago to $ 316 million currently, and those grants now pay less than 27 percent of the funding for New York's nonprofit legal aid programs, DiNapoli said.

The Senate Bill cuts off the Medicaid expansion for states more gradually than the House bill, but would enact deeper long - term cuts to the health care program for low - income Americans.

They say they've already cut back and laid off and that a cap would erode arts, sports and special programs, and hurt poorer and rural districts, which are more dependent on state aid than rich ones with greater property wealth.

Lawmakers approved a plan to raise more than $ 1 billion through uniform, across - the - board cuts to state programs, should Congress fail to approve an increase in Medicaid financing this year.

The New Yorkers affected by this cut — in what used to be known as the «food stamps» program — include more than 1.2 million children and over 1 million elderly and disabled individuals.

State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli today issued his own mid-year summary, accompanied by a press release citing the «triple threat of budgetary risks» posed by «projected budget gaps, weaker than expected personal income tax collections and cuts to federal programs.»

The vetoes also include $ 419 million in restorations of Paterson's more than $ 1 billion in cuts to school aid and $ 106 million for community colleges and the Tuition Assistance Program.

Projected budget gaps, weaker than expected personal income tax collections and cuts to federal programs combine for a triple threat of budgetary risks,» DiNapoli said.

The number of refugees coming to Buffalo in the next year is likely to fall to its lowest level in more than a decade, under Trump's pending plan to again cut America's program to welcome the world's outcasts.

They include an additional $ 100 million for water infrastructure investments, a $ 100 million «Downtown NY» revitalization initiative in which 10 cities will win $ 10 million apiece in a similar vein to his annual Regional Economic Development Council competition, and a tax cut program for small businesses (defined as those with less than 100 employees).

In terms of forgiven taxes, the de Blasio administration estimates that its proposal would cut the subsidy per unit to less than $ 400,000, from nearly $ 600,000, and double the number of affordable apartments created under the program to 25,000, from 12,400, over the coming decade.

More than 96,000 Queens residents would lose their food stamp benefits while the borough overall would see a $ 1.7 billion cut in the program within the next decade.

To prevent more classroom cuts and restore programs that have already been cut will take a lot more than five percent.»

Continuing their battle to stop the mayor from laying off teachers and cutting child care and after - school program funding, a group of parents and community members gathered at City Hall on June 16 to deliver a petition on seven 50 - foot scrolls signed by more than 20,000 New Yorkers telling Mayor Bloomberg and City Council members to invest in school improvement, not cut programs or personnel.

Cuomo has already warned that the state faces more than $ 2 billion in Medicaid funding cuts unless Congress acts to restore the Disproportionate Share Hospital program, which expired on Oct. 1.

SPECTRUM NEWS VIDEO: Most districts will put forward budgets Tuesday that don't cut student programs or services, but some are struggling far more than others.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- More than 100 protesters chanting opposition to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to cut program funding for the poor while giving tax breaks to the rich blocked central stairs and hallways in the Capitol for an hour Wednesday afternoon.

More than 100 nonprofit human services organizations from across the state are calling on legislators to reject proposed federal cuts to social services programs.

In 2008, funding for the program, which is made available through the state Environmental Protection Fund and administered by the state Department of Agriculture and Markets, was cut by more than 50 percent.

Mayor Bloomberg's proposed education budget for next year does almost nothing to make up for years of cuts to programs and staff, even though the state increased school funding to city schools next year by more than 4 percent, UFT Vice President Karen Alford testified at a City Council Education Committee hearing on March 21.

The committee flat - funded R&D programs at the Federal Railroad Administration, rather than adopting the moderate requested cut, while trimming other smaller DOT programs.

The FY 1998 budget relies on sustained economic growth over the past two years, more optimistic economic forecasts, and greater cuts in non-discretionary programs to call for still higher levels of discretionary spending than previous budget plans.

Figure 2 shows that every successive budget plan over the past two years has allocated more to nondefense R&D than the plan before, in part because of continually improving economic forecasts but also because of concerted efforts to protect R&D programs from projected budget cuts.