Sentences with phrase «thought federal spending»

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Think concerns over the coming federal spending cuts and tax increases are overblown?

About 39 % of respondents said fiscal policy, which has included tax increases and automatic federal spending cuts, was «too restrictive,» while 21 % thought it was «too stimulative.»

-- Member of Parliament David Yurdiga «The federal government thinks that it is acceptable to run a $ 30 billion deficit and spending billions on foreign aid and international climate change projects, as well as on newcomer settlement programs all the while cutting over $ 100 million from the three northern territories over the course of the next five years.

I also think that he spent far too much time in a Federal Prison for what he did, and has more than made up for what he has done at this point.

Republicans, including gubernatorial candidate Brian Kolb, thought the speech spent too much on federal issues, suggesting Cuomo had his eyes on the White House in 2020.

Looking at the most recent federal data, the fiscally conservative think tank found that New York spent 114 percent above the national average on instructional salaries and benefits in 2014 - 15.

The governor said he wanted Mr. Trump to be thinking about New York as he weighed decisions about infrastructure spending, federal tax deductions for state and local taxes, and the Affordable Care Act.

«I think it's some of the time that's going to be best spent in the next few weeks because if it helps us change the trajectory of the country and the federal government, that's going to help New York City in a very big and very material way,» de Blasio said of campaigning for Clinton.

There are other ways to try to create incentives for greater support of science by industry, by philanthropy; and those ought to be pursued too because I think the record shows that we simply can't depend entirely on the Federal government — especially in view of the kind of fluctuations that result from either depressions in the national treasury; that result from reductions and tax revenues; or the expenditures sometimes unexpected like Katrina; or unfortunate expenditures like the ones we are spending now in Iraq.

But not every legislator who wants to cut federal spending thinks NSF is the place to start.

The critics of modern school reform that I know are people who see enormous trouble in the public education system, but don't think it will be fixed by spending billions of dollars on questionable teacher assessment systems linked to standardized test scores, or expanding charter schools that are hardly the panacea their early supporters claimed they would be, or handing out federal education dollars based on promises to change schools according to the likes and dislikes of Education Secretary Arne Duncan, whose record as superintendent of Chicago public schools was hardly distinguished.

And he added, «We think it is patently unfair to single out adult tobacco consumers with another federal tobacco tax increase to pay for a broad, new government spending program claimed to have benefits for everyone.»

The union leadership sees this and gets all jizzy, thinking about how to steer some of that dough to their own pockets: «The four corporations that dominate the U.S. standardized testing market spend millions of dollars lobbying state and federal officials — as well as sometimes hiring them — to persuade them to favor policies that include mandated student assessments, helping to fuel a nearly $ 2 billion annual testing business, a new analysis shows.

The only time most of us think of doing something about our federal income taxes is once a year — the hours we spend actually grappling with Form 1040 or when gathering records to deliver them to a paid preparer.

Also, while cuts in defense spending are certainly inevitable, to my thinking defense spending is one of the more protected areas of federal expenditures.

Think about it, what would you rather have; a $ 10,000 pay raise that you have to pay state and federal income tax on or a $ 10,000 tax free reimbursement on money that you already spend anyway?

You will want to spend some time thinking about your potential retirement income and whether federal income tax rates might rise or fall in the coming years relative to today.

Markey is the typical liberal Democrat who thinks there is no problem that can't be solved by more federal spending and more federal control over every aspect of society and the economy.

Although I favor a small and efficient government, I do not think that it entails such extreme measures w / r / t federal spending.

Just when you thought the excessive executive compensation was bad, it appears that the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) CEO Bill Johnson, already the highest paid federal employee in the entire country taking home over $ 6.5 in total compensation in 2017, spent the last few years on a spending spree buying new corporate jets, airplanes and a luxury helicopter.

A study by the Beacon Hill Institute, a free - market think - tank associated with Boston's Suffolk University, lists a sharp drop in tourist spending among the economic costs the project would impose; it would not be viable at all without a vast subsidy from state and federal taxpayers, the report argues.

With a new federal nuclear waste program necessary and on the long - term horizon, the Natural Resources Defense Council sought to learn what state officials think should be done with the spent fuel and radioactive waste from America's 99 commercial nuclear reactors.

While many candidates likely only spend a few thousand dollars on their campaigns, it is surprising to think that some are spending almost as much if not more money then provincial or federal election candidates.

Federal resumes require that you spend additional time thinking through the format and contents of your resume.