Sentences with phrase «vast majority of its citizens»

«It shows the Trump administration doesn't hold the same American values for clean air, clean water and healthy land as the vast majority of its citizens,» McCarthy said in a statement.

Opposition to Obamacare, instead of being mixed and uneven, would quickly become unanimous as a result of what would amount to a broad tax increase on the population with zero payoff for the vast majority of citizens (since they remain uninsured.)

Societies with perverse incentives have suffered from waste and corruption, and the vast majority of their citizens have languished in poverty.»

Ashley — I assume you live in America, where the vast majority of citizens claim to be Christians.

In a country in which the vast majority of citizens pray and believe in God, it surely matters, for purposes of legitimation of power and authority, whether or not God and the Bible, the highest authorities and sources of ideals known to those citizens, are invoked to legitimate political authority.

«The end result is that the vast majority of citizens who can't afford to make big donations feel shut out, and in many cases actually are.»

[I only wish there was a viable third party that listened to the sensible center that makes up the vast majority of the citizens.]

I only wish there was a viable third party that listened to the sensible center that makes up the vast majority of the citizens.

The United States government has failed the vast majority of her citizens of African descent.»

The rollback of healthcare, increasing mass gun violence, attacks on consumer and environmental laws, and looming cuts to social services, will undermine prosperity for the vast majority of citizens.

«Even in a down housing market, homeownership remains a core American value, with the vast majority of citizens who do not currently own a home saying they want to buy a home,» said Bob Nielsen, president of the National Association of Home Builders and a home builder from Reno, Nev. «Those running for office in November need to understand that voters will not look kindly on any candidates who seek to dismantle the nation's long - term commitment to homeownership.»

Not exact matches

«We recognize and appreciate that the vast majority of gun owners in this country are responsible, law - abiding citizens.

«We support and respect the Second Amendment, and we recognize and appreciate that the vast majority of gun owners in this country are responsible, law - abiding citizens,» Stack wrote.

When it comes to spending their disposable incomes, the vast majority of U.S. citizens invest a great deal into personal care and image enhancing products.

As the law stands now, undocumented parents can receive a federal income tax credit up to $ 1,000 annually for each child, the vast majority of whom are American citizens.

And since the vast majority of pregnancies are carried successfully to term, abortion must be seen as the interruption of a process that would otherwise have produced a citizen of the world.

Third, elected officials are there to represent the elected, which does not mean if there are not more atheists in the government that it points to discrimination, but to the vast majority of US citizens holding religious beliefs.

While your statement was valid for the vast majority of U.S. citizens, it does n`t apply in North Dakota.

And despite the fact that the vast majority of young people, including those in riot - hit areas, are law abiding citizens, there is no doubt that the unrest we saw in August will shape debates we have from now on on youth provision, youth services and — the issue I'm going to focus on today - youth justice.

«The vast majority of crimes committed by youth are misdemeanors and notably, under this proposal, the most serious crimes would continue to be handled in the criminal court system and all youth would be held accountable for their actions,» said Jennifer March, executive director of the Citizens» Committee for Children of New York.

The vast majority of those who «defend the history» are Russian citizens, including the top - ranking officials of that country.

Regarding the newly reported scores, Buckley says that «As a citizen and a parent, I was not particularly happy — although pleased to see that the vast majority of students was capable of making straightforward scientific observations from data.»

Polls show a vast majority of Americans want to know what's in their food and how it is grown — the right enjoyed by the citizens of 64 other nations.

However it is an unfortunate fact that whilst the vast majority of people using these services are decent law abiding citizens looking for love there are those that seek to exploit the vulnerabiltiy of singles online.

The vast majority of in - person applicants are citizens of India (nearly 70 percent) or China (nearly 20 percent); less than 10 percent of applicants to the online program are Indian or Chinese citizens.

The reality is that, while some 96 percent of school boards are elected (according to data collected by Frederick Hess of the American Enterprise Institute), these elections are usually low - turnout, low - interest affairs in which the vast majority of ordinary citizens play no role at all.

While giving students vouchers to attend private schools may benefit individual students, it will slowly kill our public schools, and leave the vast majority of Americans without an institution that is essential to turning young kids into good citizens.

Soon after taking over control in 1944, the pro-Nazi Hungarian Government, led by Ferenc Szálasi, ordered Jewish citizens to hand over the vast majority of...

So I ask you, as a citizen of this community, is it your will that we kill the vast majority of pets that are unfortunate enough to find their way to a municipal shelter; or, is it your will that everything that is feasible be done to ensure life of the helpless and innocent?

US citizens are urged to register with the embassy when traveling in Belize, or any other country, but realistically it's a lot of hassle for nothing for the vast majority of people.

Be ready for that civil war and I do nt have to tell you which side the US military (and vast majority of armed citizens) are on.

Also, how can concerned citizens support these initiatives on a daily basis when the vast majority of infrastructure already supports these traditional means?

This is the world of Paul Polak, the author of «Out of Poverty» and guru of a movement to «design for the other 90 percent» — meaning the vast majority of global citizens, for whom an iPad or Netflix or Nissan Leaf are not innovations with any meaning but who comprise an enormous market.

These charts help visualize complex information that is not well understood by the vast majority of US citizens, yet these facts must be understood to comprehend the utter inadequacy of the US federal government and US state governments response to climate change.

I worked much harder for this than the vast majority of you mere blog citizens, and I'm sick of fighting two fronts.

In the United States the magistrates are not elected by a particular class of citizens, but by the majority of the nation; as they are the immediate representatives of the passions of the multitude and are wholly dependent upon its pleasure, they excite neither hatred nor fear; hence, as I have already shown, very little care has been taken to limit their authority, and they are left in possession of a vast amount of arbitrary power.

What is needed by general non-technical citizens (the vast majority I would suppose), is basic knowledge of the philosophy of science, and good epistemological skills.

In other words, the vast majority of US citizens should not be asked for «relevant documents.»

«At that one very public moment of a public declaration of one's loyalty to one's fellow citizens and country, one should do so openly, proudly, publicly without one's face hidden... The vast majority of Canadians agree with us and that is why we will be appealing this ruling.»

The reality for the vast majority of the 350,000 temporary foreign workers in Canada — and the 85,000 TFWs here in Alberta — is that, despite the promises made by politicians and many employment brokers, they will never become citizens.

Because the GDPR applies to any online service that is accessed by EU citizens or residents, the regulations are likely to capture the vast majority of Blockchain projects regardless of where their operations are based.

This session is sponsored by HiMama Harsh immigration policies undermine the safety, health, and overall development of young children in immigrant families, the vast majority of whom are U.S. citizens.

bureaucrats produce nothing of productive value, but they do produce often undeserved fear amongst the vast majority of law - abiding tax - paying citizens, and «we» pay them to do that to us.