Sentences with phrase «want more politicians»

The oppositions best argument is that an EP It would create another tier of politicians - and the public don't want more politicians.

Not exact matches

He issued a press release saying that he had no intention of becoming a «career politician» and that he wanted to spend more time with his family.

When politicians want to cut a program, do not let them get away with their favorite euphemisms, like «reform,» «fix,» «overhaul,»... Read more

excerpt: «My Indo - American friend made a few other observations about the coverage that we're seeing, which is that he's not actually being treated poorly over there, and it's more that certain politicians and business leaders don't want to be associated with members of the Indian Cabinet, which is controversial in large swaths of Indian society.

And if you want to talk about self - interest, just watch politicians jump on any bandwagon of crisis, to impose more fees, levies, taxes and control on the marketplace.

A Christian Labour candidate has said he «deplores» politicians bickering over policies, and wants them... More

It shows this guy is a fake and is nothing more than a slimy politician and oh one more important thing you might want to know.

We should demand more now, because we should want center - right politicians to be ready to offer an alternative.

Jesus wants people to bend over for politicians when politicians demand more taxes.

I certainly trust the motives of a man who wants to sell me something for profit more than I trust a politician who profits from trading in the property and privileges of others.

No Pomocon can want broader Porcher success if its literary «damn - modernity» spirit, which stands to hurt conservative politicians more than liberal ones, becomes its dominant spirit.)

I've been doing a lot of reading on church history recently (for that book I'm writing... Close Your Church for Good), and it constantly amazes me how much of what we do «in church» is a result of tradition (so much for Sola Scriptura) which developed 1000 - 1500 years ago as a result of a politician or priest who wanted more power or more money.

Why do Americans still naively believe such childish quotes of a politician who simply wanted more votes?

We want the same thing in general we need more states men who care for the country and less politicians who sway the masses.

«We thought the best way to send a message to politicians that Australians want animals treated with kindness and respect was not to show more images of cruelty, but instead to show them the extraordinary lengths people will go to in order to protect these animals from harm,» Chalk said.

I do know that there are more and more sports organizations and politicians who now at least say they are listening to what moms are saying they want from youth sports, including President Barack Obama, himself the parent of two athletic daughters.

They want representatives in Congress with real - world business experience, not more career politicians.

In general corruption, breeds greater corruption, and the motivation is always the same — Politicians want more money in their pockets!

You have models in the case of road transport where the algorithms may be proprietary and not available, but they are being made to determine government policy nevertheless, because it is convenient for politicians to say, «The reasons we are building these roads is because the computer said so», rather than — «I decided that we would have more roads because I want to see more roads.»

EU citizens may want to see their money being spent more effectively, but they only have instruments to discipline their own national politicians, and not the EU as such.

«There's no doubt about it: if we want living wage jobs, stronger hospitals and schools, more affordable rents, lower property taxes, a cleaner environment, and a state government that actually gets things done, politicians like Pedro Espada have got to go.»

You can always go in and add more photos or information later, but when it launches you want to give your supporters a complete story about your politician.

I'd be shocked if the Obama army marched too far off the reservation, though, since I suspect he's more likely to face the problem of dealing with disappointment, the kind that sets in when his True Believers realize the kind of compromises that any politician has to make if he wants to get something done.

However, my colleague expressed his suspicion that certain politicians do not want the turnout to be higher, because that would mean that their percentage of the vote would go down as the voters that do not show now are more inclined to vote for their rivals.

In «Yes Minister», Sir Humphrey is infinitely more intelligent than Jim Hacker, and invariably tries to frustrate whatever changes the politician wants to make to the system - but, if given an instruction, he follows it: it would be against his sense of his professional pride for him not to do so.

New grassroots movements demanding affordable housing want more from politicians than empty words

The fact is that the European Union issue is more important than any of that, because it's about the decision of whether you want your laws made in Brussels and that march towards ever - closer union, or whether you want our country to make its own laws, our politicians to make the laws in this country, for us to be able to determine our immigration policy, to decide how we're spending our public money.

This is not because politicians should be expected to regurgitate every economic fact and figure, it is more because Labour wants to be seen as the government - in - waiting.

«If politicians want voters to trust them, they're going to have to show a bit more trust in the voters.»

Part of being an elected official is telling people things that they don't want to hear, and when they have it in their mindset that there are other politicians who are lying or not being honest or are under the veil of corruption, it makes it much more difficult for all of us to do our job in a time when it is very difficult to be an elected official.

And he can be more forthcoming than your typical politician (when he wants to be).

In Germany, it's more important for a politician to do what the people in his home state want than to do what a lobbyist wants.

Politicians want bigger, more expensive government.

And people don't want smart politicians any more.

More importantly, politicians generally don't want to make life harder for themselves.

In the week when Labour's Liam Byrne launched his «Welfare Reform», barely distinguishable from the Tories; when Twigg set about education in a similar vein, and when Diane Abbott's loose but innocuous tweet was met by Labour with cringing apologies instead of forthright anti-racist defence, Leanne could have made more of the opportunity to put Plaid firmly at the forefront of the growing numbers that want to see politicians stand up to all this Tory tosh, lead the fight for jobs and against the cuts.

«And the more they become enlightened, the more they become empowered and politicians do not also want an empowered citizenry so they will continue to suffocate the NCCE,» he added.

«Imagine that: Voters want to hear more from a politician.

He voted for pension forfeiture and increasing penalties for law - breakers, but also wants to eliminate legislators» outside income, close the LLC loophole, reform campaign financing and provide district attorneys with more tools to prosecute corrupt politicians.

After six years of failure, politicians want more police.

What Labour or more accurately Tony Blair and Alan Milburn, then health secretary wanted is what Mr Lansley now aspires to create: a self - improving system run as a regulated market of competing providers driven by patient choice and commissioning in a way that no longer needs direct management from politicians and the health department.

Michael Malbin, with the Campaign Finance Institute, which conducts research on public campaign financing, agrees that when voters are simply asked if they want their taxes to go to politicians, they are more likely to say no.

It seems politicians may not mind this - they want someone to deflect criticism for the more politically difficult tasks like police pensions.

cuomos trying to move money from one state agency to another how slick is that, a governor who wants unsurped power so he can play king and do things that no other governor has done in new york state and yes governor cuomo, it has not escaped the eyes of the people who serve under you wanting to move money between state agencys example and this one is right on the money no funds for the department of environmental conservation in cuomos 2012/2013 budget for hydrofracking BUT HOLD ON IF HE CAN MOVE MONEY BETWEEN STATE AGENCYS THAT PROBLEM IS SOLVED IS IT NOT, HOW CONVIENENT GOVERNOR CUOMO AND YOU DO THIS IN THE NAME OF MAKING NEW YORK GOVERMENT WORK MORE EFFICIENTLY, how naive do you think upstaters are and that includes the politicians under you, YOU ARE NOT A KING AND YOU WILL NOT BE GRANTED THESE NEW UNSURPED POWERS SHAME ON YOU.

The new measures will delight modernisers and many of those members who want to see a «Wysiwyg» politician that is determined to deliver on his key pledges - one of David Cameron's being to create a parliamentary Conservative Party that looks more like Britain.

Though Niagara County's most powerful politician said he no longer harbors «passion» for the job and wants to spend more time with his family, his departure exactly coincides with a widening probe that sources say stems from the office of U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara in Manhattan.

That what the public thinks about energy — what they want, think they want, or think they know — shapes the decisions politicians make about energy and environmental policy: Personal attitudes, concerns, and priorities are determined by more than just «the facts.»

If policymakers and politicians want more scientists to stay in this country and contribute to our economy, they ought to think about how to provide work opportunities in their fields that would make that possible.

Our politicians could adopt more sensible policies any day they wanted.

We believe that most of us agree more often than the media, or our politicians want us to believe we do.