Sentences with phrase «wealth at the expense»

They do not have a clue that significant market players, aided and abetted, knowingly or not by regulators and politicians, who do not understand the unintended consequences, or understand very well, are raping and pillaging the markets in order to concentrate their wealth at our expense.

It has typically been used to safeguard and increase private wealth at the expense of the poor and powerless.

Part of Our Lord's argument with the Pharisees was that they loved wealth at the expense of righteousness, and made void the spirit of the Law with a welter of manmade traditions (Mk 7, 7ff; Lk 11, 37ff).

COYG we most start putting the club first before Wenger (who is by now incredibly wealthy in any case and doesn't need to accumulate anymore wealth at the expense of our club's humiliation).

The bottom - line is the move from the Highbury was based on lies, it's clear to see that what was supposed to be a necessary evil to compete at the highest levels, was in fact an elaborate ruse concocted by the filthy rich as a means to increase their wealth at our expense.

He will need to remind people want Conservatism is: To CONSERVE the status quo (Not reform the voting system, the house of Lords or the banking system) Millionaires (like Michael Ashcroft) CONSERVE their vast wealth at the expense of the poor.

«The governor's proposal, which would ensure new employees receive inferior benefits to their more senior co-workers, is symptomatic of the selfish, I - got - mine attitude that has allowed the wealthiest to continue to build their wealth at the expense of the 99 percent,» Fox said.

The illegal overthrow of Nkrumah's government has strengthened the hand of those exploiting Ghana's wealth at the expense of Ghanaians.

Those who accumulate wealth at the expense of reduced birth rates are placing a bet that hard times will come, and that in the long run they will be...

Is art today reduced to an international style, targeting wealth at the expense of taking risks?

Not exact matches

Parents can get into a pattern of paying for their children's expenses without ever having a conversation about it, according to Aaron Thompson, a financial advisor at AGT Wealth Management in Annapolis, Maryland.

«This is the period at which wage rates typically peak and is the best time to work and earn the most, even at the expense of present well - being, so as to have increased wealth and well - being later in life,» he says.

But if working longer is out of the question, you can ease your transition by building at least a year's worth of living expenses in an emergency retirement savings fund, ideally in cash, says Celandra Deane - Bess, a wealth strategy director for PNC Financial Services Group.

For far too many fellow entrepreneurs, maximization occurs on the «front side» and the financial vector only: A great company has been built and genuine wealth created but at the clear expense of the «back end.»

They do this first by depicting finance and rent - seeking privilege as part of the economy's real wealth - creating process rather than as an extractive sector, and second, by, pretending that the financial problem is only a temporary liquidity problem, not a structural problem debt of debts that can't be paid — unless the government makes up the gap at the non-financial sector's expense.

That wealth, some economists argue, has come at the expense of workers by cutting into the capital spending that supports long - term growth — and jobs.

Analysts point out that this plan is likely to increase the wealth of the ultra-rich at the expense of the US Deficit.

«In a minority of cases, activist hedge funds may bring some lasting value for shareholders but largely at the expense of workers and bond holders; thus the impact of activist hedge funds appears to take the form of wealth transfer rather than wealth creation.»

Although financial activism may return immediate wealth to some shareholders through the sale of assets, payment of special dividends or share buybacks, evidence is mounting that this may be at the expense of the longer term corporate and societal interests.

And it's been manufactured piece by piece to deliver outsized wealth to those who run it, at the expense of those who don't.

It might open your eyes to recognize the same old dreary, hateful, anti-Semitic lies that have been used by those in power for 2500 years to benefit themselves at the expense of their peoples intelligence and, often, their wealth.

And the system delivers that performance, which means that wealth at the top doesn't come at the expense of the rest of us.

We should urgently instigate an inquiry into the resources held abroad by the rich citizens of the peripheral countries and the resultant expropriation, in certain cases, of these resources if they have been gained through means such as theft committed at the expense of the population of the peripheral countries (expropriated wealth should be returned to the people).

This meant that the increased wealth of one person was at the expense of fewer possessions for others.

The above quotes clearly indicate that globalization is yet another manifestation of capitalism and hence linked to the creation of wealth / affluence at the expense of abject poverty of the majority.

In Israel's tradition it was assumed that great wealth was gathered at the expense of others in the community.

The erosion of the soil in areas that have been abused for their mineral wealth, the pollution of the air where poor people live, are not just facts of nature; what we have is an ethical judgement on the exploitation of natural resources by the rich at the expense of the poor.

They saw that the concentration of wealth, chiefly in the form of land, tended to increase at the expense of the poor.

It is actually sad that he often lets slip a disgust at what he perceives to be the power, influence and wealth exercised by religious authority at the expense of an enslaved and bamboozled faithful.

Like you said,» Its all about wealth retainment at the expense of children, society, nature.»

Help Joel Olsteen with the production of his reality program so he can continue to line his pockets and those of his family with limitless wealth, all at the expense of naïve followers.

In other words, if one person gained wealth, it was only at the expense of someone else.

He said it was, therefore, not surprising that the present crop of democrats in the country, who did not sacrifice anything for the nation's democracy, were only interested in amassing wealth for themselves at the expense of the masses.

On top of that, the majority of his aid came at the expense of the refugees» sole remaining wealth.

Requiem for the American Dream Directed and written by Peter Hutchison, Kelly Nyks and Jared P. Scott (USA)-- World Premiere, Documentary Anchored by a series of interviews with Noam Chomsky, this definitive documentary of the «Two Americas» is an unvarnished account of how policies have helped concentrate wealth in the hands of a few at expense of everyone else.

Anchored by a series of interviews with Noam Chomsky, this definitive documentary of the «Two Americas» is an unvarnished account of how policies have helped concentrate wealth in the hands of a few at expense of everyone else.

Hanushek was careful to state that the goal was not to strengthen U.S. performance at the expense of other nations: The creation of well - educated citizens does not constitute a «a zero - sum game that countries or states are playing against each other,» but one in which every country and state can become more productive, and create more wealth for one another by boosting and sharing their talents.

This saves you the time and expense of outsourcing the work, as you have a wealth of knowledge at your disposal.

It's all about how «looters» — generally government - led legal plunderers of private - sector wealth — enable society's «have nots» at the expense of those who build wealth and jobs.

According to Mark VandeVelde, a Certified Financial Planner and Wealth Partner at Hefty Wealth Partners in Auburn, Ind., short - term savings should include your emergency fund as well as any looming expenses.

Randy Cass, CEO & Founder at Nest Wealth joins BNN for a look at why he thinks that next to buying a home, investment fees can be the largest household expense.

Expenses of the underlying holdings were estimated using a weighted average of the expense ratios for the ETF's utilized in the SoFi Wealth model portfolios at the date of the chart.

According to Dennis Nolte, financial planner at Winter Park and senior vice president at Capital Guardian Wealth Management, the public must have a comprehensive strategy to handling college expenses, in order to lessen their dependence on student loans.

If it's not truly as serious a problem as some would have us believe, then we don't need to radically restructure the global economy, expand government at the expense of freedom, or transfer more wealth to other countries.

Instead they are working with big industry to ensure that those with the wealth and power, particularly the fossil fuel companies, can continue to cling on at the top at the expense of all other living things on our planet.

It is all about the international politics and associated wealth creation for those involved, and at our expense as consumers and taxpayers.

But more than that, he is a media darling for his willingness to push the climate agenda on behalf of his company, which is hoping to profit from it — at your expense — via wealth transfers, taxes and other inefficiencies in the name of schemes that no one actually claims would detectably impact the climate.

While I'm interested in the political discussion, endless energy is expended on trying to figure out why scientific illiteracy reigns and nature is being ignored; how wealth promotes self - interest at the expense of the future; and what can be done about it.

«freedom of choice, the individual takes all, user pays, the darwinian survival of the fittest, the fundamentalism of religion, the oppression of labour to complete flexibility, the crude elevation of the entrepreneur beyond the ethics of their behaviour, the mocking of the role of the state in any service, the quest for ever lower taxes and the shrinkage of government, the failure to admit privatisation disasters, the ignoring of education and health needs for the majority, the failure to pursue greater equality for women, the worship of wealth for some at the expense of wellbeing for many, freedom to carry guns, deny climate change, the penchant for war and national might over peace time government services, and finally the deeply flawed assumption that competition prevails in any market (and every market) if you just stand back and watch it»

Gross Estate An individual's accumulated wealth and property (net premium plus expenses) at the time of his or her death.