Sentences with phrase «wealthiest corporations in»

Once graduating law school with honors in 1984, I accepted a job as an associate in large metropolitan law firm and represented some of the largest and wealthiest corporations in the U.S..

Many of the wealthiest corporations in the world are members of ALEC, which uses its vast resources to shower state politicians across the country with expensive gifts, high - priced dinners at fancy restaurants, and vacation junkets at exotic resorts.

For the first time in a long time Catholics have a Pope they can really be proud of, a true Priest and not just the CEO of one of the wealthiest corporations in the world.

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The opposition Labour Party, which requested the figures under freedom of information, said they showed the government's «utter failure» in ensuring wealthy people and large corporations pay as much tax as they should.

«I would just add that all along I've been telling people you may see a small benefit from the tax bill initially, you may get a shiny new dime or nickel and they may say, «Look this is your benefit that you get out of this tax bill,» while the wealthiest Americans and multinational corporations are shoving hundred dollar bills in their pockets and they're laughing as they walk out the door,» Sanchez said.

In order to get the broadest exposure for Lucara's record - setting find, the diamond corporation has been working with Sotheby's and Julius Baer, a Swiss bank that has many wealthy private clients around the world, according to the Times.

There are also plenty of corporations, many wealthy residents and, says Keller, an NHL calibre arena in the Air Canada Centre.

In fact, Trump's tax reform will most likely benefit the wealthy and large corporations as opposed to SMBs.

In an earlier interview that we had with Dean Baker, he points out that historically this has not happened when taxes on corporations and on the wealthy were reduced.

First, he accomplished most of what he actually wanted to accomplish in the position — namely, massive tax cuts for corporations and wealthy Americans (such as Cohn, a former top executive at Goldman Sachs).

With a handful of notable exceptions, almost every member of the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest people got there because they own a large block of shares in a public or private corporation.

Until recently, forex trading in the currency market had been the domain of large financial institutions, corporations, central banks, hedge funds and extremely wealthy individuals.

«The House Republican tax reform plan abandons middle - class taxpayers in favor of high - income Americans and wealthy corporations.

Our leaders and the worlds leaders are all war mongering buddies who are all in bed with the wealthy corporations.

I know that your personal faith acts as ones own personal moral and spiritual compass, however the president should through out his personal beliefs in exchange for the betterment of all americans citizens not the 2 % of the wealthy class or the corporations, but all americans

And no I don't believe in abortion, and I don't believe the laws should protect and favor the wealthy, and big corporations either.

The wealthiest Americans and the biggest corporations would share the tax burden with those (including many union members) who enjoy the most generous employer - provided health plans and those (including inner - city residents with suburban jobs) who commute long distances in gas - guzzling cars.

More than 3 million corporations operate worldwide with no identifiable owners; moreover, wealthy individuals «may control as much as 17 trillion of assets in jurisdictions with opaque bank secrecy laws.»

Al - waleed is a wealthy businessman with large holdings in several U.S. corporations, including Apple, Citigroup, and News Corp..

About half my monthly disability goes for rent on a 12 x 20 efficiency apartment... I am frightened, in the light of what's going on politically, that I will be cut off, even though I paid in my entire working life, so that some wealthy Floridian, or corporation - they're people now, thanks, Supreme Court - can have a tax cut.

The nearest I ever came to engaging in a deliberate act of civil disobedience was about a decade ago when I read The Great Treasury Raid by Philip M. Stern.1 This book tells how the tax laws of this country have been manipulated by wealthy people and huge corporations for their own interests and to the disadvantage of the large majority of less privileged citizens.

Then again, the business of academic research endowments, especially in fields as conceptually confused as artificial intelligence or cognitive science, really is all about exploiting the credulity of wealthy foundations and corporations and private donors (sometimes with devious cynicism, sometimes in deluded innocence).

Of course, the other wealthy nations and their corporations are complicit in this new American imperialism.

It's great news to the incredibly wealthy who are slowly tearing down the protections of the individual in favor of the rule of the corporation.

«From taxing the wealthy to fund universal pre-K and after - school programs to ending unnecessary subsidies to big corporations and investing in our CUNY system, Bill will be an ally for working families in City Hall.

The amendment to the civil liberties policy motion read: «The protection of freedom of expression, by reforming the libel laws in England and Wales to ensure a better balance is provided between free speech, responsible journalism, scientific discourse and the public interest on one hand and powerful corporations, wealthy individuals and vested interests on the other.»

Capitalism has worked as well as it has for the less well off precisely because of effective regulations and laws that prevent corporations and the wealthy from excessively tipping the rules of the game in their own favor.

Nixon went on to criticize inequality in the state, which she blamed on policy choices like tax cuts for corporations and wealthier New Yorkers, and called out corruption in state government.

And the responses suggest a growing divide between the nation and its highest court on constitutional questions that have moved to the heart of the American system, as the advent of super PACs and the abandonment of public financing by both parties in presidential elections have enabled wealthy donors, corporations and unions to play a greater role in political fund - raising.

«Unfortunately, the Tea Party - controlled Republican Congress is making every effort to turn back the clock on decades of labor achievements in favor of tax breaks for corporations and the wealthiest one percent of Americans.

Wealthy donors, unions and corporations can now dump millions of dollars into political campaigns, seemingly in secret.

«Campaign finance laws protect the integrity and fairness of elections and help ensure that everyone — not just the wealthy or powerful corporations — are represented in our system of government.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo hinted in his State of the State speech on January 3 that he might back tax hikes on people he says will benefit the most from the recent federal tax overhaul, which includes cuts to corporations and some wealthy taxpayers.

The poll cited seven different possible rationales for rejecting Cuomo: the Moreland Commission scandal, cuts in school aid, tax cuts, his alliance with a «shadowy» group called the Committee to Save New York, his donations from Republicans including the Koch Brothers and Ken Langone, his support for charter schools, and his «values,» which show he «caters to the wealthy and corporations.»

Following the ballot delivery, Obama for America New York State Director Robert Diamond said, «The election in November represents a clear choice for the American people, between continuing the progress the Obama Administration has begun creating jobs and restoring economic security for hard working Americans or the Republican candidates who continue to fight to protect tax breaks for only the wealthiest corporations and individuals, and propose returning to the same failed policies that created the current economic recession in the first place.

This would encourage participation by everyday New Yorkers in the political process and reduce overreliance on donations from a few wealthy individuals and corporations.

He's made passing references to «wealthy donors» three times in his past five addresses, but goes all - in with that line of reasoning this time around: we have contribution limits to make sure elections «are not captured by wealthy public interests,» he says; «wealthy individuals and corporations are able to use Limited Liability Companies» to avoid these limits, so reform is needed «to even the playing field so that rich and poor New Yorkers alike have their voices heard.»

Murphy, a Democrat, doubled down on his call for a millionaires tax during a dinner speech following the 81st annual Walk to Washington, arguing tax hikes on the wealthiest residents and largest corporations could pay for crucial investments in infrastructure and education.

«In federal and many state and local elections, and even elections for state courts, extraordinarily wealthy individuals and powerful corporations exercise vastly outsized influence,» the donors write in the letteIn federal and many state and local elections, and even elections for state courts, extraordinarily wealthy individuals and powerful corporations exercise vastly outsized influence,» the donors write in the lettein the letter.

«Films can do many things, they can entertain, terrify, they can make us laugh and tell us something about the real world we live in - sorry it's early for a political speech - and in that real world it's getting darker and in the struggle that is coming between rich and poor and the wealthy and the privileged and the big corporations and politicians who speak for them.»

«Instead of cutting jobs and offices, ministers should invest to rigorously pursue the tens of billions of pounds in tax lost through the use of tax havens and evasion and avoidance tactics by big corporations and the very wealthy.»

Critics say the tax bill looms like a «dagger» over New York City — particularly the real estate industry — reducing breaks that many in the region heavily lean on, despite cuts for corporations and the wealthy.

We will uncover persons of goodwill including former students, self - made wealthy hands, and we will aggressively compete for endowment money yearly, engage in direct solicitations, promote fundraising events, and undertake international visits to private citizens of Nigeria nativity, African American backgrounds, wealthy persons and corporations across the globe.

Gov. Cuomo hinted in his State of the State speech on January 3 that he might back tax hikes on people he says will benefit the most from the recent federal tax overhaul, which includes cuts to corporations and some wealthy taxpayers.

Republicans are trying to pass a farm bill that would take food assistance away from over 2 million people, mere months after handing the wealthy and corporations trillions of dollars in tax cuts.

Stein — the son of wealthy publisher Jerry Finkelstein, who owns The Hill — went down in the investigation of a money manager to the stars, Kenneth Starr (not that one), who was accused of running a Ponzi scheme and helping Stein dodge taxes through a shell corporation.

«The smart response would be to raise taxes and fees on corporations and the wealthy,» he said, since they «are benefiting the most from the Republican largesse in Washington, D.C.»

U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Republicans are bound to run into political trouble by trying to sell their tax legislation as a boon to the middle class when most of its direct benefits will in fact flow to corporations and wealthy individuals.

Republicans are so devoted to providing tax giveaways to the wealthy and big corporations, that they go searching for pay fors in the pockets of the middle class.

He framed the proposal as a way to hit back at the new federal tax law, which he called «the biggest giveaway to the wealthy and corporations in our history.»