Sentences with phrase «well as the entitlement»

Nearly every Republican except Ohio governor John Kasich said they'd gut the health care law, as well as entitlements such as Social Security and Medicare.

Their roles in the chamber include taking divisions, and maintaining a «pairs book» which controls the ability of members and senators to leave the parliament building during sittings, as well as the entitlement to be absent during divisions.

Not exact matches

It's highly unlikely that 2014 will be nearly as big a year for stocks, but it could be a good year for job growth if Congress will take action — invest more in badly - needed transportation and other infrastructure projects, approve immigration reform and tackle tax and entitlement reform.

Still, they have important implications for public policy as it pertains to underfunded old - age entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare, as well as the tax treatment of retirement plans and savings accounts.

There is often a great deal of talk about opposing a sense of victimhood and entitlement — which most people in my neighborhood would probably agree with — but we must recognize that people are still being victimized by police brutality and other forms of trauma; they are entitled to both the basic necessities of life as well as opportunities to provide those and more for themselves.

Congress expanded Medicare by adding a prescription - drug entitlement that will cost hundreds of billions of dollars, and federal education spending has gone up as well.

Including rosters of the dead in the design of memorials can be persuasively advocated as a matter of democratic entitlement as well as a source of consolation.

It includes, as all good journals do, an article by ME — on the connection between individualism and our entitlement crisis.

What conservatives and libertarians are most animated about nowadays is the abuse of public - good authority, particularly as such authority has been misused for a very long time to tax and spend, not generally on public goods like defense but on wealth - transfer programs, such as social security, Medicare and Medicaid, and other entitlements — the kinds of programs, in other words, that have effectively bankrupted Greece, are threatening to bankrupt several other European nations, and are undermining the European Monetary Union.

In this particular instance it is not very difficult to imagine scenarios in the not - too - distant future in which there might occur resurgences of socialist policies and ideals: the failure of neo-capitalist regimes in developing societies and / or the formerly Communist countries in Europe to achieve economic take - off; the insight granted to sundry dictators and despots that, while socialism invariably immiserates the masses, it is a very good recipe for enriching those who claim to hold power as the vanguard of the masses; the «creeping socialism» (still an aptly descriptive term) brought on by massive government intervention in the economy in the name of some societal good, e.g., there could be an environmentalist road to socialism, or a feminist one, or one constructed (perhaps inadvertently) with some other building blocks of politically managed regulations and entitlements; or, last but not least, the actual restoration of socialism, by coup or by voting, in a number of countries, beginning with Russia.

In this regard, the National Housing Task Force recommends that increased federal spending for housing be allocated through a program of entitlements to states and localities based on need as well as through a program of matching funds based on the willingness of local governments, businesses and nonprofits to provide land and financing.

«There's widespread support in the industry for the rebate to be removed from NZ producers, but every time we raise this with decision makers in Canberra we run up against the argument of whether removing that entitlement will have broader ramifications on our trading agreements, not just with New Zealand but with other countries as well.

And if you are claiming tax credits, you're most likely better off not taking childcare vouchers as it affects your entitlements.

He admitted «the culture of easy gratification and entitlement» applied to bankers as well, however.

The rights and entitlements of citizens, as well as migrants, are curtailed and impacted by immigration controls.

However, the same administration, out of political expediency, decided not to pay the entitlements of former Chief Executive Officers, Tsatsu Tsikata and Nana Boakye Asafoadgyei as well as the Director of Public Affairs Esther Cobbah and Benjamin Dagadu, Field Evaluation and Development Manager, Kwakye Ofosu averred on Joy FM's Newsfile programme, Saturday.

Medicaid, which was enacted in 1965 as part of President Lyndon B. Johnson's «Great Society,» is a means - tested entitlement program that finances the delivery of primary and acute medical services, as well as long - term care to more than 68 million Americans.

:: Urgently pay Edo State pensioners over 42 months outstanding pension benefits and entitlements from the over N29bn Paris Club refunds received by your government and meant for the payment of pension arrears and gratuities;:: Adopt a human rights policy of guaranteeing regular payment of pension benefits and entitlements so that pensioners and their families can live decently;:: Recognize the human rights of Edo State pensioners and ensure their full and effective enjoyment of those rights, as well as provide them with information to enable them to claim their rights;:: Treat all pensioners in Edo State as individuals with humanity and dignity and respect and promote their higher standard of living and improve economic and social conditions for all pensioners;:: Provide Edo State pensioners with proper support and assistance to alleviate their plight, including by ensuring informal, community - based and recreation - oriented programs for pensioners to help develop their sense of self - reliance and independence;:: Reduce opportunities for corruption in the spending of the Paris Club refunds

It has overseen an explosion in the wage bill of the state, to the point where the average public - sector worker now earns # 74 more per week than a private - sector employee, as well as having much better pension and other entitlements.»

Bharara's recent convictions of two of New York's three most powerful political leaders isn't so much about the misgivings of Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos, but rather the culture of abuse and entitlement that has plagued our capital, as well as our state and country.

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has been promoting his ambition to triple paternity entitlement as well as existing plans to allow parents to share their leave.

(Pence and Verma designed Indiana's expansion with some conservative reforms, such as requiring some beneficiaries to pay monthly premiums, and Adams specifically highlighted the state's model of the expansion, saying it would help residents «to be able to work and better themselves as opposed to trapping them in an income - based entitlement program.»)

«The Good Egg» draws a link between the viability of the egg before conception and the intrinsic value of the embryo: «If, as some ethicists argue, nascent life must be protected, how do we assess the degree of moral entitlement due a nascent entity that fails to pass nature's own muster perhaps 80 percent of the time?»

This whole debate brings up a very interesting issue among professional singles about entitlement issues of not only men, but women as well.

She's more interested in what caused it: the rapist's sense of entitlement, as well as his buddy's «well, she asked for it» shrug afterward.

Justin Long (as well as Osment) really sell this douchebag podcasting idiot duo with a lacsidicycle performance that speaks volumes about the «millennials» level of entitlement, feeling they are invincible against anything simply because podcast advertisers pay their rent.

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Nelson is a natural in the role, subtly establishing the sense of ego and vulnerability and self - aggrandizement in the character with brave intimacy, and Basil Harris is just as good as the old friend he attempts to woo back, resigned to Nelson's pushy sense of entitlement and slowly falling into old rhythms of offhanded joking.

And even if a new law were a pretty good one, as laws establishing massive new federal entitlements go, it would run up against the inconvenient truth that social - service interventions, whatever their other benefits, have limited academic payoffs.

Children and young people are being short changed by this government as they can not receive their entitlement to high quality education when talented teachers are leaving and potential recruits can find jobs in other graduate occupations which recognise and better reward their talents.»

I think perhaps a feeling of entitlement may be at play with this phenomenon as well.

Veterans can request this certificate on their own but approved VA lenders have access to an automated system that can retrieve a copy of the certificate, much faster than the veteran's efforts, to document eligibility as well as how much entitlement is available.

«Another drawback for Sonia,» he says, «is that the RRSP withdrawals are likely to limit her entitlement to the Guaranteed Income Supplement for low - income seniors at age 65, as well as limiting other federal and provincial tax credits.»

Shrink entitlements as well, we will not be able to afford Medicare.

«When you're used to going out and spending whatever you want on the best food and wine you tend to see that as an entitlement,» says Steven.

So rather than seeing social security as a favour from the Government, perhaps understand it's an entitlement contributed to in the good times, and repaid when you've less cash.

As well, an aging population is making it more difficult to continue to fund existing social programs and entitlements to their historical levels, so it's unlikely that a lot of new money can be found without taking it from someone else.

Benefits commonly affected by a prison sentence include educational as well as disability entitlements.

Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, and well into this decade, the most visible British artists have interpreted their entitlement to «free speech» as permission to push the limits of what is morally and aesthetically acceptable.

You know, BBD, you're straining your hive - conditioned, party - line flunky, pea - brain just a bit too hard with your little, over-wrought, unconvincing, reductio ad absurdum «proof» that «consensus» climate scientists are not, in the main, sell - out, toady, enablers of the CAGW scam — toiling away (as much as a bunch of parasite, suck - up, goof - off, sloth - freak dorks with a spoiled brat sense of entitlement can ever be said to «toil away» at anything) on behalf of your trough - provider, make - a - buck / make - a-gulag, ripoff - the - taxpayer betters.

As well, an employee who retired from IBM but worked another job would still receive their full pension entitlement.

When in doubt, it is always best to seek the advice of an employment lawyer, as contract language, position and duties, conduct during dismissal and many other factors may play a role in determining the amount of an entitlement.

Today, the firm's distinguished attorneys represent and counsel both private and public sector employers in union and non-union labor relations, discrimination and affirmative action, compensation and benefits, OSHA and immigration, FMLA and state leave entitlements, overtime and independent contractor issues, as well as education and public sector / municipal law.

As well, employment contracts can limit employees» severance entitlement settlement, remind them of their confidentiality obligations and prevent them from competing.

A partner at the law firm of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP in its Raleigh, N.C. office, Michael C. Thelen represents public companies and smaller, privately - owned businesses and local governments in federal and state court litigation, as well as in land use and real estate development and entitlement negotiations, processes and disputes.

I don't know where the parameters of free speech should be, I just know that we need to recognize that vital though it is, other values (equality, in particular, as well as people's entitlement not to be lied about and maligned with impunity) are also.

The Taube Summers lawyers have significant experience in real estate entitlement litigation, workouts, bankruptcy reorganization and litigation, as well as partnership, trust and fiduciary litigation and employment matters.

Both employees and employers need to be aware of the laws governing such rights and obligations in order to ensure that they receive their full entitlements, as well as limit the possibility of legal action for failure to comply with relevant legislation.

When a cohabiting couple separates, disputes will often involve the extent of the parties» respective entitlements to ownership and / or occupation of the home as well as financial support for the children.

She has recently represented clients in niche insolvency and financial disputes, as well as in litigations regarding payment of entitlements.