Big business in bed
with big government.
There was one little problem
with the Big Government piece, though.
The policies being pursued, especially here in california, are designed to punish and will ultimately only lead to higher energy prices affecting productivity and the poor
with big government being the only winner.
Bob Worsley's voting record proves beyond a shadow of doubt that he is very comfortable
with Big Government, Big Corporate, and Special Interest control over the education that every Arizona child receives beginning in Kindergarten through Grade 12.
«Charlie Crist has repeatedly joined
with big government liberals on major economic issues facing America today, from taxes to spending to cap - and - trade,» Chocola said.
The real issue
with big government is its misuse and when it's used to target and help a specific group of people instead of leveling the playing field.
In the new imperial division of labor on display in Afghanistan, the Americans do most of the fighting while the Europeans, who have no ideological problems
with big government but don't like fighting, are only too happy to take on the soft sides of nation - building: roads, schools, sanitation and water.
Not exact matches
The fee could be based on a percentage of their gross farm receipts (the total of receipts from all agricultural products sold,
government program payments and contract work done on other farms),
with bigger farms shouldering more of the cost.
Given the number of body brokers that currently operate in America, academics and others familiar
with the industry say regular inspections of facilities and reviews of donor consent forms wouldn't place a
big burden on
government.
«But perhaps his
biggest challenge will be making peace
with the
government in light of this summer's Verizon wars, which thankfully seem behind us,» Ghose said.
Second, here's a
big - bank CEO asking for the
government to introduce yet another grandiose plan, complete
with new regulations and requirements.
But Riley's main point is that it's not just the «
Big 9» colluding
with the NSA — the
government's reach among private enterprise is far deeper.
With TPP collapsing and NAFTA in question, Canada's
government is grasping for a
big, decisive win.
Italy appeared to be taking a step closer to forming a coalition
government on Wednesday,
with the country's president seeking to push coalition talks between the
biggest political parties.
The Fortune Global Forum creates a valuable opportunity for the CEOs of the world's
biggest multinational companies — the Fortune Global 500 — to actively engage
with China and its leaders from both business and
government.
Though Portugal is one of the fastest growing euro zone economies, problems
with non-performing loans and high debt among businesses, individuals and
government are a
big hurdle - mainly at a time when the
government's strategy is focused on consumer spending.
Breaking into a field dominated by
big companies
with long
government contracts is tough to do.
Meanwhile, SpaceDev, the rocket motor supplier for SpaceShipOne, is also working on a manned orbital vehicle, funding itself not only through rocket motor sales but through contracts
with NASA — which might eventually be willing to pay
big bucks to a private company to get
government astronauts into orbit.
Blank, Harder, and Lanz typify the Movement that Paul has galvanized
with new and independent voters who think that the federal
government is too
big and that the U.S. should stay out of conflicts overseas.
Declarations of the independents - Independents appear to agree
with Democrats that the
biggest risk to the economy next year is
government dysfunction (38 percent of Independents and 43 percent of Democrats).
Our latest Sustainly Trend Briefing examines how some of the world's
biggest companies are collaborating
with tech start ups, municipal
governments and community organizations working to create Smart City services and experiences, and how these innovations can deliver more sustainable living and business.
In 2010, red shirt protestors shut down Bangkok's central business district for weeks; the
government responded
with a crackdown that resulted in 92 deaths, and provoked the torching of Bangkok's
biggest megamall and the nation's stock exchange.
Big - business leaders are fed up
with the tactics of conservative Republicans, who instigated a partial closure of the Federal
government and engaged in brinksmanship over the debt ceiling in a failed effort to stop the implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
While credit risk might seem like a bad idea
with the U.S. economy still weak and the rest of the world looking equally uncertain, high - yield bonds do offer
bigger returns than
government and investment - grade bonds.
Inc.com's Lou Dubois talked
with Torpey about how social media helped his campaign, why bringing technology to
government is important and the
biggest challenges of being a 23 - year - old mayor.
And in speeches to some of the country's
biggest banks, she highlighted her long ties to Wall Street, bantering
with top executives and saying that she views the financial industry as a partner in
government regulation.
So the
government is going to have to come to terms
with what that means for affordability in the cities, what's that's going to mean for infrastructure, education — it's a
big equation.
Even so, if Trump decides he's done
with the agreement, Trudeau's
government could be among the first
big casualties.
With the rise of a small number of
big tech companies — and
governments using technology to watch their citizens — many people now believe technology only centralizes power rather than decentralizes it.
That's a
big deal, because it makes our tax system uncertain, and Canadians are telling the
government today that they aren't good
with that.
Tim Hwang, armed
with nothing but
big data and some millennial elbow grease, is out to make
government — and our entire economy — more efficient.
In looking over the reasons business owners gave for being pessimistic, the
biggest pool had to do
with frustration
with the
government, including its inaction.
«It is a good start for Germany to have a stable
government... after so many months, there is now a
big incentive to get down to work
with energy,» Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen said.
A co-funding program
with angel investors and a commercialisation fund for Western Australia's universities are the «
big ticket» items in the state
government's $ 20 million innovation strategy, released last night.
Crown - of - thorns starfish eat tons of coral and there have been
big outbreaks recently, so it's no surprise that the Australian
government sees dealing
with them as a
big priority.
But as if to advertise its success and thumb an unwrinkled nose at the
government, in early November Allergan announced plans to build a US$ 12 - billion research facility in New Jersey, a state
with a
big pharmaceutical sector hurt by the recession — and home to lots of rich housewives.
As part of the explanation as to why Europe gives proportionately more ODA, Gunzburg noted that countries
with bigger welfare states — like those for which the Scandinavian nations are famed — tend to pay higher taxes, leading to more
government revenue that can be spent on aid.
That is because neither Clinton will occupy a prominent role in
government in the immediate future — curtailing the willingness of at least some
big donors to try and curry favor
with the foundation by writing large checks.
The face - to - face comes after Trudeau, whose
government is struggling
with a pipeline crisis at home, pitched Canada as a great place to invest by telling hundreds of business leaders «that
big things can get done in Canada.»
The Trudeau
government simply picked up the thread and put some serious (borrowed) coin behind it,
with its
big - innovation,
big - infrastructure plan racking up $ 145 billion in deficits over six years.
«If the
government wheeled out a significant medium - term infrastructure program, I don't think I'd have a
big problem
with it — they can borrow very cheaply and there's a pretty good case to be made that there's lots of demand for infrastructure.»
Most biting of all, critics have branded Bechtel as the archetype for a
big business that feeds from
government contracts — about half its sales flow from state - sponsored projects — and cultivates cozy ties
with officials to gain an unfair edge.
Now if you have a
big business — and I ran Hewlett - Packard and it is a huge business, and we don't like business regulations, but we can deal
with them — but the
bigger government gets and the more complex regulations get, and the more complicated the tax code gets — and all of that is happening — the more difficult it will be for small business.
Being
bigger gave them more pricing power when dealing
with oil service contractors and greater leverage when negotiating
with foreign
governments.
So by this time next year, it is possible that
Big Oil will go the way of Rockefeller's once gargantuan Standard Oil —
with the markets, not the
government, forcing a break up this time.
He has also accused the Tokyo
government of using monetary policy to devalue its currency and has also lumped Japan
with China and Mexico as
big contributors to the U.S. trade deficit.
«Bankism is the idea that
big banks are in control of the economy and not the free markets, trade, product development or business,» says Gerald Celente, founder and director of TRI, a Kingston, N.Y., company that consults
with governments and businesses.
While France and Italy have emphasised the importance of more talks, a
big majority of the 19 euro zone
governments favour taking a hard line
with Greece, diplomats said, and Germans are running out of patience.
With eliminating the deficit in time for the election the
government's single
biggest priority, it follows that the Finance Minister who brought Canada through the recession in relatively sound shape should be kept on to ensure the books are balanced on schedule.
While our own
government in Ottawa silently condones the plans for further integration
with the U.S., and while our provincial
governments continue to be completely sound asleep on this vitally important topic, irony of ironies, at this writing 15 U.S. states have expressed concern that the
big business sponsored Security and Prosperity Partnership is a process that, wait for it, is a threat to states» rights and to the sovereignty of the United States.