Monied

Philip Pullman, Greg Dyke and others have called for a "public jury" to scrutinise the practices of what they described as a monied "feral elite" who have corrupted the public realm. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The surge in monied donors comes amid a significant drop in contributions among the broader electorate, despite the burst of political energy surrounding the tea party movement. ❋ Dan Eggen (2010)

The Mexican economy would also get a multi-billion dollar boost in monied Mexicans returing home flush with cash from US home sales and millions of fully trained & experienced workers who may even demand accountabilty & freedom and the rule of law from their government. ❋ Unknown (2006)

How can it be so, when, in all old states, the monied is the prevailing interest which sways the determinations of government? ❋ Various (N/A)

You see, I represent what he would call the monied aristocracy of ❋ Mary Roberts Rinehart (1917)

In proportion as that share of the annual produce which, as soon as it comes either from the ground, or from the hands of the productive labourers, is destined for replacing a capital, increases in any country, what is called the monied interest naturally increases with it. ❋ Unknown (1909)

As such capitals are commonly lent out and paid back in money, they constitute what is called the monied interest. ❋ Unknown (1909)

It has also achieved something that feels laudably true -- anthropological even -- about a kind of monied, famous West L.A. lifestyle that everyone knows exists but that has eluded even the best movies and TV shows that aimed to portray the Industry. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The problem for teachers who are passionate about teaching is that they live in the Bushian Nightmare of educational testing companies, textbook publishers, educational software vendors, and other "monied" friends of the Republicans propping up the mediocrity campaigns of tin-horn pedagogic dictators like Johnson who want to quash the programs that will produce the next generation of scientists, engineers, mathematicians, and performers of our cultural heritages. ❋ Unknown (2010)

But patronizing them (as so many of the "monied" gringos here do) runs up your cost-of-living here appreciably. ❋ Unknown (2003)

Besides the no-fault and alimony components, the three-part legislative package also calls for the "monied" spouse in a couple with "greatly unequal financial resources" to pay lawyer fees of the other spouse in a divorce proceeding - a move intended to level the legal playing field between a divorcing husband and wife. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The last thing that this country needs right now is senators without the spine to stand up to the monied special interests like the pharmaceutical industry, the big hospital conglomerates and the health insurance companies - all of whom are fighting to keep their profit machine churning out big bucks. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But if the effect of the decision is to drive us from the political arena, to disgust us from the coarseness of our own politics, to let a handful of monied interests dominate our discourse, then we have used our logic, our piety of principle, to undermine the very reason for our freedom in the first place. ❋ Todd Brewster (2012)

In Nassau County, median prices increased on the more monied north shore but sat nearly unchanged on the south shore. ❋ Josh Barbanel (2011)

As with private patients in NHS hospitals, the pragmatic case is easy enough to make – a public institution can cream in resources from the monied, and use them to service the broader community. ❋ Unknown (2011)

And even if Mr. Gaber's appeal fails to reclaim any of the party's vast financial resources, one party member noted that the NDP's monied membership, which once included about 2.8 million of Egypt's wealthiest and best-connected people, remains more than capable of raising enough cash to launch a respectable political campaign later this year. ❋ Matt Bradley (2011)

Trust me, she was well monied long before she got involved in politics. ❋ Unknown (2009)