Reforms

Singer suggests that Buckley has the right idea — a series of specific reforms — though he pursues it from a conservative rather than from a left perspective, whereas I apparently remain unable to imagine an ideology "that helps to shape the direction of reforms…." ❋ Clecak, Peter (1974)

Key to the reforms is a plan to delay the mandatory retirement age in Spain to 67 from the current 65, a commitment made by the government with the EU. ❋ Daniel De La Puente (2010)

Pilotshark Sponsored by Boeing says: yet to try any other reforms is about as stupid as it gets. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The Communists are today forcing what they call reforms down the throats of our people. ❋ Unknown (1961)

How do you suggest getting around this with the eminent domain "reforms" passed by the state a couple of years back? ❋ Unknown (2008)

To understand why Mike Bloomberg's latest round of proposed school reforms is so bloody brilliant, read Lisa Snell on the weighted student formula. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Each of these reforms is necessary to strengthen the CRA's ability to protect the access of low - and moderate-income communities to financial services. ❋ Ray Brescia (2010)

So your opposition to the reforms is based on what, exactly? ❋ Unknown (2010)

The government does not really have much left to offer in this budget for long-term reforms. ❋ Kameswara Rao (2011)

One of the main obstacles to comprehensive immigration reforms is the debate about granting permanent resident status to the 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the United States. ❋ Dagobert L. Brito (2010)

The problem, say many policy makers and economists around Europe, is that such long-term reforms aren't enough to stem the immediate crisis, which is that investors are increasingly unwilling to lend to a growing number of euro-zone nations at affordable rates. ❋ William Boston (2011)

If the temporary personal income tax hike is the price we pay for long-term reforms that enhance infrastructure, encourage job growth, make the state and local tax system more equitable, and reduce future pension costs, then it is a price worth paying. ❋ Carol Kellermann (2011)

Olivier Ferrand from the think tank Terra Nova believes the protest movement against pension reforms is fading for a reason. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The math that supports President Nicolas Sarkozy's reforms is self-explanatory: France cannot continue to devote 29.2% of its GDP to social-security spending (second only to Sweden within the OECD) with its current rate of growth of just 0.3%. ❋ Rachel Marsden (2010)

Though lower rates may help soothe economic headaches in the short term, long-term reforms are needed to make Brazil more productive and competitive long-term—from an overhaul of Brazil's onerous tax system to streamlining its massive bureaucracy to improving its lackluster schools. ❋ Paulo Prada (2011)

First, they are accompanied by the positive long-term reforms described above. ❋ Carol Kellermann (2011)

But unless he steps forward on longer-term reforms, Albany's irresponsible political culture will simply wait for an improved economy to return to spending as usual. ❋ Unknown (2011)