Schemes

The schemes now in place to protect people when their defined-benefit pension schemes* collapse are much better than they were just a few years ago. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I like this best -- "She seemed wary of what she called schemes to promote balance or diversity of opinions saying the government cannot be trusted to regulate the marketplace of political ideas." ❋ Unknown (2010)

Rather than thinking ahead and planning for long-term solutions, he simply spent money on short-term schemes. ❋ Jeffrey Sachs (2011)

Hammond also said local authorities could bid for further schemes from a £600m pot. ❋ James Meikle (2010)

But last month, federal bankruptcy Judge Robert W. Alberts shattered the impressive façade, ruling that Eddie had for years fabricated his life story in schemes to defraud wealthy and modest-income individuals of millions of dollars. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The web's ability to dredge duplicitous schemes from the corporate-governmental shadows into the noonday glare is a great advance, one with implications that reach far beyond food policy. ❋ Dr. Andrew Weil (2010)

Again, the sensible complaint for a libertarian to make against allegedly clever statist schemes is that they are actually foolish. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Competition to get on such schemes is intense, he admits. ❋ Nic Paton (2010)

Greg Glockner hit the nail on the head: unbundling devices from both carriers and service plan lock in schemes would cause prices on devices to go down. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Or is inconsistency simply the Redskins 'modus operandi this season as they adjust to all the changes in schemes and coaches and discipline? ❋ Tracee Hamilton (2010)

They have largely insulated those in final-salary schemes from the rule that means they will have to pay tax on contributions if they get a promotion or big salary increase; they have capped the benefit to 100,000 people at the top who were making the biggest use of tax relief; they have massively simplified the pension system. ❋ Jill Insley (2010)

They extorted it from unwitting taxpayers and with a handful of bought-off politicians in schemes just like the one going on now. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Overall, the decision to avoid new regulations and levy schemes is a good one. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The economic theory of compensation schemes is that employers will pay for what is least costly to monitor. ❋ Unknown (2009)

"Our experience of voluntary schemes is that they are less effective," she said, citing the example of a recent Food Standards Agency pilot programme, that involved 18 companies. ❋ Denis Campbell (2010)

The most charitable interpretation of Social Security privatization schemes is that they lead to a large, simultaneous increase in government assets and liabilities (the opposite of traditional privatization, such as privatizing a previously nationalized telecom company, which leads to a simultaneous reduction in government assets and liabilities). ❋ Unknown (2010)