Sentence examples for a net drain on from inspiring English sources

I think the idea that immigrants are a net drain on our economy is false".

By asserting, rather audaciously, that America's level of military spending is not a "net drain" on the economy, they imply the return on the marginal trillion is positive.

Yet the biggest problem may be that the changes, which Mr zu Guttenberg billed as money-saving, now look as if they will initially be a net drain on the budget.

WILLIAM FINNEGAN: There are reputable studies that back up both sides of this argument — that illegal immigrants are a net drain on the public coffers, that they are net contributors.

In a region where 250,000 people in work are claiming benefits and where public services cost £27bn a year, the real prize is much larger – to move Greater Manchester from being a net drain on the public purse.

Europe's safety nets, or at least the pension systems, may contain the seeds of their own destruction.Large welfare states keep the labour force small in another way:  they make societies more reluctant to admit immigrants, who tend to be a net drain on the government, at least during the early years of their stay.

Last week, the central bank conducted a net drain of 137 billion renminbi, the biggest weekly net drain since late October, after mopping up a net 6 billion renminbi the week before that.

Curry is consistently a net drain when he is on the court.

"...The big news, which was not a headline in the New York Times', was that there is a growing consensus among economists that the gains from immigration are small".... ......For roughly twenty to twenty-five years, immigrants are a net fiscal drain on our society," Richard Freeman, another Harvard professor said.

"...The big news, which was not a headline in the New York Times', was that there is a growing consensus among economists that the gains from immigration are small".... ..For roughly twenty to twenty-five years, immigrants are a net fiscal drain on our society," Richard Freeman, another Harvard professor said.

Rinse and drain on a clean kitchen towel.