Sentence examples for draconian changes from inspiring English sources

This would call for draconian changes in the big entitlements.

Wall Street fears that the overhaul frenzy now gripping Washington could go too far -- and that Congress could pass draconian changes before thinking through the consequences.

For insurers, the largest risk may be that without a government-led overhaul, their industry faces an even bleaker future should medical costs and premiums continue to soar, perhaps eventually prompting draconian changes from the government.

However, such draconian changes are likely to raise concerns about how well sometimes vulnerable people are advised about their choices, and who makes decisions about whether a claimant is "unreasonable" to refuse a job offer or has left a job "without good reason".

During a hearing before a House subcommittee, Representative Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican and vocal global warming skeptic, complained that "in the scientific community, there are people trying to tell us that we have got to accept draconian changes in our way of life mandated by law because the CO2 that we are emitting is going to cause drastic consequences to the planet's climate".

The laws are deeply unpopular, and explain at least some of Mr Howard's consistent deficit in opinion polls this year.And the ruling has given the opposition Labor Party and Kevin Rudd, its leader, fuel for a fear campaign: the government, it says, must be planning more draconian changes if it is re-elected, and is trying to cover them up.

There has been no justification for this draconian change, which seems designed to intimidate civil servants into silence.

As a result, much to the annoyance of Cameron, at least the first two days of the conference will be spent discussing a draconian change to terminations, unlikely to become law; unsupported by all the health professional organisations, deeply unpopular with many women (when the coalition is already shedding female votes at an accelerating pace) and definitely not on the conference agenda.

Attorney General John Ashcroft has a gift for making the most draconian policy changes sound seductively innocuous.

In the North, similar, if less draconian, legal changes, generally sponsored by Republicans, targeted (among others) the millions of immigrant workers pouring into the country.

By representing one recent study as a "smoking gun" that should drive draconian regulatory changes, Mr. Bittman does a great disservice to your readers.