Sentence examples for draconian increase from inspiring English sources

Administration officials contend that the plan would not cause a draconian increase in rationing by finding savings in Medicare and Medicaid — plenty of which takes place already, people on both sides of the debate agree — because it would be largely financed by cutting waste in Medicare, more than $500 billion over 10 years.

Despite his clashes with Italian justice over corruption charges, and the fact that he is still on trial for allegedly paying an underage prostitute for sex, Mr Berlusconi is using his considerable political skills to appeal to an electorate which has seen a draconian increase in taxes by the technocrat administration led by Mario Monti during 2012, our correspondent says.

Contrary to the doomsayers, however, systemic change need not involve big cuts in benefits or draconian increases in taxes.

You can call the draconian increases in tuition happening to California's students taxes or fees.

The Private Equity Growth Capital Council, an industry trade group, has called any potential tax increase "draconian" and said it would discourage risk-taking and slow investment into capital-starved companies.

It is now watering down its commitment to human rights where possible; it has put forward a draconian proposal to increase the probationary period for marriage to a "foreigner" from two years to five years, which will affect a much larger number of people.

Worse, draconian penalties can increase the debt load faster than the graduate's ability to pay it off.

Think Progress notes that the report blames a sharp increase of "draconian mandatory minimum sentences, the elimination of parole for any federal crime committed after 1987, and increasing enforcement by federal officials".

The aid package foresees draconian cutbacks and tax increases in return for up to €86bn of urgently needed loans.

The fiscal cliff is a combination of tax increases and draconian spending set to go into effect by January unless compromise is reached.

Activists have argued that Clinton should be held responsible for the impact of her husband's 1994 crime bill, which imposed draconian enforcement that disproportionately increased arrests in black communities, specifically for drug-related crimes.