Sentence examples for drastically slashing from inspiring English sources

LOS ANGELES — The last time Jerry Brown was governor of California, voters passed Proposition 13, drastically slashing local property taxes and constraining lawmakers from raising any other taxes.

After the National party came to power in 1990, finance minister Ruth Richardson introduced "the mother of all budgets", drastically slashing welfare and other spending.

Public surveys suggest that most voters do not share the Republicans' fervor for the deep cuts adopted by the House, or for drastically slashing the power of public-sector unions.

"Domestic violence is up, and while the poor economy that helps drive the violence is still not rebounded, states are drastically slashing funding for domestic violence services," said Sheryl Cates, chief executive of the National Domestic Violence Hotline, a federally financed emergency hot line.

Korean rival Samsung Electronics is doing quite well, with handset sales rising in the fourth quarter, but it has achieved this by drastically slashing prices and hurting profitability.

The whole wearable market itself isn't doing that well, with eMarketer drastically slashing its growth forecast from 60%to25%5% for the year compared to 2015.

Which all gives new meaning to the sale phrase "drastically slashed".

The pledge by Britain's coalition government to drastically slash spending is bad economics and bad public policy.

Hemmings drastically slashed the £11.6m staffing and player wage bill, bringing in trouble-shooter Maurice Lindsay, better-known for his rugby league links, to cut it to £6.5m.

"Manufacturers have drastically slashed labor costs, but those expenditures are still dragging down profits," said Hiroaki Muto, a senior economist at Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management in Tokyo.

In the last two years, Chrysler has drastically slashed its work force through buyouts, most of which were aimed at specific plants or departments.