Sentence examples for expensive proposal from inspiring English sources

If you start with an elaborate, expensive proposal, you're setting the bar very high.

The most expensive proposal, under the title Making Work Pay, would give most workers $500 in tax credits, at a 10-year cost of more than $700 billion.

David Jefferson Harris Jr., one board member, said the governor's "radical, expensive proposal" had met the same fate as the doomed health care plan put forth by former President Bill Clinton, "for many of the same reasons".

Democrats want a package that will cover workers in all states, while House Republicans prefer a less expensive proposal that would cover workers in only 15 or 20 of the states with the highest unemployment.

The most expensive proposal I had was to decorate a home, to fill it with flowers and balloons - that actually cost $30,000.

On KBR's conference call, Utt said KBR did not win Logcap's new Afghan jobs even though one of the winning bidders submitted a more expensive proposal than his company.

Clinton has proposed tax credits, subsidized childcare and increased pay for childcare workers – expensive proposals that she says will be offset by increased taxes and closed loopholes.

With 'impossibly expensive' proposals, says The Star-Ledger.

Both parties will have to shelve their more ambitious and expensive proposals, like overhauling Social Security.

Mr. Langford has issued his expensive proposals as many cities have scaled back their budgets as the economy has slowed.

And if he does, his 'impossibly expensive' proposals would threaten Social Security and raise your taxes by as much as $5,000 a year.