Sentence examples for idle citizens from inspiring English sources

The state is better at supporting idle citizens than preparing them for today's world of work.

Critics of basic income schemes in the West paint a gloomy picture of an army of idle or near idle citizens living off state-provided payments.

And, even if they did want to work on the Snowden issue, convincing tech-skeptical senior staff why they should spend their time with a platform that has become a prank of idle citizens is an uphill climb.

If someone were watching through a microscope, they would probably conclude that these dilemmas are the parasites that live in the idle citizens, politicians, parties and media.

The idea that society can become more prosperous by paying more of its citizens to be idle is clearly nonsensical.

Offering no arguments, with a simple "access is only for tourists," they prevented my fellow citizens from sitting at the idle computers at the end of the room.

Our governments and citizens cannot afford to stand idle while poachers and wildlife traffickers destabilize whole regions, undermine economic development, and hunt elephants, rhinos, tigers, bears, sharks, or any species to extinction.

As a student and a citizen, I refuse to stand idle while a coalition government with a questionable mandate inflicts destructive and unjustified cuts on the youngest members of society.

New York, California, Texas, Maryland, Minnesota, Indiana, Washington, Pennsylvania and Michigan have been amassing annual surpluses exceeding $1 billion, typically representing hundreds of idle tax dollars collected from each of their citizens.

It's not clear why startups are being treated like second-class citizens, being forced to wait in idle while other corporations are given access.

Concerns that a citizen's income would encourage the idle to sit at home all day watching daytime TV do not appear to be supported by evidence from pilot schemes in other countries.