If it doesn't happen, he's thinking, 'How do I fix the finances of the state without incredible cuts that the state will not allow or incredible tax hikes that the state will not absorb?'" The proposal promises to demand the best of Mr. Corzine's sales skills, honed by his experience cajoling investors and partners while climbing his way to the top of Goldman Sachs.
White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage called the new House proposal another attempt to "demand ransom for fulfilling their basic responsibilities to pass a budget and pay the nation's bills".
The company put up a massive carrot of 50,000 jobs and $5 billion in investment, and then proceeded to demand proposals from cities across North America (lovingly written up by Clickhole).
Moreover, many governments that provide medical care for their citizens (including America, if Barack Obama's health proposals become law) are beginning to demand that drugs firms prove the effectiveness of expensive new pills in practice as well as in theory.
A "Ban the Ban" coalition has since collected 52,123 signatures to demand that the proposal be put to a citywide referendum.
In his first proposal to Congress, Paulson demanded dictatorial powers.
In 1982, the project passed in the Riksdag by a narrow of margin of 176 for and 167 against, with the entire Social Democratic voting against the proposal due to demands for more studies.
The clubs' bargaining team gave some reason for hope when it adapted the structure of the union's luxury tax proposal to the owners' demands.
Back in 2011, during the debate over how Congress would continue to pay for the ongoing payroll tax holiday, congressional Republicans railed against their Democratic counterparts' proposal to finance the demand-stimulating payroll tax break by levying a surtax on people making $1 million or more.
A proposal to apply a similar demand to all international flights in and out of the EU had been blocked by the European parliament on privacy grounds, until the Paris attacks led to a compromise.
