This virtuous policy never had a chance in the House, because union members get some of the best insurance packages.It may yet surface in the Senate, however, where two committees are working on reform, each with its own bill.
Salutati, the learned chancellor of Florence whose words could batter cities, represented in word and deed the humanistic ideal of an armed wisdom, that combination of philosophical understanding and powerful rhetoric that alone could effect virtuous policy and reconcile the rival claims of action and contemplation.
Rapid population growth means that education is critical, as is providing the governance context to attract investment to create the jobs so necessary for political stability and, in a virtuous cycle, for the right policy choices to be made.
But his strong-arm policies make them seem virtuous to many concerned people.
If you are squeamish about killing one vile Iraqi, you should squirm at the memory of hundreds of thousands of virtuous Iraqis killed due to your policy.
It is encouraging that some policy-makers appreciate this virtuous circle of capital growth created through innovation and international expansion.
If it is functioning well, our country's project in self-government would be mainly driven by, among other virtuous objectives, national need and appropriate fiscal policy.
By John Cassidy October 2, 2009 One thing we've learned (or relearned) in recent years is that economic policy is largely about circles: creating virtuous circles and avoiding vicious circles.
It seems to us, like most virtuous acts, the solicitousness of the government's sales policy transcends itself.
This policy, that should have thrived on a virtuous cooperation between public and private operators, most frequently results in new shopping malls, public housing or free-market houses.
