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So this is how liberty dies… with thunderous applause. - Padme Amidala - Tory MPs have voted down a bid to impose a windfall tax on oil and gas giants that could save families £600. Despite Brits facing a cost of living crisis, Conservatives rejected a Labour amendment to the Queen's Speech backing a one-off levy on North Sea firms to help struggling Brits. MPs rejected the move by 310 votes to 248, and not one Tory MP backed it. – Padme Amidala	added by abduls.27449 1 year ago
Without veto action by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, the legislature will send a windfall to the wealthiest Ohioans while draining revenue the state needs to get back on track after the pandemic, altogether, the tax cuts and breaks will cost more than $ 2 billion over the next two years that could be put to much better use. – Zach Schiller	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Were talking about people hoarding these goods and materials on an industrial scale for the purposes of manipulating the market and ultimately driving windfall profits. – Attorney General William Barr	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
These plaintiffs had minimal losses and were rightfully denied the unjustified windfall they were seeking. Plaintiffs' counsel today asked for punitive damages in the millions of dollars, the jury correctly refused that request. Even so, this award exceeds clear constitutional limits and we will ask the court to reduce it accordingly. – Volkswagen AG -LRB- VOWG_p	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Uber and Lyft have built their business model off the sweat of drivers, paying the vast majority of New York City drivers less than minimum wage in New York City drivers quests to go public, now, instead of raising wages in anticipation of their windfall, they only want to offer stock grants to a small minority of drivers ? – Bhairavi Desai	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Those players who got the winnings got an extraordinary windfall to which they were not entitled, they just happened to be at the right place at the right time. – Tim Madden	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Tax cuts, bonuses and good tax refunds have all been a windfall to consumers who have responded by increasing spending, this rising tide has floated most retail boats, Macy's among them. – Neil Saunders	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
If Senator Graham or Donald Trump are serious about protecting the national security of the United States, they will not hand groups like ISIS a propaganda windfall by sending someone to Guantanamo. – Wells Dixon	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
A lot of the land in the Amazon doesn't have a legal title, there would be a tremendous windfall for the people who claim that land. – Philip Fearnside	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
They've been funded anyway even with the sanctions regime, so I'm sure they'll get some money but I don't think it'll be a huge windfall for them. – James Clapper	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
They’ve been funded anyway even with the sanctions regime, so I’m sure they’ll get some money but I don’t think it’ll be a huge windfall for them. – James Clapper	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
We expect them to spend the windfall in the coming quarters. – Ryan Sweet	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Consumers have an enormous windfall to spend from lower gasoline prices. – Ryan Sweet	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The executive has received a windfall based on the bull market, which isn’t always attributable to their own performance, and that’s wrong. – Brandon Rees	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
We continue to expect consumer spending to kick the year off on a robust foot after the drop in energy prices gave consumers a substantial windfall. – Bricklin Dwyer	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
The windfall for commodity prices over the last commodity boom was the biggest recorded in history, but the marginal savings rate was lower than in past booms, the South American resource countries are facing a real pinch. – Kevin Gallagher	Found on FOX News 9 years ago
With gasoline prices remaining low (providing a huge windfall to U.S. consumers), confidence sky-high and the buoyancy in labor market activity likely to bolster household income, we expect consumer spending activity to rebound strongly in the coming months. – Millan Mulraine	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
This is a windfall for the Castro regime that will be used to fund its repression against Cubans, as well as its activities against U.S. national interests in Latin America and beyond. – Marco Rubio	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

So this is how liberty dies… with thunderous applause. - Padme Amidala - Tory MPs have voted down a bid to impose a windfall tax on oil and gas giants that could save families £600. Despite Brits facing a cost of living crisis, Conservatives rejected a Labour amendment to the Queen's Speech backing a one-off levy on North Sea firms to help struggling Brits. MPs rejected the move by 310 votes to 248, and not one Tory MP backed it.

– Padme Amidala

added by abduls.27449
1 year ago

Without veto action by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine, the legislature will send a windfall to the wealthiest Ohioans while draining revenue the state needs to get back on track after the pandemic, altogether, the tax cuts and breaks will cost more than $ 2 billion over the next two years that could be put to much better use.

– Zach Schiller

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Were talking about people hoarding these goods and materials on an industrial scale for the purposes of manipulating the market and ultimately driving windfall profits.

– Attorney General William Barr

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

These plaintiffs had minimal losses and were rightfully denied the unjustified windfall they were seeking. Plaintiffs' counsel today asked for punitive damages in the millions of dollars, the jury correctly refused that request. Even so, this award exceeds clear constitutional limits and we will ask the court to reduce it accordingly.

– Volkswagen AG -LRB- VOWG_p

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Uber and Lyft have built their business model off the sweat of drivers, paying the vast majority of New York City drivers less than minimum wage in New York City drivers quests to go public, now, instead of raising wages in anticipation of their windfall, they only want to offer stock grants to a small minority of drivers ?

– Bhairavi Desai

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Those players who got the winnings got an extraordinary windfall to which they were not entitled, they just happened to be at the right place at the right time.

– Tim Madden

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Tax cuts, bonuses and good tax refunds have all been a windfall to consumers who have responded by increasing spending, this rising tide has floated most retail boats, Macy's among them.

– Neil Saunders

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

If Senator Graham or Donald Trump are serious about protecting the national security of the United States, they will not hand groups like ISIS a propaganda windfall by sending someone to Guantanamo.

– Wells Dixon

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

A lot of the land in the Amazon doesn't have a legal title, there would be a tremendous windfall for the people who claim that land.

– Philip Fearnside

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

They've been funded anyway even with the sanctions regime, so I'm sure they'll get some money but I don't think it'll be a huge windfall for them.

– James Clapper

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

They’ve been funded anyway even with the sanctions regime, so I’m sure they’ll get some money but I don’t think it’ll be a huge windfall for them.

– James Clapper

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We expect them to spend the windfall in the coming quarters.

– Ryan Sweet

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Consumers have an enormous windfall to spend from lower gasoline prices.

– Ryan Sweet

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The executive has received a windfall based on the bull market, which isn’t always attributable to their own performance, and that’s wrong.

– Brandon Rees

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

We continue to expect consumer spending to kick the year off on a robust foot after the drop in energy prices gave consumers a substantial windfall.

– Bricklin Dwyer

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

The windfall for commodity prices over the last commodity boom was the biggest recorded in history, but the marginal savings rate was lower than in past booms, the South American resource countries are facing a real pinch.

– Kevin Gallagher

Found on FOX News
9 years ago

With gasoline prices remaining low (providing a huge windfall to U.S. consumers), confidence sky-high and the buoyancy in labor market activity likely to bolster household income, we expect consumer spending activity to rebound strongly in the coming months.

– Millan Mulraine

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

This is a windfall for the Castro regime that will be used to fund its repression against Cubans, as well as its activities against U.S. national interests in Latin America and beyond.

– Marco Rubio

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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