- Country
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- Nov 07, 2020
Decreasing Quotes
What shrinks, and who decides.
Decreasing quotes here are almost entirely policy-minded — one names Japan's decreasing, aging population as a serious problem, another criticizes cutting health funding to pay for tax cuts, a third refuses to decrease the minimum wage.
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- Health
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- Nov 07, 2020
To do what we are doing in this budget to our children, cutting their health care funds, decreasing opportunity, simply so we can pay for tax cuts and a war in Iraq is beyond belief, and we need to reverse it.
- Commitment
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- Nov 07, 2020
We must have a relentless commitment to producing a meaningful, comprehensive energy package aimed at conservation, alleviating the burden of energy prices on consumers, decreasing our country's dependency on foreign oil, and increasing electricity grid reliability.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I thought I was answering a question that I had heard that was about increasing the minimum wage - would I consider that. So let me just go on record and say this: I am not for decreasing the minimum wage. I did not say that and that is not something I would consider.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let me just go on record and say this: I am not for decreasing the minimum wage.
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was born, the world's population was 3.5 billion. There are now 6.8 billion people on the planet. By 2050, that's expected to rise to 9.4 billion. What's more, the Earth's resources aren't growing; they're decreasing - and rapidly.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
We improved the environment in which our children live, learn and play by decreasing crime and clamping down on abuse and violence in the home and on the streets.
- Crisis
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- Nov 07, 2020
Moments of crisis, like the shooting in Newtown, tend to produce brief spikes of popular interest in gun control. My research on media attention suggests these spikes are extremely short-lived, and that they may be decreasing in intensity.
- Eradicated
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- Nov 07, 2020
Medicine has changed greatly in the last decades. Widespread vaccinations have practically eradicated many illnesses, at least in western Europe and the United States. The use of chemotherapy, especially the antibiotics, has contributed to an ever decreasing number of fatalities in infectious diseases.
- Fat
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- Nov 07, 2020
For most teenage runners, the right foods means a varied diet, decreasing the amount of fat found in the typical American diet and replacing those calories with carbohydrates. Avoid saturated fats, such as those found in fried foods, and eat plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
We often think about happiness as trying to increase our joy, but it's also about decreasing our worry. So what you get for paying those high taxes is, if you're a parent thinking about putting your child through school, you don't have to worry about it, because all education through college is free.
- Gun
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- Nov 07, 2020