“If we're talking about buying exchanges abroad, we have to have global securities standards, as we have global banking regulations. I'm talking about margins. Now, the United States has certain margin requirements that are not the same in London. Investors and hedge funds that want to borrow more money against securities ? if they can't in the U.S., they go abroad. That could add additional risks to the global economy.” IfsWantStatesCertainUnitedTalkingUnited StatesEconomyRiskSecurityStandardsAddLondonBuyingFundInvestorsRegulationMore MoneyRequirementsBankingMarginsGlobal EconomyHedge Fund Author:Muriel Siebert
“Because the bill in reserving a certain parcel of land in the United States for the use of said Baptist Church comprises a principle and a precedent for the appropriation of funds of the United States for the use and support of religious societies, contrary to the article of the Constitution which declares that "Congress shall make no law respecting a religious establishment."” SaidStatesUseLawCertainChurchReligiousUnitedPrinciplesUnited StatesSupportAtheismLandConstitutionBillsCongressPositive AtheismContraryFundArticlesEstablishmentBaptistsPrecedentAppropriationParcel Book:The Writings of James Madison: 1808-1819 Source: The Writings of James Madison: 1808-1819
“This year, the United States renewed funding of reproductive healthcare through the United Nations Population Fund, and more funding is on the way. The U.S. Congress recently appropriated more than $648 million in foreign assistance to family planning and reproductive health programs worldwide. That's the largest allocation in more than a decade - since we last had a Democratic president, I might add.” WayYearsStatesMightLastsNationsPresidentUnitedMillionsUnited StatesProgramAddDemocraticCongressPopulationDecadesPlanningFundHealthcareAssistanceUnited NationsFundingPopulation ControlFamily PlanningWorld PopulationAllocationReproductive Health Author:Hillary Clinton
“Nothing highlights better the continuing gap between rhetoric and substance in British financial services than the failure of providers here to emulate Jack Bogle's index fund success in the United States. Every professional in the City knows that index funds should be core building blocks in any long-term investor's portfolio. Since 1976, the Vanguard index funds has produced a compound annual return of 12 percent, better than three-quarters of its peer group.” KnowsShouldLongStatesThreeTermUnitedCitiesUnited StatesGroupsBuildingReturnPercentInvestingFinancialBritishCoreBlockSubstanceLong TermFundGapsInvestorsQuartersContinuingRhetoricPeersCompoundsAnnualsHighlightsEmulateProvidersPortfoliosBuilding BlocksVanguardIndex FundsFinancial ServicesPeer Group Author:Jonathan Davis
“We need to fund No Child Left Behind. We need to start at the beginning and we are not doing the job here in the United States of America.” NeedsChildrenStatesJobsAmericaLeftUnitedBehindsUnited StatesFundUnited States Of AmericaLeft BehindNo Child Left Behind Author:Tim Ryan
“In order for the United States to do the right things for the long term, it appears to be helpful for us to have the prospect of humiliation. Sputnik helped us fund good science - really good science: the semiconductor came out of it.” LongStatesOrderTermUnitedUnited StatesLong TermRight ThingHelpfulFundHumiliationGood ScienceSputnikSemiconductors Author:Bill Gates
“Education should be a right, not a privilege. We need a revolution in the way that the United States funds higher education.” WayNeedsShouldStatesUnitedEducationUnited StatesCollegeRevolutionHigherPrivilegeFundHigher EducationTuitionCollege Tuition Author:Bernie Sanders
“The conference also has a moral duty to examine the corruption of science that can be caused by massive amounts of money. The United States has disbursed tens of billions of dollars to climate scientists who would not have received those funds had their research shown climate change to be beneficial or even modest in its effects. Are these scientists being tempted by money? And are the very, very few climate scientists whose research is supported by industry somehow less virtuous?” StatesUnitedMoralUnited StatesEffectsDutyIndustryAmountResearchScientistDollarsClimateClimate ChangeCorruptionBillionsFundMassiveVirtuousModestTemptedConferencesBeneficialMoral Duty Author:Patrick Michaels