Compare serious proposals to each other and only to each other, not to some nonsense baseline.
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But it's a serious speech with serious proposals for how to keep this country moving in the right direction.
Michael Kerley, an executive of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, counts at least 13 "serious proposals" in Congress since 1913 to curb the tax preferences in life insurance.
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But the vast bulk of that money would go to those who are already 60 or older and there are no serious proposals to make substantial reductions in benefits for those retired or close to it.
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If you come to me with a serious set of proposals, I will be there to listen.
In the autumn of 2011, the college said it had serious concerns about the proposals, particularly over accountability, competition and training.
We have serious concerns about the proposals advances by the U.S. side, and respectfully urge you to consult seriously and in detail with the U.S. Senate before you engage in further discussions with Russia.
The Conservatives described the RICS proposals as "serious options" which the government should consider.
They are still serious, substantive, viable proposals that have not been adopted.
National Numeracy says it welcomes the government's prioritisation of maths, but it warns that the curriculum proposals "contain serious flaws" which run counter to the government's stated aims.
Under mayor Michael Bloomberg, the city has rejected proposals for any serious alternative to the New York City ING Marathon, even though that race draws far more than 100, 000 applicants every year for about 45, 000 slots.
He is open to serious, realistic, concrete proposals about how we can get from here to there when we talk about building a balanced package that achieves the kind of deficit reduction target that he set, and that the Simpson-Bowles commission set, and that others have set.
Such regional proposals, if given serious backing, would do much to cut through the tangle of Asia's noodle bowl of deals.
Bill Cash, the Conservative chair of the European Scrutiny Committee, believed the proposals were "a very serious dagger pointing at the heart of the City of London".
And gradually, I think, outside observers as well as some lawmakers on the Republican Party side have acknowledged that those are serious, concrete, and legitimate and cost-saving proposals.
He believed there was an emerging consensus that the principles of the framework were good - but there were some "very serious concerns" at the way the first draft of the proposals had come about.
Blair said he believed that the Bush administration was "sensitive" to foreign worries about the proposals and would discuss the issue with other states in a "serious and sensible" way.
Alliances: The United States should undertake special efforts to preserve and refurbish the American alliance arrangements in Europe and Asia during a period in which the Soviet threat appears ambiguous and in which economic nationalism, Soviet arms control proposals and other centrifugal influences are causing -- or exacerbating -- serious divisions within our Alliances.
That's why he has put deficit reduction in his budget proposals as well as long-term plan, and why he asked the Vice President to lead these serious negotiations.
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