Impose
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While opioids can be harmful and addictive, as America’s current crisis demonstrates, the fact that something can be dangerous is not sufficient reason to
impose
extreme restrictions on its clinical use.
Policymakers in the developing world are making a choice to
impose
what the WHO calls “overly restrictive regulations” on morphine and other essential palliative medicines.
Can we
impose
on ourselves a corset of higher ethical standards, thereby refuting Plato’s objections to democracy, which are no less our own?
Understanding the risks of excessive private-sector borrowing, the inadequacy of private lenders’ credit assessments, and the conflicts of interest that are endemic in banks, Sub-Saharan countries should
impose
constraints on such borrowing, especially when there are significant exchange-rate and maturity mismatches.
And a recent study by McKinsey suggests that the gaps in educational opportunity and attainment by income
impose
the equivalent of a permanent recession of 3-5% of GDP on the US economy.
This is where rules that
impose
term limits on officeholders, such as the Twenty-Second Amendment of the United States Constitution, have their place.
It would
impose
only those limits that are consistent with democratic delegation, possibly along with a limited number of procedural norms (such as transparency, accountability, representativeness, use of scientific evidence, etc.) that enhance democratic deliberation at home.
But, whereas most democracies are less prone than the French Republic is to
impose
“national values” on their citizens, the law cannot be totally divorced from shared values either.
But one can
impose
dress codes for certain jobs, without banning a type of clothing for everyone.
As social programs become costlier, they crowd out government expenditures on necessities such as defense, while generating ever more pressure to
impose
higher growth-suppressing taxes.
In earlier times, such controversies were decided by political authorities, which used military force to
impose
one particular point of view at the expense of all others.
Allowing them to frame these problems in religious terms legitimizes the perspective that they are attempting to impose, particularly in their own societies.It also allows them to camouflage their very worldly thirst for power.
Egypt’s government needs to secure consistent foreign financing to keep the country afloat, providing leverage for international opposition to Morsi’s efforts to
impose
an agenda that runs contrary to Egyptians’ fundamental rights.
In poor countries, by contrast, powerful vested interests often resist higher taxes on the wealthy, and widespread poverty makes it difficult to
impose
universal consumption taxes on the poor.
There is even talk of Russia and China creating an alternative international payment system to replace the SWIFT system, which the US and Europe can use to
impose
financial sanctions against Russia.
On the contrary, the Paris accord is very good for America, and it is the US that continues to
impose
an unfair burden on others.
If the US continues to emit as it has, it will continue to
impose
enormous costs on the rest of the world, including on much poorer countries.
With the NTC unable to
impose
discipline on its soldiers, such violence is likely to increase as army soldiers and militias evacuate Qaddafi strongholds.
In a few cases, fiscal councils might
impose
conditions that are even more stringent than current EU rules stipulate, but they would be limited to enforcing the structural balance that each signatory of the fiscal compact has enshrined in its constitution or in equally binding legislation.
The US Congress is considering legislation that allows the Trump administration to
impose
sanctions on European firms taking part in the project, even though these companies are contractually obliged to see the work through.
When the United States and the European Union decided to
impose
sanctions on the Libyan regime, including freezing shares owned by the LIA in European and American companies, many executives at these companies were surprised by how dramatically their firms were affected by the ownership structure.
After all, sovereigns are called that because they have the power to
impose
taxes, regulations, and, at the extreme, confiscation.
If the evildoers do not comply, America can exercise the “military option” or
impose
punitive sanctions to enforce “justice” as the United States defines it.
Inadequate growth and higher inflation
impose
a particularly severe burden on Egypt’s most vulnerable.
Consider “the long war,” a bold concept embraced a few years ago to describe the continuing struggle against terrorism, the grudging progress that could realistically be achieved, and the enormous financial burden that it would
impose
for years to come.
Citizens are becoming increasingly disenchanted with European elites and supra-national institutions such as the European Commission, which
impose
rules and regulations that conflict with their countries' economic interests and sovereignty.
Having done so, the government has been quick to
impose
a travel ban, freeze his bank accounts, and make clear that it will monitor his activities closely.
Trump’s decision to
impose
tariffs on imported steel and aluminum left the US and Canada deeply divided at the Quebec summit, and their split over trade is certain to have much broader political implications.
With regard to China, he has not only threatened to
impose
tariffs, but also raised the possibility that he will defy the “One China” policy that his predecessors, Republicans and Democrats alike, have respected for decades.
That would
impose
tough fiscal discipline, indeed.
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