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The
proponents
of a cash-flow BAT argue that it would merely level the playing field, because most of America’s trading partners refund their value-added tax on exported goods and services.
But will the tax do as much as its
proponents
hope?
And, among
proponents
of immigration, even “illegal” has come to be regarded as an offensive, pejorative qualifier for any living, breathing person.
Nor did Charles de Gaulle have any qualms about telling the
proponents
of French Algeria that, in the end, he did not understand them.
After all, as one of the world’s largest democracies and a staunch supporter of multilateralism, Brazil has more in common with
proponents
of the liberal order than with China, Russia, or Turkey.
But
proponents
of such US guarantees believe that they discourage aggression and contribute to nuclear non-proliferation by reducing the incentive of US allies to seek their own nuclear deterrents.
The crisis countries in Southern Europe have been the main
proponents
of this approach, while Germany – along with other Northern and Eastern European countries – has resisted it.
Few among the euro’s
proponents
expected that there would be no significant change after its launch.
The only rational course of action would seem to be to curtail global consumption of fossil fuels, as the Kyoto Treaty's
proponents
contend, and invest in alternative energy sources.
Although some outspoken French
proponents
of EDI made no secret of their desire to replace NATO altogether, this being seen by them as the only way of emancipating Europe from American hegemony, that is not how EDI was officially presented and discussed in the councils of the European Union.
In the field of diet and nutrition, there is a fundamental debate between calorie counters and
proponents
of specific diets, whether low-fat, low-carbohydrate, or buy-my-line-of-expensive-formulated-products.
Once freed from the flawed CAP, Brexit’s
proponents
argue, the UK will be able to build a more competitive agricultural sector that better serves farmers and agricultural workers, including by reducing dependence on distorting subsidies.
Like Britain and the US, France remains deeply divided between those who favor a liberal, open society and those who seek closed politics and borders, between supporters of European and global integration and
proponents
of nationalism and protectionism.
Precisely because they recognize the fundamental fact of human fallibility,
proponents
of open society always believe in the possibility of improvement.
Nevertheless, although some still lament the emphasis that universities now place on research,
proponents
of expanding the university's mission have for the most part been vindicated on pedagogical grounds.
Instead,
proponents
of withdrawal from the EU tend to fall back on nostalgia-infused reinventions of Britain’s imperial past – most notably the nebulous notion of the “Anglosphere,” a concept based on Winston Churchill’s idea of unity among the “English-speaking peoples.”
Both groupings actually seem clueless when it comes to empowering disenfranchised working-class citizens, whereas the
proponents
of identity politics offer at least the guise of a response.
As a result, the EPP will go to the election as an odd coalition comprising advocates of Europe and nationalists, liberals and illiberals, and supporters of diversity and
proponents
of Christian identity.
In this environment,
proponents
of populist alternatives thrive.
As the
proponents
of Asian values argued, all human rights - civil and political as well as social and economic - need to be strengthened.
First, the
proponents
of a German exit put far too much faith in the power of weak currencies to fuel an economy.
Finally,
proponents
of a German exit claim that the eurozone in its current form is deeply flawed (although they usually are reluctant to provide details regarding exactly how).
Similarly, emissions of SO2 were curbed at a much lower cost than even cap-and-trade
proponents
had predicted before 1995.
But the logic behind fiscal union is muddier – not least because its
proponents
have largely failed to explain exactly what it means.
In a lecture in October 2012, Mervyn King, the former governor of the Bank of England, urged
proponents
of OMF to be clear that they are proposing increased fiscal deficits.
Liberalism is beginning to mean being permissive, relativist, amoral, homosexual, pedophiliac; and liberals are portrayed as
proponents
of pornography, abortion, and free love.
Today’s advocates of antiliberalism can easily -- indeed, it is already happening -- become
proponents
of a retrospective utopia of corporatism, medievalism, and antimodernism.
Banning certain opinions, no matter how perverse, has the effect of elevating their
proponents
into dissidents.
Uncritical
proponents
of biotechnology tend to celebrate the fact that technological breakthroughs have outpaced government regulations, arguing that this has allowed science to progress unfettered.
First, India is wary that any Democratic administration will include the same
proponents
of nuclear nonproliferation who opposed Bush’s exemption for India.
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