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Kathleen Clyde, a Democrat, said the bill would be counterproductive.
But policy for the sake of policy can be counterproductive.
" The Koch brothers said the order would likely be "counterproductive.
Additional comments from you about his weight may be counterproductive.
That's not their business model, and it would be counterproductive.
Linkage can also be counterproductive by reinforcing China's worst instincts.
"Avoid becoming overwhelmed, because it can be counterproductive," Collinson said.
However, sitting kids down with a spreadsheet can be counterproductive.
It can be counterproductive (especially if the "other" candidate wins).
Yet from a budget perspective, cutting IRS funding can be counterproductive.
Having said that, I just think politically it would be counterproductive.
It's also going to be counterproductive for things down the road.
Blankfein said it would be counterproductive to take deregulation too far.
Progressive leaders are insistent that any other approach would be counterproductive.
However, Mihaljevic warned that skipping visits or treatment can be counterproductive.
They found the confiscation of wealth at ‎death to be counterproductive.
Interviewing them while wearing a bullet-resistant vest might be counterproductive.
What's more, sending too many emails can be counterproductive, they added.
But other experts said that eliminating those preferences would be counterproductive.
The multitude of probes is confusing and might at times be counterproductive.
But in the long run the effect is likely to be counterproductive.
Officials are aware that excessive government meddling in industry can be counterproductive.
Such an approach has repeatedly been proven to be counterproductive and unjust.
Abstinence-only messages about sexting are likely to be counterproductive as well.
Even some supporters acknowledge that his tactics when attacked can be counterproductive.
Seen this way, such a sunny outlook can, in fact, be counterproductive.
Rescinding TPS would be counterproductive for the U.S. and for El Salvador.
One reason is that urging the Fed to move can be counterproductive.
There are some who feel this form of policing can be counterproductive.
It would be counterproductive to force the deportation of these productive immigrants.
This should come with a caveat: rivalry in government can be counterproductive.
Rushing to file criminal charges without conducting a proper investigation would be counterproductive.
Of course, China can ignore the decision, but doing so would be counterproductive.
Shutting down the event would be counterproductive, because people will do it anyway.
They feared an ill-conceived gathering that resulted in failure would be counterproductive.
Could it be counterproductive, generating antibodies against human rights in all three countries?
Trying to jolt this charming, if modest, 30-minute score would be counterproductive.
"It feels it would be counterproductive now that China has militarized the islands."
Furthermore, this counterterrorism effort may be counterproductive, inadvertently strengthening groups like al-Shabab.
Too much money on campaign contributions is probably wasted, and may even be counterproductive.
Furthermore, even finding the star can be counterproductive if used in the wrong application.
Painting all pirates with the same broad brush can often be counterproductive, Rose argued.
Holding people to some ideal of perfect activism can be counterproductive in some cases.
"Importantly, the emergency relief sought by the states would be counterproductive," the judge wrote.
Besides, better facts tend to be counterproductive on hot-button issues like gun control.
Would it be counterproductive, since high prices could discourage patients from considering helpful medicines?
He said the entire exercise of turning the screws on senators can be counterproductive.
Opposing her might be counterproductive because, despite mounting criticism, she still commands respect. Gen.
Pompeo warned in the cable that it would be "counterproductive" to engage these groups.
Picking fights with foreign companies eager to invest in American workers would be counterproductive.
Hedge funds have to be careful, though: Cutting fees too much actually can be counterproductive.
Mr Macri's application of orthodoxy has, however, proved to be counterproductive in three, indirect ways.
Bolten's letter said that proposal would be counterproductive to the goal of increasing economic opportunity.
Goldman Sachs warned that outright currency intervention could be "counterproductive" if other countries follow suit.
Still, at least a few experts say the trend in some ways may be counterproductive.
In fact, harsher punishments can be counterproductive — by punishing people who need treatment, not incarceration.
Developing a live fastball may be counterproductive to developing command, but they both have value.
Then there's the critique about whether she'll, essentially, be counterproductive for Democrats, either ideologically or functionally.
She says that alcohol can actually act as a stimulant, which would, of course, be counterproductive.
Critics say a return to harsh interrogations would enflame tensions in Muslim countries and be counterproductive.
The imposition of new economic sanctions now is a risky gambit, and it may be counterproductive.
The administration's tough rhetoric may actually be counterproductive absent any real changes to the asylum system.
This kind of paranoia about localists blossoming into full-fledged separatist political activities might be counterproductive.
Change for the sake of change can be counterproductive, and that will never be my approach.
Harsher punishments can also be counterproductive by punishing the people who need addiction treatment, not incarceration.
In fact, harsher punishments can actually be counterproductive — by punishing people who need treatment, not incarceration.
As Turkey's political and economic situation deteriorates, the risk grows that further pressure will be counterproductive.
Samson Yuen, a political scientist at Lingnan University, said he thought the measure would be counterproductive.
With them doing all the persuading, Thomas decided that any effort on his part might be counterproductive.
There, the dignity and image of the leader is near-sacred and name-calling will be counterproductive.
And it's unclear if HIV criminalization laws actually do any good — and they may even be counterproductive.
A State Department spokesperson said US officials determined then that cutting off military aid would be counterproductive.
Experts warned that these kinds of aggressive tactics can be counterproductive — and actually lead to more crime.
In that sense, running campaign ads that link her to dead, white, male politicians would be counterproductive.
S. recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel will be counterproductive & will only worsen the crisis.
Mr. Trump's approach was "was just all over the place," she said, and could ultimately be counterproductive.
Harsh punishments like spanking do little to deter lying, research indicates, and if anything may be counterproductive.
Analysts, however, have said capping rates may be counterproductive as it makes banks less willing to lend.
In 2017 President Donald Trump said that announcing a date for pulling out troops would be "counterproductive".
It would be counterproductive to enforce copyright restrictions on something that should be as standard as a URL.
Are there times when being honest might be counterproductive, and if so, how do we balance that tension?
They can be counterproductive: as police brutality grows, civilians stop offering tips or seeking protection from the authorities.
But officials in Taiwan said the Chinese pressure could be counterproductive, as public resentment towards Beijing runs high.
And in fact, I believe U.S. military action of the type contemplated here might prove to be counterproductive.
Sanjiv Mehra, head of a traders' body in Delhi, reckons a "prohibitive" cost could prove to be counterproductive.
Too many choices, economists say, can be counterproductive as overwhelmed consumers turn to what is familiar and trusted.
Senate Republicans believe it would be counterproductive to pressure a quick end to the investigations, the strategist said.
Now, the White House has championed antigovernment protesters in Iran, though experts say Trump's support might be counterproductive.
But officials in Taiwan said the Chinese pressure could be counterproductive, as public resentment toward Beijing runs high.
"Change for the sake of change can be counterproductive, and that will never be my approach," he told them.
Amazon and Facebook have soared to all-time highs, but their success may actually be counterproductive for the economy.
Punishing Poland through sanctions would be counterproductive and even hypocritical, given the proliferation of like-minded parties across Europe.
As a result, "it would simply be counterproductive to poke even more holes in the tax base," he said.
If overly strict patents on drugs can be counterproductive, the case against them in other industries is even stronger.
They know impeachment will be counterproductive: Making an unpopular president more popular by pursuing an even more unpopular strategy.
FCA said on Wednesday it believed any litigation would be "counterproductive" to ongoing discussions with the EPA and California.
And his plans to penalize sanctuary cities, which choose not to participate in federal deportation crackdowns, would be counterproductive.
But sticking to traditional hours can be counterproductive, leading to "presenteeism" — employees showing up and being only minimally functional.
Steve Kerr, for his part, seemed to understand that the line of questioning could be counterproductive for his squad.
Laying off employees only to be forced to rehire to meet market demand would likely be counterproductive, Arcuri said.
"Under such circumstances, additional monetary easing may be counterproductive and result in a tightening of financial conditions," they said.
So much so, in fact, that one could argue that any overt U.S. military action tends to be counterproductive.
Taxing municipal bonds for the first time in history would be counterproductive to creating jobs and ensuring American competitiveness.
"I think it might be counterproductive," said Carlos, a young man wearing headphones who declined to give his surname.
"The travel ban is the wrong approach and will likely be counterproductive," said an official of the Koch network.
That asking the same grassroots brigade to trudge toward what's still a long-shot race in Georgia would be counterproductive.
"It seems to be counterproductive to that," Abdul-Malik Ryan, a university employee also listed on the site, told Mashable.
In a third tweet, the agency explained why the airdrops could be counterproductive to its efforts to save the cathedral.
Setting a spending cap would be counterproductive, they say, because it would encourage agencies to spend up to the limit.
It is too early for Democrats to talk about a "blue wave" sweeping the country; it might also be counterproductive.
There's a growing acceptance of the idea that reporting on suicides that don't have extraordinary news value can be counterproductive.
In particular, authoritarian-minded individuals prefer force and clarity over nuance and what they perceive to be counterproductive hand-wringing.
And that's a good thing, because this type of education not only doesn't work—it actually seems to be counterproductive.
In November, Russia said it would be counterproductive to impose further targeted sanctions or an arms embargo on South Sudan.
"It would be counterproductive to exclude a whole class of people from ever having a path to citizenship," Lopez said.
But using food as a reward or punishment is likely to be counterproductive and should always be avoided, he said.
Banning handguns when there are nearly one million known handguns in Canada would promote a backlash and thus be counterproductive.
Such shopping habits would be counterproductive to containing the coronavirus, as experts and officials advise people to avoid crowded areas.
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It's a case study in the unforeseen consequences of well-meaning attempts at wildlife conservation, so protective as to be counterproductive.
As fast food employees push to increase the minimum wage, the former CEO of one chain warns that could be counterproductive.
According to Maerov, what seemed like a clever design to protect shareholders in theory turned out to be counterproductive in practice.
To support others who are having a hard time right now, Gurwitch says that just dismissing their worries can be counterproductive.
But that effort is likely to be counterproductive for the vaquita, because it will only encourage more poaching of the totoaba.
But it would be counterproductive to fret about future price increases rather than the immediate threat of deflation and economic depression.
But Beijing has also struggled to sway global opinion without resorting to heavy-handed methods or threats that can be counterproductive.
Since Republicans are counting on rapid economic growth to pay for their tax cuts, anything that inhibits this could be counterproductive.
"Statements – if more of them come – could be counterproductive if they are seen as taking credit" for the protests, she said.
"Calling something 'shameful' or 'annoying' is rarely effective with judges or prosecutors, and may even be counterproductive," McQuade told VICE News.
Because we have different energy levels at different times, it would be counterproductive for them to start work at 9 a.m.
Even if Trump's threat is only a bluff, it could be counterproductive to getting a deal all three leaders can support.
He could reassure Congress, which might be tempted to regulate or investigate on its own (and dueling investigations can be counterproductive).
The American view is that for the government to try to second-guess these kind of design calls would be counterproductive.
Asseri said Riyadh never requested big numbers of ground troops from them, believing that a large-scale land operation would be counterproductive.
Mexican officials have argued that these tariffs would be counterproductive and that the country has already taken steps to address migration issues.
Praising and bribing are commonly used, especially when we don't expect children to like the food offered, but it can be counterproductive.
Critics say the vaguely worded revisions, including ones that could allow a larger counter-terrorism role for the military, would be counterproductive.
This caused me to think more about the role of debunking in changing people's minds, and how it can sometimes be counterproductive.
The pope argued that a new set of strict rules on when divorced and remarried Catholics can receive Communion would be counterproductive.
The company said such a move would be counterproductive to current talks, and that if litigation occurs, it will defend itself vigorously.
Maechler warned against raising interest rates too early, a move she said could be counterproductive for inflation and the overall Swiss economy.
"To have arbitrary percentages of our fleet made up of vehicles that aren't going to be purchased," Pruitt said, would be counterproductive.
In the case of drive-by charity work, the checked box can actually be counterproductive, because application readers see right through it.
Horning warns that its strategies have little effect on weakening the systems of power they try to avoid, and may be counterproductive.
The reason, they suggested, is that specific instructions can be counterproductive, encouraging too much focus on whatever happens to be easily quantified.
Trying to talk them out of that might be counterproductive compared to the possibility of simply trying to argue about something else.
But Ragnarok is uninterested in story and the satisfactions of narrative, which Byatt considers to be counterproductive to the project of myth.
There's another reason to believe moving toward immigration restrictionism would be counterproductive for Democrats: New citizens themselves are an important Democratic constituency.
Some suspect that efforts to keep currencies weak and exports strong could be counterproductive since someone still needs to buy all those goods.
And MPs from both parties argued that excluding Trump would be counterproductive and inconsistent with British values of free speech and political debate.
Measuring success purely by productivity can be counterproductive, leading to short-term behaviour that is ultimately not beneficial for genuine long-term growth.
Indeed, "decriminalising consumption without taking away from organised crime the provision of the supply of drugs would be counterproductive, even disastrous," he argues.
FCA said on Wednesday it believed that any litigation would be "counterproductive" to ongoing discussions with the EPA and California Air Resources Board.
It is an ambitious and aggressive policy to change Iran's behavior, but it is premised on faulty assumptions, and ultimately may be counterproductive.
A sanctions policy that is more aggressive than thoughtful, however, may feel satisfying but may prove to be counterproductive in the long run.
After the last crazy boom, he says, we need to learn that what he calls "blind optimism" often turns out to be counterproductive.
Rushed spending increases, not guided by an overarching strategy regarding how the different militaries are going to complement each other, can be counterproductive.
She must know how to empower women by sharing her own personal experiences but also understanding that war story monologues can be counterproductive.
" But that may be counterproductive, he added, because it could end up "dividing the Europeans, who are already divided over Brexit and China.
Web companies insist they are going to great lengths to fight sex trafficking and that the bill would be counterproductive for those efforts.
"Not using this technology on the road toward electric mobility would therefore be counterproductive, at least in terms of climate policy," he added.
But even mini-tantrums and put-downs can be counterproductive, undermining the efforts of a normally civil person and an otherwise effective boss.
A crackdown on Muslim civil liberties and return to clash of civilizations rhetoric would be counterproductive in similar, though obviously not identical, ways.
But they also warn tougher rules could be counterproductive as firms can find ways around them, including by setting up entities in non-U.
Those on the right, such as Cruz and Sasse, would risk inciting the wrath of Trump's base — something Vander Plaats notes would be counterproductive.
But some community workers and politicians argue that would be counterproductive, damaging trust in the police in deprived areas without necessarily finding many weapons.
"If it remains on its current path of ballistic missiles and atomic bombs, it will be counterproductive, in effect reducing its security," he said.
Image quality isn't simply a matter of adding more megapixels — that can be counterproductive, with smaller pixels leading to noisy photos in low light.
He says trying to address the practice with punitive measures would be counterproductive and likely further endanger the women and girls subjected to it.
When you're tired, you'll most likely be looking for an energy boost from caffeine, but this can be counterproductive because caffeine will dehydrate you.
And to deny that, as embarrassing as it is, would be counterproductive to the many other women my age who feel the same way.
GOP lawmakers say they want to avoid a shutdown and have told the president and Vice President Pence that provoking one would be counterproductive.
The mayor said in a statement Saturday that he believes endorsing one of the candidates would be "counterproductive," according to The New York Times.
Mario Diaz-Balart (R-Fla.), the chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that oversees the Department of Transportation, said Brooks's amendment would be counterproductive.
In fact, the converse may not be possible — if tax reform dramatically increases deficits or worsens inequality, it could be counterproductive for economic growth.
Tereze GluckNew York To the Editor: I agree with Nicholas Kristof that fulminating and threats from Democrats will be counterproductive in winning more elections.
"This will further reduce the space for cooperation between Pakistan and U.S. and will be counterproductive for a long-term relationship," Ms. Sultan said.
Doing so, the thinking went, could be counterproductive in areas where the city and state are working together productively, such as select bus service.
But Ms. McGowan said the idea of committing more money to such programs might be counterproductive when there were so many other urgent needs.
Michael D. Swaine, a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, said revising the university charters would ultimately be counterproductive.
Hostels can be counterproductive, says Juha Kaakinen of Y-Foundation, the country's biggest social-housing group: they "create a kind of culture of homelessness".
In Norway, where a requirement for 40 percent female board membership became law in 503, there's some evidence that strict quotas may be counterproductive.
Repealing these regulations now would not just be counterproductive and disruptive, but would demonstrate a disregard by Congress of school districts' operations and timelines.
Buprenorphine has been proven to be safer than methadone; however, the patient often misses the high, which can be counterproductive to enticing them to quit.
A source familiar with the Wikimedia Foundation's thinking about the ban told BuzzFeed News that one of the standards admins prize, prolificacy, can be counterproductive.
If you want fewer people to be forced from their homes, cutting back on joint efforts to help them improve their lives will be counterproductive.
Echoing that view, a European Union official said readmitting Russian President Vladimir Putin to the group without conditions would be "counterproductive, a sign of weakness".
I feel like if I'm laughing too much, "Ahh, I'm not focused," sometimes that can be counterproductive—especially when you're in a long training camp.
"We should build on this when thinking about how to manage [the internet], instead of going in the opposite direction, which will only be counterproductive."
But it may be counterproductive in the case of The Witch, which is more beautifully realized psychological and historical piece than tremble-inducing terror-fest.
Grassley told reporters on Wednesday that he hoped "some protectionists at the White House" would not prod Trump to take action that could be counterproductive.
That may be acceptable for a service chief, but it can be counterproductive for a leader who is supposed to epitomize the joint warfighting ethic.
Others have called attention to the administration's truly astonishing effort to show that birth control really isn't all that important and may even be counterproductive.
Trudeau said it would be counterproductive for Ottawa to make a move now, noting court challenges against the law have already been launched in Quebec.
"Unfortunately, no generic solution can help you tackle the underlying cause of jet lag, and might even be counterproductive," Lockley writes on the app's website.
Doing so "would be counterproductive at this moment, and would not serve the objective of achieving visa-free travel for all E.U. citizens," it said.
Mexico's Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said if Washington imposed tariffs on Mexican imports, it could be counterproductive to stopping immigration flows across the U.S.-Mexico border.
Looking at things you can't change — body build, height, the fact that you'll never own a divine midcentury LA home like Mandy Moore — might be counterproductive.
Beijing has been trying to rein in debt, but a system full of cash would be counterproductive as it encourages debt-laden businesses to borrow more.
So there's anger there, but there's also an understanding their anger is only going to get them so far, and it's only going to be counterproductive.
Buyback programs have also shrank the volume of stocks available to trade, which could be counterproductive because stocks have rallied so much this year, he added.
Similarly, Brammer explained that the development studio thought reprimanding dedicated players like SUSPC7 too harshly would be counterproductive to building a good community around the game.
"In the end, the ECB's effort to clean up banks' balance sheets too quickly may be counterproductive," Marco Troiano, a director at ratings agency Scope, said.
Lakhi is also concerned that criminalization will make people stop talking about the issue and may be counterproductive to the work she and other activists do.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned the U.S. against excessive sanctioning on North Korea, saying that it might be "counterproductive" to try to decimate its economy.
"Focusing on weight loss can be counterproductive to binge-eating recovery, however, binge-eating recovery can be the best step to achieving a healthy body weight."
But Republicans have also warned that attempts by Democrats to use the bill to pass new immigration-related restrictions would be counterproductive to getting a deal.
At the moment, however, he finds such movements to be counterproductive, sucking energy away from the simple and urgent task of getting more Democrats into office.
As a result, a real cut-off of aid to the region would be counterproductive for our own security and could set back hard won progress.
Here's the bad news: Many of those goals are contradictory, improbable or outright impossible and, considering the way things are going, U.S. actions may be counterproductive.
More than 1,000 State Department members signed an official "Dissent Cable" contending that the ban not only fails to achieve its aims but would be counterproductive.
Ebrard, speaking at a news conference, said if Washington imposed tariffs on Mexican imports it could be counterproductive to stopping immigration flows across the southern U.S. border.
"The travel ban is the wrong approach and will likely be counterproductive," Hooks added, saying it hinders a Koch goal of promoting a free and open society.
Abe "will be seeking security reassurances and will no doubt press the point that it would be counterproductive to start a trade war with China," he added.
Peikin, in a speech at the "PLI White Collar Crime 2018" conference, said it could be "counterproductive" to apply a numbers-based assessment of the SEC's effectiveness.
Greg Stevens, chief executive of the Consumer Credit Trade Association, said caps would be counterproductive as they force borrowers to find alternatives that may not be regulated.
However, they stress that there is some unknown ceiling after which they will be counterproductive, kill jobs, and hurt the lower-wage workers they're trying to help.
Reuters reported that Gao Feng, a spokesman for the Chinese Commerce Ministry, said the Trump administration's trade policies will in the end be counterproductive for American interests.
Recognizing in a split second when such tactics might be counterproductive can be difficult, experts say, as can pivoting quickly from one mind-set to the other.
One senior EU official expressed hope that Mr Trump could be convinced at this week's G20 meeting that any unilateral US action on steel would be counterproductive.
Cornyn, the Senate's No. 2 Republican, told CBS's "Face the Nation" that it would be "counterproductive" for Trump to ignore the possibility of sitting down with Putin.
Trump has a reputation for ignoring advice and for making public statements -- on Twitter, especially -- that may be counterproductive, such as with challenges to his travel ban.
More from Tonic: Time and again, research has shown that these programs are not only ineffective when it comes to achieving their goals, they may be counterproductive.
The real danger is that Mr. Trump's China policies are likely to be counterproductive, damaging America's prosperity and endangering its security, while hastening the rise of China.
Further increases in federal support for higher education are not needed and indeed are likely to be counterproductive because they lead to higher tuition for all students.
In practice, speeches rarely seem to persuade people and research from George Edward and Frances Lee argues that they tend to be counterproductive — polarizing issues and galvanizing opposition.
If progressives really want to undermine the increasing visibility of alt-right figures like Yiannopoulos, a blanket boycott of Simon & Schuster is most likely going to be counterproductive.
The European Commission has largely stayed out of the campaign for fear it would be counterproductive to Cameron's Remain camp as it tries to woo a Eurosceptic electorate.
They don't understand how anyone could disagree with Sanders in good faith, or how treating someone viciously might be counterproductive to the cause they profess to care about.
"It is possible to work around conditioning and deconditioning of the brain, if there is a clear indication that certain behaviours might be counterproductive over time," he said.
But many experts said the policy would be counterproductive: That assistance, they said, was vital to addressing the root causes of migration, such as corruption, violence and poverty.
I'd get really, really angry, and I tried not to call to negotiate things when I was really angry because I thought that was going to be counterproductive.
I wanted to make the argument that the size and scale and complexity of the systems we have built to manage the modern world are starting to be counterproductive.
Fed officials said repeatedly that they sympathized with the protesters, but they added that pushing too hard to increase employment could be counterproductive if it led to a recession.
But Allison Mond, a senior analyst at Wood Mackenzie, which tracks and supplies solar data for the Solar Energy Industries Association, said the move was likely to be counterproductive.
Tax policy groups agree generally, but only if the revenue losses are offset by budget savings that avoid piling up more debt that would be counterproductive to spurring the economy.
That often requires having the president unload his worst answer in a private practice session that usually makes him feel better, but would often be counterproductive to promoting his agenda.
But I think it's premature to talk about it at this point, and of course even talking about it would do nothing but inspire a reaction that might be counterproductive.
While the disruptions might at first appear to be counterproductive, the reality is that even loud, obnoxious demonstrators can cause a serious problem for Trump and harm his political chances.
Analysts argue that pushing virtual currencies out of the formal banking system would be counterproductive because it puts the money completely out of view of regulators - making illicit transactions easier.
He said rising bond yields were already eating into Italy's fiscal capacity, suggesting that attempts to raise spending would be counterproductive as investors will punish Rome for spending too much.
It's possible to argue that obliterating evidence of "bad" historical events or "offensive" people might in the end be counterproductive, allowing a collective amnesia that the bad events ever happened.
Furthermore, putting warnings on content found to be false can be counterproductive because it makes misleading stories that didn't get checked seem more accurate — the so-called "implied truth" effect.
Earlier this week, Russian security chief Nikolai Patrushev told the Associated Press that demands for Assad's resignation would be "counterproductive," and the focus should be on free and fair elections.
To veterans of big trade agreements, the lack of immediate breakthroughs is not necessarily bad news for Nafta, but the urge to rush the negotiations could prove to be counterproductive.
The ECB cut its key rate to minus 0.5 percent last month, inching closer to what is the effective bottom, a level beyond which it would be counterproductive to go.
The Commerce Department has reinstated a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, a move some argue can be counterproductive to getting accurate counts of who lives in the United States.
While the U.S. should not take any of the previous options off the table, dissolution of either the Iranian or North Korean armed forces and subsequent lustration would be counterproductive.
So reducing your comparatively tiny personal carbon footprint won't help, and in fact it could be counterproductive, some experts argue, because it distracts you from the need for systemic change.
These massive military vehicles were not designed for civilian patrolling, and, as we saw in Ferguson, Missouri, their intimidating presence can be counterproductive, stirring up animosity rather than quelling unrest.
While Congress prepares to pass a tax bill that pushes the old conventional wisdom about bolstering financial incentives, empirical research suggests that starving the government of funds could be counterproductive.
I work, study and I'm a mother and I strongly feel that a policy like this will be counterproductive, with women like myself suffering the brunt and fallout of the decision.
Such cuts would be painful, but several mayors have cast doubt on whether they will actually happen, reasoning that it would be counterproductive to hurt the economies of America's biggest cities.
But, as the Center for New American Security argued in 2016, it would be "counterproductive and unwise" for the Pentagon to let security exemptions keep it from using open-source code.
Buch said Berlin city government's plan to require property owners to get approval for renovations that result in rent increases of more than 50 cents per square meter would be counterproductive.
"We obviously didn't want parties to be going back, but we also thought it would be counterproductive to have a legal bar saying 'thou shalt not go back,'" Stern told me.
Other measures could even be counterproductive for efforts to stem home prices' march higher, such as efforts to help first-time homebuyers save a deposit and help seniors downsize, analysts said.
Cost savings can be counterproductive if it means squeezing money out of marketing and design, and buyers are taking a risk on a style that can easily go out of favor.
Cornwall Capital Management LP, which owns 4.9 percent of Ambac, had urged Canyon Capital on May 5 to drop its proxy fight with the bond insurer, saying it would be counterproductive.
Senior aides to Moon have told Reuters they believe confronting Pyongyang could be counterproductive and possibly harmful to North Korean citizens, who will continue to suffer if their government remains isolated.
If it's just a political statement not backed by money or commitment to more action, and if it's a way to propagate the criminalization of addiction, then it would be counterproductive.
Mr. Allen suggested that Mr. Trump must press Mr. Xi on specific changes to Chinese law that he wants that would help American businesses, but that name-calling will be counterproductive.
Each time, aides all the way up to the chief of staff level have been able to persuade him not to launch such a drastic step, arguing it would be counterproductive.
One is that as a Trump opponent, I sometimes think that my fellow Trump opponents are reacting to Trump's almost daily outrages with a level of outrage that can be counterproductive.
Norway's Financial Supervisory Authority has proposed to tighten lending requirements for banks as a result of the sharp rise in prices, but that could be counterproductive, NHBA Chief Executive Per Jaeger said.
That move is already causing concerns among some Trump campaign advisers, who worry that Trump is not heeding warning signs about his reelection prospects and that firing the pollsters will be counterproductive.
Announcing a "zero-tolerance" policy sounds tough but is often empty rhetoric; it can even be counterproductive, by putting victims off reporting if they know that a sacking is bound to result.
Surely anyone clever enough to fake intel so believable that it made its way to the top of the political chain of command would have foreseen how these allegations would be counterproductive?
Warren has repeatedly said on the campaign trail that she is a capitalist, not a socialist, but that she believes America's current application of capitalism is so lawless as to be counterproductive.
But he resisted calls by some officials for the Pakistan military to threaten to crack down on Taliban factions that refused to join the talks, saying that any preconditions would be counterproductive.
In fact, opposition lawmaker Paul Flynn, who's leading the debate, thinks a ban could be counterproductive, as it could make Trump seem unfairly victimized and boost him in the eyes of Americans.
Relying on zero or negative rates would be "counterproductive as it would catalyze a collapse in sentiment and a concomitant rise in household savings rates," Rieder said in a recent blog post.
NetChoice, a trade association that represents Facebook, Google and Twitter, said Friday that an executive order on social media content would be counterproductive to the president's goal of weeding out extremism online.
Furthermore, tactics such as so-called signature drone strikes — strikes that target certain individuals or groups, usually without knowledge of the target's identity, based upon predetermined signatures of behavior — can be counterproductive.
A criminal referral could, in fact, be counterproductive to the attorney general's lawsuit, by giving Mr. Trump's lawyers reason to seek a stay in the civil case and thus delay those proceedings.
He added that, in a time where companies should want workers to be more careful, it might be "counterproductive" in terms of health to offer bonuses based on order volume, for example.
He said Mr. Siddiqui had written no articles recently that criticized the army and that it would be "counterproductive" to carry out such an attack based on a handful of objectionable tweets.
China's U.N. Ambassador Ma Zhaoxu told the council "it should not get involved in country-specific human rights issues" and that the briefing would be counterproductive to efforts to solve the situation.
Robert D. Atkinson, president of the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a research group sponsored by several tech companies, predicted in January that a crackdown on H-1B visas would be counterproductive.
"We continue to think a competitive devaluation scenario is unlikely because a sharp depreciation could reignite speculative capital outflows, which would be counterproductive by tightening financial conditions," wrote Dylan Riddle of IFF.
"I think it's going to be counterproductive to Europe because with fewer prospective buyers the prices of these companies will drop and it will become harder to secure a deal," noted Yip.
There does seem to be this running argument in your book that thinking too pessimistically about water issues — assuming that we'll have a future dominated by crisis and conflict — can actually be counterproductive.
"I am not personally happy that it is that way, but I do not want to make a law that bans it in the street, because it would be counterproductive," Mr. Macron said.
We tried to remind people that Ebola was actually difficult to catch and that the calls for travel bans and quarantines of health workers would be counterproductive, according to the best available evidence.
The sustainability of unconventional easing programmes conducted by the world's major central banks, and whether they may be counterproductive, are at the front of investors' minds, Goldman Sachs analysts said in a note.
Aside from being bitterly ironic, burning fossil fuels to run the reactors (and clean up the abundance of CO2 in the atmosphere) would ultimately be counterproductive, so alternative energy sources would be needed.
That was half a genuine sense that it would be inappropriate and half a belief that commentary would be counterproductive — inducing the Fed to move in the opposite direction to demonstrate its independence.
The Atlantic's Peter Beinart argued that Bloomberg had been "seduced by his past political success" into making a run that, by encroaching "onto Buttigieg's moderate turf," would be counterproductive for his policy goals.
Some argue that speaking out would be counterproductive: as it is, angry monks began protesting earlier this month outside Myanmar's most famous temple, the Shwedagon, accusing the government of failing to protect Buddhism.
"Currently, widespread testing is unavailable and may even be counterproductive, because the demand for testing will overwhelm our ability to care for the sickest, most vulnerable patients," the company said on its website.
They said that such a large-scale effort would be counterproductive, as it could embolden the Vermont lawmaker's argument that the establishment is trying to force him out of the race, they said.
"Half the reason we make these videos in the first place is to help bring positive attention to Dreams and the creators, so doing anything less than this would be counterproductive," they explain.
"Ads do not sell sex — that would be counterproductive, if it meant that heterosexual women and men turned to one another and were gratified," Naomi Wolf wrote in "The Beauty Myth" in 1990.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of the G7 summit, said the reasons for excluding Moscow "remain valid" and that any uncodntional return offer would be "counterproductive" and "a sign of weakness".
Meirelles, speaking at a news conference, said he told Mnuchin the tariffs would be "counterproductive" because they would hurt U.S. companies that import Brazilian semi-finished steel products and Brazil will seek an exception.
Chris Murphy, a Democratic member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said using Taiwan as a way to pressure China to cooperate on North Korea's nuclear program or on trade could be counterproductive.
The draft memo in the "dissent channel," through which dissenting views are sent to the secretary of state and other top department officials, argued the policy would be counterproductive and damage America's image abroad.
But knowledgeable experts broadly agree that using this phrase would be counterproductive in terms of America's relationship with governments in majority-Muslim countries and in terms of the propaganda war in the Islamic world.
A nation does not emerge from 50 years of military dictatorship without political wounds, they say, asserting that pushing Ms. Aung San Suu Kyi, whose famous resolve can tend toward obduracy, could be counterproductive.
"Monetary policy is extremely accommodative to the point that it may even be counterproductive in terms of negative side effects on banks, policies and growth," German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said at the G20 meeting.
Leaving the inhabitants of Raqqa to the tender mercies of Iranian or Syrian forces would also be counterproductive, but it will be the most likely outcome if we don't plan for some sort of governance.
One caveat to these studies is that it doesn't seem to be the case that all exercise is equal when it comes to the health of men's sperm—in fact, certain exercises may be counterproductive.
Blunt force regulatory action is not only unnecessary, but would be counterproductive to improving outcomes for shippers and railroads alike, and would be in direct conflict with the deregulatory agenda favored by the current administration.
The environment secretary at the Kenyan Environment Ministry, Alice Akinyi Kaudia, was skeptical of the project's utility, saying that it would be "counterproductive" to her country's commitment to reduce emissions under the Paris climate accord.
Ms. Tulshyan explained that while this drive is well meaning, it can often be counterproductive, and it gives managers cover to ignore their own behaviors and implicit biases when assigning work or handing out opportunities.
Some have been pushing the United States to impose punitive sanctions to force Caracas to heel, but experienced United States officials have emphasized the risks and the likelihood that heavy-handed interventionism will be counterproductive.
But the tendency of his critics — and much of the mainstream press — to go into hyperventilating mode over things like his Twitter war with the cast of Hamilton or the New York Times can be counterproductive.
"Putin, Russian officials, and other pro-Kremlin pundits stopped publicly criticizing the US election process as unfair almost immediately after the election because Moscow probably assessed it would be counterproductive to building positive relations," ODNI writes.
Behind the scenes: Sources familiar with the negotiations tell Axios that a hearing at this point would be counterproductive by forcing companies and members to publicly state their positions, therefore weakening their ability to negotiate privately.
"Any ban that we impose would be counterproductive and might give Trump the accolade of victim-hood," Flynn told CNBC Monday, adding that it would be better to have a discussion with Trump about his views.
Interbank money markets, however, have yet to price in a cut in official rates into negative territory, conscious of past warnings from the bank that such rates might be counterproductive given the structure of UK banking.
Both had objected to the original language calling for an oil embargo and other severe penalties — with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia declaring last week that such additional sanctions would be counterproductive and possibly destabilizing.
Even if there were to be a conventional military conflict with Russia or North Korea, the first use of nuclear weapons would be counterproductive because it would likely trigger an uncontrollable and potentially suicidal nuclear exchange.
DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Italian Economy Minister Pier Carlo Padoan said on Thursday he hoped the European Central Bank would not ask banks to tackle their existing bad loans too quickly, as such a move would be counterproductive.
"If this is done too quickly, if this is done too aggressively, this will be counterproductive and will make banks not more healthy but less healthy," Padoan told Reuters at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
"We just think it would be a nonstarter with the Chinese," said one American official, who said that it would be counterproductive if the inclusion of an oil ban led the Chinese to veto the entire resolution.
I think that a lot of attempts to do that—recreating a cell, and having someone spend a few minutes in it—can be counterproductive, because we live in a world where all of us crave solitude.
But immigration advocates argue that scrapping the concept of birthright citizenship would do away with a vital principle, and would be counterproductive to the stated goals of those who, like Mr. Trump, rail routinely against illegal immigration.
If I can read into this ongoing debate you've had with President Obama, you're arguing that there are some things in American politics and American life that may be counterproductive to believe even if they are true.
But in a new study, Indiana University Researchers like Antino Kim say that online piracy can sometimes have a positive impact on markets, and being overly-aggressive in the policing and punishing of pirates may sometimes be counterproductive.
More new sanctions in this early implementation phase would be counterproductive and would empower the most radical elements of Iran's political system who have vociferously opposed the nuclear deal and believe Iran has totally capitulated to the West.
The authors also argued that trigger warnings could be counterproductive, encouraging those who have faced trauma to avoid further exposure to it — an effective treatment — and promoting the idea that their trauma is central to who they are.
The ECB loosened policy further last month to lift growth and inflation, cutting its key rate to minus 0.5 percent, inching closer to what is the effective bottom, a level beyond which it would be counterproductive to go.
The ECB loosened monetary policy further last month to lift growth and inflation, cutting its key rate to minus 0.5%, inching closer to what is the effective bottom, a level beyond which it would be counterproductive to go.
Some of Trump's antics may be counterproductive to their goals, others may be helpful — putting a populist gloss on a fundamentally business-oriented agenda — but it's always the case that Trump in power is better than the alternative.
LONDON (Reuters) - Measures to try to force the government to report every two weeks on talks to restore the Northern Irish executive would be counterproductive to those negotiations, a spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday.
However, Rosengren said it could be counterproductive to limit the bank to strict because they do not always capture all the policy options a central bank may need, nor do they always reflect changes in economic projections, reported Reuters.
Officials familiar with diplomatic contacts between Mexico and Canada say there has been no talk of creating a joint front against the United States over NAFTA on the grounds that such a move would raise tensions and be counterproductive.
"CTIA believes that capping the Lifeline program may be counterproductive to encouraging low-income consumers to adopt communications services that are essential to participation in today's economy," Scott Bergmann, the organization's vice president for regulatory affairs, testified on Wednesday.
Democratic lawmakers have said it was cruel to slash aid to countries that are grappling with hunger and crime, and that the move would be counterproductive because it would more likely increase the number of migrants than decrease it.
Recipients are also obligated to stay in New York for as many years as they received the awards, or risk having the grant be converted into a loan — a requirement that Tennessee officials and educators worried could be counterproductive.
The protests may be counterproductive, destructive, leaderless and even futile, but for these same reasons they are an altruistic, self-sacrificing and genuine demonstration that people who have known freedom, even in a limited form, refuse to surrender it.
I think in all those cases, these were young founders, and I think that ... The two things I learned is this whole notion of pattern matching with VCs and all that stuff, I really learned that can be counterproductive.
Lawmakers who opposed the plan said it was cruel to cut off aid to countries grappling with hunger and crime and that the move would be counterproductive because it would more likely increase the number of migrants than decrease it.
Initial discussions on the project with activists and aid workers early this year sparked worries an injection of cash could be counterproductive in the divided region, where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya and other Muslims remain under apartheid-like conditions.
LONDON, July 18 (Reuters) - Measures to try to force the government to report every two weeks on talks to restore the Northern Irish executive would be counterproductive to those negotiations, a spokesman for British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Thursday.
Even those who believe that increasing the minimum wage can be counterproductive agree that there are a number of crucial issues left out by what you might have learned (and what I personally have on occasion taught) in introductory economics.
Yet despite the growing body of evidence that supervision can be counterproductive, too many jurisdictions continue to emphasize surveillance and impose standard, one-size-fits-all rules, rather than utilizing an integrated approach with treatment and conditions tailored to the individual.
Mexico Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard told reporters in Washington on Monday that the tariffs would be counterproductive in combating mass migration from Central America, and that the economic fallout could further weaken Mexico's ability to control migration in the region.
Also, not only is the personality matching approach likely to be ineffective, but if these programs just try to put similar people together on all traits, including traits where complementarity is usually preferred (like dominance-submission), it might even be counterproductive.
Renting out your home can be an effective way to make some extra money — but if you're not aware of the risks and potential costs involved with being a landlord, your efforts to bulk up your bank account might be counterproductive.
Mr. Cuomo has also argued that primary fights would be counterproductive in a year in which Democrats have high hopes both in the state and nationwide, and are facing major conservative challenges to policies like reproductive rights and health care.
While markets have priced in a 10 basis point move, rates are already at a record-low of minus 0.5% and many policymakers have said further cuts could be counterproductive because they hurt bank margins to the point of thwarting lending.
Kasperek said the White House's reliance on tariff threats could be counterproductive in talks with the EU, which has expressed disgust at being targeted by the Trump administration in the same way as as China and other perceived U.S. adversaries.
While many owners and breeders of racehorses support the bill, a key industry group that represents trainers opposes the proposed regulatory body on the grounds that it will be counterproductive to valid drug research while ignoring state-level progress towards uniformity.
The stakes are quite high in the argument over whether outcomes for African Americans and people who grow up in poor households represent remediable matters of social justice or genetic realities that it would be counterproductive to try to solve.
And so the only viable strategy left is to convince the North Korean leadership that it already has the deterrent it needs, and that going beyond that — by developing more nuclear weapons and longer-range missiles — would only be counterproductive.
He said that deploying a strategy that so brazenly bends diplomatic norms — especially at a time when aspects of the transatlantic relationship appear somewhat frayed — would ultimately be counterproductive, and only inhibit Grenell's ability to be an effective ambassador to Berlin.
Jandhyala agreed that some things needed to change — in particular, he wanted to see a more proactive police response to escalating protests to lessen the potential for violence — but he found the reaction from Berkeley College Republicans (and Coulter) to be counterproductive.
"Right now basically we are recommending everything you have in your quiver - please use every arrow possible, with the understanding that some of these points of leverage could be counterproductive to us," chamber chairman William Zarit said, referring to possible backlash from Beijing.
The notion that the Persian civilization, which dates back more than two millennia, would rely on any American president, least of all Trump, to make it great would come across as offensive to many Iranian ears and is likely to be counterproductive.
The former Texas and Louisville coach also knows it would be counterproductive to tout his team for wider recognition in October, only to slip up between now and a potential regular season-ending showdown with another unbeaten team, AAC East co-leader UCF.
And while raising the salience of racial issues can be counterproductive in some contexts by undermining political support for anti-poverty measures, it can be critical in other areas to improving the way schools, labor markets, and the criminal justice system work.
In a move Democrats and Republicans in Congress have said would be counterproductive, the U.S. State Department cut aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador after Trump accused them, without providing evidence, of having "set up" migrant caravans and sending them north.
The two top Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs and Appropriations committees panned the move, and other GOP members in both chambers agreed it would be counterproductive to attempts to reduce the number of migrants fleeing poverty and violence in those nations.
Escalating feud Pompeo told Trump it would be "counterproductive" to allow Bolton to attend the Oval Office meeting with visiting North Korean official Kim Yong Chol, two people familiar with the matter said, citing an escalating feud between the top diplomat and Bolton.
Walker also warned of the risks of the U.K. being out of step with other countries' approach to surveillance legislation, arguing that being an outlier might well be counterproductive by jeopardizing the international co-operations needed for data to flow across borders.
One concern they raised was that it would be counterproductive for Heritage to explicitly endorse possible judicial appointees: Because the think tank was considered to the right of the Republican mainstream, its approval of candidates could make them toxic in the confirmation process.
If those turn out to be false alarms, a rate cut now would be counterproductive by signaling pessimism and making the Fed look jittery and perhaps even overly influenced by President Trump's threats to try to demote Mr. Powell over interest rate policy.
The study, based on the results of a 2010 national opinion survey, found that the "incessant ideological indoctrination by the Chinese government turns out to be counterproductive," with trust in the government actually falling among those who received higher levels of education.
KINGSTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, on a visit to Jamaica on Wednesday, cautioned nations against taking "easy money" from China, warning it could be counterproductive, in a second attack in as many days against China's economic role in the region.
While we don't have huge randomized controlled trials to prove this is the optimal amount, research does exist to say that shorter times aren't as good at removing germs, and much longer times can actually damage the skin and can be counterproductive.
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's former currency czar Eisuke Sakakibara said the dollar could fall below 100 yen by year-end on U.S. President Donald Trump's perceived support for a weak dollar, but cautioned that any yen-selling intervention by Tokyo might be counterproductive.
"While we share the goal of increasing economic opportunity for all Americans, we believe the Accountable Capitalism Act would not advance that goal and, in many respects, would be counterproductive, hurting the very people we want to help," Bolten wrote at the time.
But at a time when far right parties are winning votes across Europe, and Germany itself is struggling to integrate an unprecedented influx of more than 1 million foreigners last year, some experts in right-wing extremism say a ban could be counterproductive.
Donald Hawthorne, a partner at the law firm Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider, told The Financial Times that the proposal would be counterproductive as institutional investors may start to terminate their positions and move their business elsewhere, possibly causing the very problems regulators are trying to remedy.
Then there are heavy upfront investment costs, the acquisition of a digital wallet and the need to wade through confusing and intimidating jargon to get on board with many blockchain service providers — who are often building their own separate blockchains, which could be counterproductive.
"Of course you can imagine the president doing things that would be counterproductive," said Senator Bill Cassidy, Republican of Louisiana, before adding with evident hope in his voice, "but you also could imagine the president saying something but never acting on it, just venting."
Digital transformation is inevitable In addition to clients and regulatory authorities, the GSMA sees the cost of licensing and taxes on imports such as mobile phone accessories (cables, headphones, cameras, flash disks and so on) as a challenge that will be counterproductive to growth in the sector.
" The cash-flush Koch Brothers network also weighed in Sunday evening with a statement, per the Washington Post: "The travel ban is the wrong approach and will likely be counterproductive…Our country has benefited tremendously from a history of welcoming people from all cultures and backgrounds.
"If a provisional taxation would lead to an escalation in the relationship with the main partners, and specifically with the United States, it would obviously be counterproductive, that's why I think the dialogue with the U.S. is so important," Pierre Gramegna told CNBC's Joumanna Bercetche Wednesday.
But Merkel said such calls, most recently from the European Commission's climate chief Miguel Arias Canete, for swifter cuts to harmful carbon dioxide emissions would be counterproductive, adding that setting new goals made little sense when European countries were already struggling to meet their cuts targets.
Their difficulties suggest that, while Mr. Trump's blessing can be crucial in winning a primary, hugging him closely in a general election race can be counterproductive for some Republicans, pushing away independent voters and firing up Democrats who are burning to rebuke the president this fall.
But the difficulty is, of course, is always coming up with an argument that in the light of the majority of the public views and the people's sentiments, this anger and this fear and so on, too strong a position of the government could be counterproductive.
Although public health experts in the United States say walling off entire cities and shutting down transport systems would most likely be counterproductive and do more harm than good, federal and state laws give governments the authority to limit civil liberties to protect the public health.
A draft of the memo, written by a midlevel officer in the State Department's consular bureau, predicted that the ban on citizens of seven nations, and the indefinite suspension of the resettlement of Syrian refugees, would be "counterproductive" to its stated goal of enhancing national security.
"Domestic monetary policy transmission is imperfect and as a consequence, emerging markets' monetary policy actions designed to limit exchange rate volatility can be counterproductive," Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, a University of Maryland economics professor, wrote in a paper presented at the Fed's annual central banking conference in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
While that 2013 study might give you pause if you're concerned about things like your child's "long-term wellbeing," this new study suggests that even if you're some crummy, Al Bundy-style parent who only cares about getting some peace and quiet right now, spanking seems to be counterproductive.
The Fed remains at least rhetorically inclined to push the higher rate argument, but given the current global growth malaise, raising U.S. rates against a backdrop of negative rates in the EU and Japan would swing massive capital flows to U.S. dollars and be counterproductive to U.S. growth, Hug said.
From German Chancellor Angela Merkel, to the heads of the EU institutions in Brussels and the man who forged the modern EU, Jacques Delors, they said remaining would be better for Britain and Europe - though aware that outside pressure may be counterproductive, all stressed it was for voters to decide.
"Undermining the impact of this long overdue and badly needed tax relief by raising the federal gas tax would be counterproductive and misguided – hitting less affluent Americans and those living on fixed incomes the hardest," read a letter to Congress from Freedom Partners and about 30 other conservative advocacy groups.
In fact, if you look at the actions that the Trump administration has taken, including the tax cut, including efforts to achieve 3 to 4 percent growth, those will all dramatically increase the trade deficit, so holding up the trade deficit as the main metric of economic policy may be counterproductive.
"At the end of the day it may be counterproductive for Italy's economy, which may now be confronted with sky-high interest rates," Valdis Dombrovskis, the European Commission vice president for the euro and social dialogue, told CNBC's Geoff Cutmore during a panel discussion at the International Monetary Fund meeting in Bali.
"Our collective push for comprehensive reform is to ensure that any changes maintain the ongoing sustainability of the housing finance system and directly benefits consumers, rather than the balance sheets of private companies," they wrote The trade groups also said it would be best to avoid any piecemeal fixes that would be counterproductive.
And many liberal Zionists share the movement's complaints about the brutality and self-defeating nature of Israel's nearly 50-year occupation, even if they believe B.D.S. language and tactics to be counterproductive to the goal of a peaceful, two-state solution — to say nothing of the movement's contravention of principles of free expression.
But to require adherence to a rigid rule, Rosengren said, would be counterproductive because rules do not necessarily capture all the policy options a central bank may need, nor do they necessarily adjust to changes in key economic estimates, like the level of unemployment that can be sustained without giving rise to unwanted inflationary pressures.
But to require adherence to a rigid rule, he said, would be counterproductive because rules do not necessarily capture all the policy options a central bank may need, nor do they necessarily adjust to changes in key economic estimates, like the level of unemployment that can be sustained without giving rise to unwanted inflationary pressures.
But in recent years the HASC has questioned the Department's commitment to fielding these capabilities, cautioning that proposed cuts to the DoD Non-Lethal Weapons Program may have "unintended or unforeseen impacts on contingency planning" and force DoD to rely "solely on lethal force" in circumstances where the use of such force might be counterproductive.
"For al-Qaeda, given that they're on an upward trajectory in many theaters at once and in many cases trying to disguise their presence, carrying out a major attack against the West would be counterproductive," Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and CEO of the terrorism analysis group Valens Global, says.
As the "thing of value," The report wisely highlights that Trump was seeking merely "announcement" of an investigation into the Bidens, because it shows Trump was not sincerely interested in a real investigation, and an announcement would usually be counterproductive for starting a background investigation under the radar, to prevent tipping off witnesses to start coordinating their stories.
While the European Commission has largely stayed out of the campaign for fear it would be counterproductive to Cameron's Remain camp facing a Eurosceptic electorate, the EIB has taken pains to present the benefits of its work to a British public evenly split on whether to quit the bloc, a move that would end access to EIB funding for British business.
" In a communiqué issued Tuesday, the I.O.C. noted that its task force overseeing the situation was considering possible "adaptations" but that the I.O.C. "remains fully committed to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020," adding, "with more than four months to go before the Games there is no need for any drastic decisions at this stage; and any speculation at this moment would be counterproductive.
Yet when the canceled concerts were raised at a meeting of his Council for Culture and Art, Mr. Putin — who has himself borrowed on occasion from Russia's rich lexicon of deletable expletives — argued that obscenity was part of the culture, and that, in any case, it would be counterproductive to try to block a form of poetry and music that was all over the internet.
They also say that, while attacks on the email issue or the activities of the Clinton Foundation could be seen as fair game, a reprise of the second debate, when Trump raised former President Bill ClintonWilliam (Bill) Jefferson Clinton85033 real problems Republicans need to address to win in 2020 Buckingham Palace: Any suggestion Prince Andrew was involved in Epstein scandal 'abhorrent' The magic of majority rule in elections MORE's history with women, could be counterproductive.
Sen. Chris MurphyChristopher (Chris) Scott MurphyOvernight Defense: US, Russia tensions grow over nuclear arms | Highlights from Esper's Asia trip | Trump strikes neutral tone on Hong Kong protests | General orders ethics review of special forces White House eyes September action plan for gun proposals Trump phoned Democratic senator to talk gun control MORE (D-Conn.) on Thursday warned that the Obama administration's decision to abstain from a United Nations censure of Israel could be counterproductive to its goals.
Bill FloresWilliam (Bill) Hose FloresConservatives call on Pelosi to cancel August recess Overnight Energy: GOP lawmaker parodies Green New Deal in new bill | House Republicans accuse Dems of ramming through climate bill | Park Service chief grilled over shutdown House Republicans accuse Dems of ramming through climate bill MORE (R-Texas) said he thinks holding the election early would be counterproductive ahead of the midterms, even if Ryan stays on as Speaker for the remainder of his tenure.
While Turkey has "legitimate concerns" about the PKK, a unilateral military intervention into Manbij would be "counterproductive" and "directly undermine ongoing coalition efforts to consolidate security gains" following counter-IS operations, said Melissa Dalton, director of the Cooperative Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C.  "Strong diplomatic and mil-to-mil dialogue to understand Turkey's specific concerns will be vital in the days ahead to avert an unnecessary escalation," Dalton, who formerly served in a number of roles at the Pentagon, told CNBC.
So I'll just recommend his whole post, and quote from the part that addresses the arguments I've heard from many people in the know explaining why prominent Republicans, from Paul Ryan on down, are wary of being too forthright about the depth of their opposition to Trump: The idea, as I understand it, is that expressing firm opposition to Trump or support for Ted Cruz would be counterproductive, because it would suggest that the party or the establishment (or whatever) is opposed to Trump and supporting Cruz, and nothing could be better for Trump or worse for Cruz.

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