Opponents of the minimum wage claim it has these effects:

Opponents claim that Contra warfare had largely died down, and that the Sandinistas had grown increasingly unpopular, particularly due to forced conscription and crackdowns on political freedoms.

Opponents say that such a market would encourage criminals by making it easier for them to claim that their stolen organs were legal.

" Opponents claim that they deviate from the text in a number of places ( for example, the Baker is supposed to have whiskers and hair, Fit the Fourth, but in the illustrations he is bald ) and hence should be discounted.

Opponents such as land and mining claim holders blocked efforts to reclassify the monument as a U. S. National Park for 11 years.

Opponents, who sometimes say that affirmative action is " reverse discrimination ", further claim that affirmative action has undesirable side-effects in addition to failing to achieve its goals.

Opponents of Communist states claim that this is a form of indoctrination.

Opponents often claim this technology will be used primarily to enforce digital rights management policies and not to increase computer security.

Opponents to the theory deny the existence of the panthers or claim that witnesses are simply mis-identifying the native lynxes or " bobcats ".

Opponents of his regime claim that he has used money amassed through weapons sales, narcotics, international loans, and confiscation of private property to enrich himself and his political cronies who hold his dictatorship together, and that the $ 900 million published by Forbes is merely a portion of his assets, although that needs to be proven.

Opponents of the bill claim it has reduced America's international competitive edge against foreign financial service providers, saying SOX has introduced an overly complex regulatory environment into U. S. financial markets.

Opponents to both of these methods point to the large increase in reporting requirements they impose, and claim that they rob industry of necessary flexibility.

Opponents claim that a hermeneutic approach is too relativist and that their own interpretations are based on common-sense evaluation.

Opponents of such advocacy rebut this claim by pointing to the ability of same-sex couples to disperse their assets by will.

Opponents of Chávez claim that the government is abusing freedom of speech and press, especially after periodic inspections of the Venezuelan National Telecommunications Commission ( CONATEL ) and the implementation of the controversial Social Responsibility in Radio and Television Law ( best known as Ley Resorte ).

Opponents of the FMA claim polling of the public has shown a cautious response, with many polls indicating opposition, even in states such as Arizona and Colorado which are normally thought of as socially conservative.

Opponents claim that the move would result in the closure of post offices and in job losses at the nation's largest employer.

Opponents and critics of Ibn Taymiyyah claim that he rejected intercession completely as proved in Qur ' an and Sunnah.

Opponents claim that it is illegal to give or accept anything that has pecuniary value in exchange for a vote.

Opponents to the relocation policy claim that the government's intent is to clear the area – an area the size of Denmark — for the lucrative tourist trade and diamond mining.

Opponents of desegregation busing claim that children were being bused to schools in dangerous neighborhoods, compromising their education and personal safety.

Opponents claim that Dimitrov was the most loyal " lap dog " of Stalin and Stalin did not have a real reason to kill him.

Opponents of evolution claim that there is significant dissent on evolution within the scientific community.

Opponents claim they are " socialist " and innovations of Islam.

) Opponents of this concept argue that local currency creates a barrier which can interfere with economies of scale and comparative advantage, and that in some cases they can serve as a means of tax evasion.

Opponents of this concept argue that local currency creates a barrier which can interfere with economies of scale and comparative advantage, and that in some cases they can serve, like traditional national currencies, as a means of tax evasion.

Opponents of catch and release fishing would find it preferable to ban or to severely restrict angling.

Opponents of the mine dispute many of the claims made by Glacier Northwest and allege that the project will severely impact sensitive shoreline habitat.

Opponents are concerned about air, water, and noise pollution ; environmental degradation of nearby food crops such as soy beans, corn, and alfalfa ; negative effects on the ethanol fuel market and competition with local ethanol producing farmers ; displacement of some local residents and population resettling ; potential industrial disasters including explosions, leaks, and spills, reminiscent of the recent explosion at a similar-capacity Texas City Oil Refinery that caused the deaths of 15 workers and injured over 100 ; contamination potential threats of terrorism ; and concerns of the sheer size of the facility, which will be over twice the area of Elk Point itself.

Opponents included the local tribal police chief and the BIA superintendent, John Artichoker.

Opponents of her campaign included officials of the local BIA, Elko County and Nevada state officials, members of the water recreation industry, and local European-American ranchers.

Opponents contend that local languages are often non-standardised ( thus making curricula difficult ), of dubious practical usefulness ( since most are spoken by a small number of people, without any sizable corpus of publications ) and that the curriculum and funding of public schools are already too strained.

Opponents fear that authoritarian provincial governments could disempower or even dismantle the system of local democracies.

Opponents believed Gabriel intended to use these officers against the local cigarette dealers.

Opponents of the bill have expressed concern that the bill would repeal the applicability of the First Amendment to state and local governments by rendering it impossible to appeal constitutionally questionable state decisions beyond the state level.

Opponents of the proposal said that the state immigration police force would disrupt and interfere with the jurisdictions of local police departments around the state.

Opponents claim that this is double-taxation-that in the aftermath of the abolition of domestic rates in 1977, their taxes were increased to fund local authorities.

Opponents to public access along FERO have submitted a formal legal injunction that questions the right of local government to allow people to walk along a public road reserve.

Opponents of the expansion included local environmental groups, some urban planners, and Washington State's Sightline Institute.

Opponents say that this undermines individual freedom and personal responsibility, and worry that the state may be emboldened to remove more and more choice in the name of better population health overall.

Opponents of the abolition argue that none of the above arguments addresses the protection of non-criminal population from the effects of crime, and from particularly violent criminals.

Opponents cited urban sprawl, which SEMCOG dismissed because the population was already in the area of the new highway.