Opponents of a 100 %- reserve standard consider a 100 %- reserve standard difficult to implement, saying that the quantity of gold in the world is too small to sustain current worldwide economic activity at current gold prices ; implementation would entail a many-fold increase in the price of gold.

Opponents also point out that the current system was imposed unilaterally by the King, violating the 1973 Constitution and a 2001 signed agreement with the Bahraini opposition.

Opponents of that view claim that these are not cutbacks, merely lower growth, and that spending convergence between the Home nations is not a policy objective of the current UK Government or Scottish Executive.

Opponents of the Endangered Species Act argue that with over 2, 000 endangered species listed, and only 27 delisted due to recovery, the success rate of 1 % over nearly three decades proves that there needs to be serious reform in their methods to actually help the endangered animals and plants.

Opponents have suggested that these contributions influenced her votes in support of the bailouts and her votes against reform and transparency measures.

Opponents, in particular M. A. Muqtedar Khan, argued that reform should be restricted to social matters, not matters of worship.

Opponents of certain privatizations believe that certain public goods and services should remain primarily in the hands of government in order to ensure that everyone in society has access to them ( such as law enforcement, basic health care, and basic education ).

Opponents argue that schools have a responsibility to look after the health of the children in their care, and that allowing children easy access to soft drinks violates that responsibility.

Opponents of Medicare often raise issues such as long wait times, a ' brain-drain ' drawing qualified professionals away from Canada to other jurisdictions where working in the health care field is more profitable, and impairment of the Canadian health care system due to budget cuts.

Opponents of state involvement in health care tend to use the looser definition.

Opponents also state categorizing patients based on factors such as social value to the community or age will not work in a heterogeneous society without a common ethical consensus such as the U. S. Doug Bandow of the CATO Institute wrote government decision making would " override the differences in preferences and circumstances " for individuals and that it is a matter of personal liberty to be able to buy as much or as little care as one wants.

Opponents of same-sex marriage within the gay community argue that fighting to achieve these benefits by means of extending marriage rights to same-sex couples privatizes benefits ( e. g., health care ) that should be made available to people regardless of their relationship status.

Opponents of the organization often argue that it should instead focus on addiction treatment or lobbying for government health care.

Opponents generally argued that the ballot couldn't give enough information about tax proposals for the voters to make an intelligent choice.

Opponents of Mao point out the Cultural Revolution as a time of unprecedented social chaos attributed to Mao's fear of losing power, and the effects of such deep-seated impact from the movement wasted an entire generation of Chinese who would be productive forces in the economy.

Opponents of debt relief argue that it is a blank cheque to governments, and fear savings will not reach the poor in countries plagued by corruption.

Opponents of certain large computer corporations state that the spreading of fear, uncertainty, and doubt is an unethical marketing technique that these corporations consciously employ.

Opponents fear that mandating DVB-CPCM will kill independent receiver manufacturers that use open source operating systems ( e. g., Linux-based set-top boxes.

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

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

Opponents of corporate personhood seek to amend the U. S. Constitution to limit these rights to those provided by state law and state constitutions.

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 also argued that the domino theory misrepresented the real nature of the widespread and growing civil opposition that the previous, U. S .- backed regimes in these countries had generated because of entrenched official corruption and widespread human rights abuses, notably in South Vietnam.

Opponents of the goals of the U. S. English organization or of English as the official language object that the practice would express a bias against immigrants who have not yet learned English.

Opponents accused Handal of exploiting anti-American sentiment while FMLN supporters accused the United States of corrupting the electoral process, because several high-ranking U. S. officials stated that American relations with El Salvador would be seriously threatened if Handal won the elections.

Opponents of HSAs say they worsen, rather than improve, the U. S. health system's problems because people who are healthy will leave insurance plans while people who have health problems will avoid HSAs.

Opponents have worried about costs, whether the bill is a Defense Department welfare program, whether money could be better spent on U. S. military capability including weapons and troops, and also their general suspicion of Russia.

Opponents of her husband Viktor Yushchenko criticized her for remaining a U. S. citizen.

Opponents of his Iraq policy charged that his statement was inconsistent with his letter to Congress of March 21, 2003 and a minority ( Democrat ) staff report by the U. S. House of Representatives Committee on Government Reform claimed that " in 125 separate appearances, they Cheney, Powell, Rumsfeld and Rice made ... 61 misleading statements about Iraq's relationship with al-Qaeda.

Opponents of the Vietnam war have criticized Shanker and other AFL-CIO leaders for supporting the war in Vietnam and other anti-Communist aspects of U. S. foreign policy.

Opponents of repeal, such as Enoch Powell and Adrian Hilton, feel that it would lead to the disestablishment of the Church of England as the state religion if a Roman Catholic were to come to the throne.

Opponents of musical instruments in the Christian worship believe that such opposition is supported by the New Testament and Church history.

" Opponents sometimes referred to him as " Slick Willie ", a nickname first applied while he was governor of Arkansas and lasting throughout his presidency.

) 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 the Lydia scenario point to the fact that coins of that era have been totally absent from archeological finds in Sardis, capital of Lydia.

Opponents argue that CVBGs are increasingly vulnerable to arsenal ships and cruise missiles, especially those with supersonic flight and the ability to perform radical trajectory changes to avoid anti-missile systems.

Opponents argued that in principle an economy can be seen as a set of equations.

Opponents of school vouchers say allowing families the option of both public and private schools undermines the public education system through threatening its funding and enrollment.

* " On Thin Ice: How Advocates and Opponents Could Misread the Public's Views on Vouchers and Charter Schools ," Public Agenda, 1999 Public opinion study that concluded most Americans did not understand the voucher concept, even in communities that already had such programs.

Opponents accused him of seeking popularity.

Opponents in these types of matches, however, still grapple with each other occasionally when fatigued or in pain ; when this occurs, the referee will step in and restart the match, sometimes giving a warning to one or both of the fighters.

Opponents of the indivisibility of human rights argue that economic, social and cultural rights are fundamentally different from civil and political rights and require completely different approaches.

Opponents of food irradiation sometimes state that large-scale irradiation would increase processing, transportation, and handling times for fruits and vegetables thus contributing to a negative ecological balance compared to locally grown foods.

Opponents of food irradiation and consumer activists argue that the final proof is missing that irradiated food is " safe " ( i. e. not unwholesome ) and that the lack of long-term studies should be a further reason not to permit food irradiation.

Opponents of food irradiation and consumer activists ( cf.

Opponents of fingerprinting argued that it was discriminatory because the only Japanese who were fingerprinted were criminals.

Opponents of that interpretation point out that he did not attend the funeral ( he generally did not attend funerals ) and immediately left Paris with Diaghilev for a performance of Les noces ( The Wedding ) by the Ballets Russes at Monte Carlo.

Opponents of the Revolution and defenders of religion, most influentially the Irish essayist Edmund Burke, therefore placed the blame for the excesses of the French Revolution directly on the revolutionaries ' misplaced ( as he considered it ) adulation of Rousseau.

* Opponents are allowed to strike their opponent with punches and kicks, including kicks below the waist, except for the groin.

Opponents denounced the law as a triumph of the hated slave power -- that is the political power of the rich slave owners, who would buy up the best lands in Kansas leaving ordinary men with the leftovers.

Opponents allegedly complicated matters for organisers by booking their own events in Berlin and so to exclude the parade from being able to register with city police.

Opponents say that if it is high enough to be effective, it increases unemployment, particularly among workers with very low productivity due to inexperience or handicap, thereby harming less skilled workers and possibly excluding some groups from the labor market ; additionally it is less effective and more damaging to businesses than other methods of reducing poverty.