The economic crisis offers governments an opportunity to trim bloated budgets and to make preparations for the long term. (canadianbusiness.com)
«Other parks superintendents got to be Santa Claus,» Claypool observes wryly, referring to the problems - plagued Park District's notoriously long history of bloated budgets, runaway spending and lack of administrative controls. (articles.chicagotribune.com)
Since it is unlikely they will have any important effect on growth, they will bloat the budget deficit at a time when we should be preparing for the next downturn, for rising entitlement costs, and potentially for the need for increased national security spending. (larrysummers.com)