In many ways, consolidation is the ideal solution to severe financial problems because it can drastically reduce the degree of pressure the borrower is under. (badcreditloanservices.com)
With the city of Philadelphia facing severe financial problems, a program that boosts salaries for some senior teachers in the city school district — at a cost totaling up to $ 16 million this school year — is raising some eyebrows. (edweek.org)
Note: Of course, it would not be very popular politically to suggest losing part of your country's territorial area, but if your country was in severe financial problems, and the country's leaders said to the people, «If we do this, we can avoid decades of austerity and financial hardship and start afresh and try to run things better in the future, and your lives would all be a lot easier,» then it might be acceptable to the population. (politics.stackexchange.com)