Sentences with phrase «about budget balances»

All three are now talking about budget balances, or near misses and a short delay in getting there if revenues fall short.

Not exact matches

There is good reason to think the Bank of Canada governor had reservations about former prime minister Stephen Harper's obsession with balancing the budget.

He warns us that history is about to repeat itself in Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, and most of the rest of the provinces unless they rediscover the religion of balanced budgets.

Harper wants the debate about economic policy to revolve around balanced budgets.

Poloz said little about Harper's obsession with a balanced budget, which in retrospect speaks volumes.

Now that conservatives complained about the $ 1.3 trillion catchall spending bill — which blew through previous budget limits by $ 300 billion over this year and next, House GOP leaders have scheduled a vote this week on a proposed amendment to the Constitution to require a balanced federal budget.

But like many would - be entrepreneurs, I don't know much about balance sheets, cash flow, marketing budgets, ad sales, or other essentials for running a company.

Now that Puerto Rico's Governor Ricardo Rosselló has introduced a fiscal proposal that will cope with the island's debt and balance the budget, and our decisions are being disciplined by a federal fiscal control board, we need to start thinking about what it will take to create a sustainable economy where more companies like Señor Paleta can grow.

When Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau made comments about the budget being able to balance itself if economic growth were higher, I paid little attention, as Canada's budget deficit is relatively small and I have heard many others make this claim.

Last year, when asked about balanced budget legislation he told the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance «I don't think writing something into law, and then expecting that future governments will be held by that, is realistic.»

The Prime Minister, in his recent comments about balancing the budget before the next election, also appears to agree with PBO and not his Minister of Finance..

The Fraser Institute has raised valid concerns about the Government's ability to achieve a balanced budget in 2016 - 17 as forecast by the Minister of Finance, or by 2015 - 16 as forecast by the Prime Minister..

The freeze in departmental operating budgets, therefore, is not about achieving a balanced budget in 2015 - 16, but rather about demonstrating to its political base that it remains committed to reducing the size of government

In my recent National Post column, I make reference to some back - of - envelope calculations to the effect that replacing the fiscal anchor of balanced budgets to one of a fixed debt - GDP ratio allows the federal government to increase spending by 1.2 percentage points of GDP, or by about $ 25 billion.

Immediately after explaining in his budget speech why the government would not be keeping its commitment to balancing the books, Finance Minister Charles Sousa talked about the need to give hospitals the biggest funding increase they have seen in almost a decade.

Also, parents may consider a prepaid card for their teenage or college - age children to teach them budgeting and money management without worrying about overcharging a credit card or incurring overdraft fees or minimum balance fees charged by many checking accounts.

«If the Republicans are really so worried about balancing the budget, then why are they so opposed to eliminating tax breaks on mililionaires and billionaires.»

I hear the current debate about the 1 % vs the 99 % and everybody giving their fair share, and how to balance the budget, and so on, and I just think that no matter what, nothing will change until people from the top to the bottom become less greedy.

He heard government leaders talk about balancing the budget by cutting back on the food stamp program, even while they rescued a struggling aircraft corporation with massive federal aid.

They should be worried about creating jobs, improving education, balancing the budget, and, if I had my way, stopping mountaintop removal.

However, maybe someday when our governments can build modern transportation infrastructures, provide quality education for all of our children, hire enough judges to handle cases in a timely manner, control crime, and balance their budgets, then maybe they can start worrying about art museums.

wenger has made the club profit this window i would have though as well all incomings have been covered out goings and other revenues coming in like c / l monies and squad releases wages being saved i bet we are in a + balance if we went through it properly we do nt know what the budget is so it could be worst there now way wenger has spend # 100 not even # 70 million transfers ospina = covered by the sales of miquel and monies made from cesc to chelsea so nothing really spend there debuchy = covered by the vela money chambers = covered by the vermalen sale # 11 million only goes up to # 16 if he does well in certain circumstances sanchez = covered by the c / l monies and no doubt what we are owed on previous player sales i.e cesc to barca and song monies still outstanding welbeck = covered by wages being freed up and the rest of outgoing transactions and previous player sales being owed so there we have most likely recoup most if not all of our transfer monies back and shafted and lied to puma and the emirates about spending there monies in sponsorship on tranfers and pocketing in» profit» aprox # 60 - 70 million of the transfer funds to boot wenger hang your head in shame

There's also tons of information within these pages about balancing the nutritional needs of your baby at every stage of the weaning process, and you can also learn how to better plan your weekly meals and select ingredients that work for your budget as well as your skills in the kitchen.

The Chicago Park District Board passed a balanced budget for 2003 of $ 338 million Wednesday, despite an outcry from city residents and union members about cuts in park employees» hours.

Just think about it: if you were trying to balance a very tight budget in an operation which lives or dies based on how well students accept your food, and if many (sometimes, the vast majority) of those students came from homes in which nutritionally balanced, home cooked meals are far from the norm, and if the food industry was bombarding those kids with almost $ 2 billion a year in advertising promoting junk food and fast food, and if you had no money of your own for nutrition education to even begin to counter those messages, and if some of those kids also had the option of going off campus to a 7 - 11 or grabbing a donut and chips from a PTA fundraising table set up down the hall, wouldn't you, too, be at least a tiny bit tempted to ramp up the white flour pasta, pizza and fries and ditch the tasteless, low - sodium green beans?

The Lockport Township Park District has passed a $ 3.9 million balanced budget for fiscal 1993, about $ 200,000 less than last year's budget.

It's about more than making and serving meals — school nutrition is a balancing act; strict nutrition guidelines, challenging budgets, making meals the students will love, and navigating student allergies — these are just a few of the daily considerations of your «average» school nutrition superhero!

coumo has no conpassion for the peaple pf ny, he cares more about balancing the budget then he does about the peaple, he has huet the elderly bad and he has gone really overboard on the education system, i can't wait till the next election so i can help the opponent get him out of office

«Working with President Clinton in the White House, I learned how to do what the Tea Party won't: create jobs and balance the budget — without even thinking about ending Medicare's guaranteed benefit.»

Instead, the day to day pressure of balancing this year's budget preoccupy the minds of social care managers, regularly causing inappropriate decisions about peoples care to be made.

Back then, he said, the fight was strictly about balancing the budget.

But Mr Hammond insisted: «Criticism from Labour rings equally hollow — they are the cause of the problems we are now resolving, I am determined to get the defence budget back into balance so our armed forces have certainty and clarity about the future.»

Excerpt:» [It's] not only about balancing a budget; it is also about making the wisest choice for state expenditures so our state dollars are maximized and are used in the most beneficial way.»

The current 2011 - 12 budget is falling out of balance by about $ 350 million.

The city of Oswego continues to deal with resident complaints about last year's 43 percent property tax hike, and struggle with balancing its budget.

Meanwhile, Paterson spokesman Morgan Hook said the governor finished «personally signing» the last of 6,709 vetoes — including about 2,000 yesterday — to help bring the budget into balance.

«That is why he makes a point to let his community know about his role in balancing the budget and restoring funding to numerous initiatives in the community and around New York over the past four years.»

It doesn't care about a balanced budget.

Cuomo has largely eschewed rhetoric about taxing the rich in pushing for the millionaires tax extension, saying he needs the rates to continue in order to balance the budget.

He made news recently by raising concerns about City Hall's budgeting practices, which have involved the use of reserve funds the past three years to balance the books.

«They seemed surprised that I did what I said I was going to do to put out emergency appropriation... They talked about some ways to avoid having to do emergency appropriations on Monday, but they did not give me the concessions we need that will balance the budget.»

Although members of the NIFA board declined to talk publicly Wednesday, sources say sentiment is strong among the six directors to vote to take over Nassau County's finances when they meet again on Thursday, with Conservative George Marlin and chairman Ronald Stack the most concerned about the county's budget being out of balance.

«The opioid surcharge is really about putting down a political marker and about balancing the budget,» said Hammond.

Nassau's financial control board appears to be more accepting of less information about the county's finances than it has in the past, despite tough talk of forcing the county to balance its budget.

Area Democrats are upset about entitlement cuts while Republicans insist balancing the budget is a good idea.

Following the vote on the 2017 budget, legislators shared concerns about 2018, discussing a possible 4.5 - 6 % tax hike, or the potential need for a dozen layoffs to balance that budget.

At the center of the debate is whether the deficit is really $ 62 million or $ 80 million, except in Meyers» case, as he believes the deficit to actually be more than $ 80 million, and voted against the bond because he does not think his colleagues are serious about balancing the budget.

We were supposed to come to some sort of agreement about $ 2 billion in desperately needed budget cuts, to save New York State's balance sheet before it starts to spiral into a more than $ 16 billion deficit.

Lawmakers are seeking to balance the state's next two - year budget, which is projected to be about $ 5 billion in deficit.

He wondered, «Talking about checks and balances, they will stand in as an entity that will check the actions of the government; sometimes when government budget is sent to Parliament for example one expect the opposition to critically look at the budget and what the budget seeks to achieve but the budgets get approved all the time and one wonders.»