Sentences with phrase «achievement of a balanced budget»

The economic landscape since then has clouded over considerably, suggesting that the achievement of a balanced budget by fiscal 2015 - 2016 could be too rosy an assumption.

And why was this change allowed to proceed, when other promised tax initiatives have to await the achievement of a balanced budget?

Even with this adjustment, we believe that the outlook for direct program expenses in the outer years is understated, putting the achievement of a balanced budget over the medium term at even greater risk.

As we have indicated, the achievement of a balanced budget in 2015 - 16 is not an economic or fiscal imperative, although the Government has made it a political imperative.

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In our balanced budget I proposed a comprehensive strategy to help make our schools the best in the world — to have high national standards of academic achievement, national tests in 4th grade reading and 8th grade math, strengthening math instruction in middle schools, providing smaller classes in the early grades so that teachers can give students the attention they deserve, working to hire more well - prepared and nationally certified teachers, modernizing our schools for the 21st century, supporting more charter schools, encouraging public school choice, ending social promotion, demanding greater accountability from students and teachers, principals and parents.

«But outside of balancing the budget, none of the other things, especially student achievement, have showed.»