However, it only works well in the long run if you use that immediate relief as an opportunity to impose a lasting
budget discipline on yourself.
«Plainly, the imposition
of budget discipline on law firm matters forces firms to a very different pricing model than the traditional approach of simply recording time and passing the associated «costs» through to the client on a billable - hour basis [italics supplied by me].»
ALBANY — Based on initial information regarding the budget now being finalized by Governor Paterson and the State Legislature, the FY 2009 budget would appear to be a lost opportunity for New York to move toward much
needed budget discipline.
He is ruffling feathers in Brussels and Berlin by insisting that he will renegotiate the EU's newly agreed fiscal treaty —
enshrining budget discipline and austerity into eurozone countries» national laws and constitutions — to put more emphasis on growth and employment.
There was no repetition of last month's confrontation between British Prime Minister David Cameron and Sarkozy when Cameron vetoed efforts to amend the EU treaty to tighten euro
zone budget discipline.
However, in these days of constrained budgets and an increasing focus on client value (and firm profitability or
departmental budget discipline), not all the fruit needs polishing — cf. Ray Bradbury's wonderful short story The Fruit at the Bottom of the Bowl.
Plainly, the imposition
of budget discipline on law firm matters forces firms to a very different pricing model than the traditional approach of simply recording time and passing the associated «costs» through to the client on a billable - hour basis.
And here's another way our philosophical differences with Labour give us an advantage in the battle
for budget discipline.
Overall, the AHCA's focus on
budget discipline and creating a real consumer market for health care are laudable.
That said, the long - term implications of bailouts, tax shortfalls and lack of
budget discipline is likely to be significant inflation pressure beginning about 4 years or so out, and continuing for the remainder of the decade.
Britain, they thought, was ready for a centre - left politics that decried the failings of markets and stood up to monopolistic big business, without entirely abandoning commitments to
budget discipline and private enterprise.
Only borrow what you need and keep
that budget discipline.
Thus the 2017 Report appeared to argue that a legal bill is not made on an «hourly basis» where there's been such «imposition of
budget discipline» on that legal bill.