Sentences with phrase «budget surplus into»

«He's a «trickle - down» governor who pushed through irresponsible tax cuts that turned a budget surplus into a deficit.
The collapse in oil prices has turned a once - enviable budget surplus into a monster $ 5 - billion deficit.

To Gov. Scott Walker (R), who drove the one - time tax payout into law, it's a chance to turn a state budget surplus into a bonus for parents who could use...

Not exact matches

Justin Trudeau, the Liberal leader, pointed out that his predecessors bequeathed Harper big budget surpluses that he turned into deficits.
Through a combination of $ 1 billion from the sale of GM shares, a $ 2 billion reduction in the contingency fund and $ 1.8 billion taken out of Employment Insurance (a holdover from Budget 2014), the federal government was able to turn a modest deficit into a $ 1.4 billion surplus.
Taking into account recent private sector forecasts for economic growth for 2015, would, in fact, eliminate the $ 1.4 billion budget surplus, as well as the $ 1 billion Contingency Reserve.
The U.S. media are silent about the most important topic policy makers are discussing here (and I suspect in Asia too): how to protect their countries from three inter-related dynamics: (1) the surplus dollars pouring into the rest of the world for yet further financial speculation and corporate takeovers; (2) the fact that central banks are obliged to recycle these dollar inflows to buy U.S. Treasury bonds to finance the federal U.S. budget...
And if those states can bring their budgets into a primary surplus, then we don't need the bankruptcy provision, since they'll be easily capable of rolling over their debts.
As a result, unless or until those states can bring their budgets into a primary surplus, introducing such a provision would certainly do more harm than good.
If I were born into a faith organization that was a solid socialist oligarchy having fair flat tax, budget surpluses, welfare without shame, culturally sensitve worldwide outreach, and promise to rule over a planet of my own, I would find sticking around to be a good bet, and all the myths to be no more bizarre than those found in other faith traditions.
He turned Massachusetts» budget from red to black while governor by turning a three Billion dollar deficit into a 2.16 billion dollar surplus.
I'm very skeptical of most of the public voices who are loudly in favor of budget cuts now, because too many of them were the same people praising the Bush tax cuts that blew the deficit through the roof (nice work that, turning surplus into record - setting deficit in just a handful of years).
He also is urging the Governor and Legislature to tap into the state's $ 5.1 billion surplus before enabling the Thruway Authority to reach into taxpayers» pockets to fund any Thruway budget shortfall.
However, as the governor's footnote indicates, the gaps could be turned into surpluses if spending growth continues to average 2 percent a year, as opposed to the nearly 4 percent average increase that would occur if the budget was on autopilot.
One of the biggest questions heading into New York's fiscal 2016 Executive Budget presentation was how Governor Andrew Cuomo would choose to allocate an unprecedented, one - shot $ 5.4 billion windfall «surplus» originating with fines and penalties collected from financial institutions.
It was the basis for the governor's repeated claim to have turned a huge budget gap into a $ 2 billion surplus, which never actually entered the realm of fiscal reality.
Once aboard, Hizzoner — who was joined by a pack of journalists — launched into a diatribe against Cuomo and MTA Chairman Joe Lhota, who last week blamed de Blasio for refusing to spend the city's $ 4 billion - plus budget surplus to fix the subways.
So far, Labour has simply said it would match current government spending plans in 2015 - 16, but has not said if it would seek to eradicate the deficit by 2017 - 18, let alone put the budget into total surplus through the parliament.
Faced with a $ 40 million budget gap, he turned this «grim» situation into 3 straight budgets under the mandated state tax cap, built a budget surplus of over $ 18 million this year, replenished the fund balance to $ 40 million, and improved the county's bond rating to among the highest in the State.
Legislative leaders, in Albany recently for meetings, said they would like to divvy up the surplus before the end of the year, and not put it into the general fund of the state budget.
Christie singled out Horizon during his annual budget address, saying the insurer should tap into «excess surplus» from its $ 2.4 billion in capital reserves to fund the anti-addiction campaign the governor hopes to make his lasting legacy.
CHESTERTOWN The state comptroller's office released an audit of the North Warren School District budget on Jan. 12 faulting the school district for putting too much money into its surplus fund, and appropriating too much money in some areas.
Town of Hempstead Supervisor Anthony Santino held a news conference on Tuesday, April 18, 2017, to discuss how he successfully transformed a 2016 budget that included a $ 24 million deficit into a financial document boasting a $ 5 million surplus.
«They can use a small slice of that increase, they can tap into their billions of dollars of surpluses and reserves or they can finally look for efficiencies within their budget,» Peters said.
Facing a $ 40 million budget gap he turned this «grim» situation into 3 straight budgets under the mandated state tax cap, built a budget surplus of over $ 18 million this year, replenished the fund balance to $ 40 million, and improved the county's bond rating to among the highest in the State.
Facing a $ 40 million budget gap he turned this «grim» situation into 3 straight budgets under the mandated state tax cap, building a budget surplus of over $ 18 million this year, replenishing the fund balance to $ 40 million, improving the county's bond rating to among the highest in the State.
Facing a $ 40 million budget gap he turned this «grim» situation into 3 consecutive budgets under the mandated state tax cap, built a budget surplus of over $ 18 million this year, replenished the fund balance to $ 40 million, and improved the county's bond rating to among the highest in the State.
Facing a $ 40 million budget gap he turned this «grim» situation into 3 straight budgets under the mandated state tax cap, building a budget surplus of over $ 18 million this year, replenishing the fund balance to $ 40 million, and improving the county's bond rating to among the highest in the State.
With New York sitting on on a $ 5 billion budget surplus, local officials are calling for a major investment into Upstate's deteriorating roads and bridges.
He said he assumed the office when the county faced a $ 40 million budget gap, then turned the «grim» situation into three straight budgets under the mandated state tax cap, built a budget surplus of more than $ 18 million this year, replenishing the fund balance to $ 40 million, and improved the county's bond rating to among the highest in the state.
Finances are in good order at schools managed by the Crescent City charter group, with surplus funds that can be rolled over into next year's budgets.
Districts that keep expenses lower than revenues can build a budget surplus for reinvestment back into the program — including capital replacement, new technology and other improvements.
, I have built into my ER budget a cushion or surplus I use to protect myself against unforeseen expenses.
You mean the last time we ran a budget surplus, the surplus Bush turned into trillions of dollars in new debt?
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