Sentences with phrase «deep spending cuts»

That is, the governor's plan - even if carried out, would likely result in many districts adopting deep spending cuts for next year.

[71][87] Support for Labour slumped during the recession, and the general election of 2010 resulted in a coalition government being formed by the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats, which made deep spending cuts in order to ease the budget deficit.

Liam Fox has urged a cut in NI, financed by deeper spending cuts.

Even if the ceiling is raised, it would likely be at the cost of deep spending cuts demanded by Republicans in Washington.

Democratic senators expressed alarm about reports that the incoming administration intends to propose deep spending cuts at DOE that would curtail research in nuclear physics, advanced scientific computing, energy efficiency and renewable energy.

«The fact is that if we don't take steps now to live within our means we'll end up paying higher taxes or making deeper spending cuts just to pay off our debt.»

Their party leader, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, earlier sought to calm public fears over deep spending cuts but admitted the coalition was likely to suffer a backlash.

GOP Rep. Mick Mulvaney is a fierce deficit hawk with a record of pushing deep spending cuts across the government to balance the budget.

With the government's strategy over the past few months apparently focused on undermining the Wildrose Alliance by stealing from its agenda, many had expected the Tories would further woo disaffected right - wing voters with deep spending cuts in this year's budget, which was unveiled on Feb. 9.

He also launched a scathing attack on the Tories, branding their plans for deeper spending cuts after the election «slashing for its own sake», and complaining that the prospect of a referendum on EU membership is undermining business confidence.

Trump wants to cut about $ 1.7 trillion in federal spending over 10 years through deep spending cuts to entitlement programs, according to a budget preview provided by the White House.

However, while Cuomo's 2011 - 2012 budget proposal included deep spending cuts, it spared parks and the DEC from having to further reduce staffing levels, which supporters and unions say have dropped to dangerously low levels.

What's amazing to me, though, is that the very politicians who are so worried about the public debt — and who want deep spending cuts now to save our future, whatever the cost — utterly dismiss the idea that we could face an equal crisis of natural debt.

Like Littlewood and others, he favours a more authentically bold approach, a «rescue plan for the country» involving much deeper spending cuts, a loosening of the planning system and reduced employee protections.

«Some of the proposals to extend deep spending cuts on departments and welfare far into the next parliament have more than a whiff of ideology: slashing for its own sake,» he said last night.

Ravitch's «core objective» is to restore structural balance to the state budget, Paterson noted — but the Legislature has taken advantage of Ravitch's suggested linkage of fiscal reforms to $ 6 billion in deficit bonds in order to avoid deeper spending cuts over the next three years.

But, the main problem is that the Democrats, who have a majority in the state legislature, refuse to consider deep spending cuts to improve the budget mess.

Republican leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives are ready to break a hard - fought budget deal with Democrats as they try to quell a revolt by conservatives who are insisting on deeper spending cuts ahead of the November elections.

Yet it would obligate Obama to outline deep spending cuts, something Republicans have been trying to force him to do for months without much success.

Treasury Chief Secretary and Liberal Democrat Danny Alexander said the move to hike VAT to 20 per cent in January was the only alternative to still deeper spending cuts.

Lib Dem voters broadly agree with Labour voters in rejecting deeper spending cuts, but are even keener than the Tories in opposing tax cuts that add top borrowing.

They cheered Cuomo's call for fiscal discipline, a plan that rules out new taxes or borrowing, a plan that would require far deeper spending cuts than the Legislature has been able to stomach.

Here in Wisconsin, mirroring what's happened nationwide, public schools have suffered deep spending cuts while over $ 800 million has been funneled to unaccountable private schools.

But the wets» anger resurfaced when Howe proposed deeper spending cuts and even the «dries» expressed opposition.

I guess that financing tax cuts by deeper spending cuts won't be controversial among ConHome readers.

Washington (CNN)- Education Secretary Arne Duncan says a West Virginia school district is laying off teachers due to deep spending cuts across the federal government set to take effect on Friday.

As part of that bigger deal, he said, Republicans would be open to additional revenue, so long as it was paired with deep spending cuts and didn't come from higher tax rates.

A Tory Chancellor will struggle to get majorities for deep spending cuts in the new Commons.

On the one hand, there is the Conservative Party (PC), which would commit to eliminating the deficit in three years, through deep spending cuts, and on the other, there is the Liberal Party, which is expanding the budget in the short term but «targeting» for deficit elimination within four years.

Still, Silver has been known for beating tactile retreats in the past — most recently on last's year state budget that included deep spending cuts — and then quickly reorganizes a swift legislative win.

It's a first salvo in what's expected to be a protracted budget battle as Gov. Andrew Cuomo gears up to fulfill his pledge to make deep spending cuts — most likely by goring the ox of some heretofore sacred cows, including the public employee unions and education aid.

According to Labour strategists, the row over Howard Flight's remarks on public spending shows that «the Tories are two parties» - unreconstructed Thatcherites such as Mr Flight who want deep spending cuts and the New Tories trying to show that the party has moved on.

The shadow chancellor, Ed Balls claimed in the Guardian that the Conservatives were planning much deeper spending cuts than needed by the deficit.

Ed Miliband is warning Britons to be braced for the pain of deep spending cuts — and accuses Coalition ministers of being callous in how they wield the axe.

They called for immediate steps to reopen banks and said any deal must address debt sustainability - code for reducing Athens» crushing debt - but gave no hint of concessions from the Greek side towards its creditors» demands for deep spending cuts and far - reaching reforms of pensions and labour markets.

Markets have been increasingly volatile since Greek voters last weekend rejected political parties that imposed the deep spending cuts required in exchange for bailout money to keep the country from bankruptcy.

But instead the Conservative - led coalition gambled on getting the pain over quickly - early tax rises, including the VAT rise they ruled out pre-election, alongside faster and deeper spending cuts — on a political timetable to create room for pre-election giveaways.

Yet another Conservative council chief has spoken out against the deep spending cuts imposed on local authorities by the government.

ALBANY, NY (03/02/2011)(readMedia)-- Sixteen New Yorkers were arrested today in the first major act of civil disobedience since Governor Cuomo took office during a protest of his corporate - backed agenda of tax cuts for millionaires and deep spending cuts to healthcare, education and social services.

They claimed in 2010 that faster tax rises and deeper spending cuts would secure the economic recovery and make it stronger...

The congressmen said they «absolutely believe» deep spending cuts are required, but feel the reductions their fellow House members have proposed are lopsided as far as NYC and LI are concerned.

Here's NYS Association of Counties Executive Director Stephen Acquario chatting with CapTon's Liz A. after the budget address yesterday and offering some advice to everyone who was, essentially, freaking out over the deep spending cuts proposed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

In his opening statement, Gov. David Paterson did another rendition of his «I don't want to do this but I have to» speech, saying the deep spending cuts to education, health care and a host of other areas is something he is forced to do as a result of the state's ongoing fiscal crisis.

To those familiar with the script, this will be of little consequence; assume greater and deeper spending cuts, lower than expected growth and a failure to meet projected forecasts.

Fiscal autonomy - which is what the SNP called for - would mean that they would have to deliver over # 7 billion deeper spending cuts or tax rises in Scotland than under the Tory plans.

George Osborne has persuaded three fellow Cabinet ministers to agree to deep spending cuts — but at...

«It is astonishing that at a time when millions of families and pensioners are being hit hard by deep spending cuts and tax rises, the first priority of David Cameron's restless Tory backbenchers is unfair tax cuts only for a few,» Labour Treasury spokesman David Hanson said.

Deep spending cuts.

Rep. Josh Elliott, one of the chamber's most liberal Democrats, told The Courant that he is still undecided because the House Democratic budget has deep spending cuts and no income tax increases on the state's wealthiest citizens.

George Osborne has persuaded three fellow Cabinet ministers to agree to deep spending cuts — but at least three top Tories are said to be robustly fighting their corners.