Sentences with phrase «far deeper spending cuts»

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.

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Royal Dutch / Shell and BP on Tuesday joined peers in reporting higher than expected earnings by making further deep cuts in spending to cope with an oil price downturn now in its third year.

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.

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.

For example, the fiscal squeeze that began with the «Geddes Axe» under the UK's last Liberal - Conservative coalition in 1921 - 2 (and implemented in the following three years under three different governments) was also based on spending cuts alone, and went far deeper even than the plans announced by George Osborne.

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.

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.

If there was one policy associated with the Tories it was further deep spending and welfare cuts to generate a budget surplus.

She highlighted components of the report, which called the president's education cuts «devastating» and noted that the budget is more than $ 6 billion below FY 2010 education spending levels, proposing cuts that are far deeper than in any of the previous five administrations.