Sentences with phrase «focus on deficit reduction»

Want to focus on deficit reduction, tax cuts and seniors?

More broadly, there was a feeling that policy decisions in all areas were being driven by an overriding focus on deficit reduction, perhaps to the detriment of the economy in general and other areas of national life.

Overall, the bill was focused on deficit reduction.

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After some early, desultory efforts, Martin found his footing and reeled out a handful of budgets built around themes such as deficit fighting, education, innovation and tax reduction that set the country on sound fiscal footing and gave it political direction and policy focus for the better part of a decade.

The first group of so - called debt hawks sees another Great Recession coming and wants national governments to focus on austerity programs aimed at deficit reduction because rising sovereign debts are behind our current economic woes.

None of them have succeeded so far, but the issue is likely to come up again as the focus of Congressional negotiations on deficit reduction shifts to tax reform.

Alberta fell behind on critical infrastructure investment during the years when Ralph Klein was premier, when his government's singular focus was on deficit and debt reduction.

[100] Miliband subsequently unveiled five pledges at a rally in Birmingham which would form the focus of a future Labour government, specifically identifying policies on deficit reduction, living standards, the NHS, immigration controls and tuition fees.

In the autumn statement, usually a preview of what the next year's Budget will contain, the chancellor emphasised the need for rapid deficit reduction, as well as a focus on supply side economic policies like low interest rates and tax credits.

The chancellor, George Osborne, also set out his defence ahead of an expected political battering by claiming he had «turned Britain into a safe harbour in a storm» by focusing so rigidly on deficit reduction.

WASHINGTON — While most of the debate in Congress over President Clinton's deficit - reduction proposal focused on the plan's controversial tax increases and spending cuts, the omnibus package also contained a number of provisions affecting children, students, and schools.

Second, replacing the current system of fiscal rules focused on the «structural deficit» by a simple expenditure rule guided by a long - term debt reduction target.

The president's speech focused heavily on preserving the financial health of middle - class households, and he said that any deficit reduction and tax increases that he would seek in a second term would not affect households earning up to $ 250,000.