Sentences with phrase «large budget surplus»

We have a historically large budget surplus, just a small fraction of which could lead to dramatic improvements in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples» health status.

And large budget surpluses in some Clinton years meant that every constituency could find something under its pillow: tax cuts for Republicans, entitlement expansions for Democrats and a balanced budget for America.

Not exact matches

Best of all, the government will be able to show larger surpluses in the outer years, after 2015 - 16, than forecast in the February budget.

This was not an issue when the federal government was in deficit but became one once the budget was balanced and annual surpluses, larger than forecast, emerged.

These large discrepancies suggest that the April Budget forecast of a surplus of only $ 1.4 billion could be understated by at least $ 2.5 billion.

Although there might be some improvement in these forecasts given the somewhat better economic outlook presented in the budget, the impact would not be large enough to result in surpluses in their forecasts.

Let's remember that in the May 2006 Budget, the Harper Government proposed to examine the possibility of allocating a portion of any surplus at year - end larger than $ 3 billion to the Canada Pension Plan and Quebec Pension Plan.

New York State will begin 2015 with the largest one time windfall budget surplus since the end of World War II, due to settlements with major banks after the financial crisis.

Middle Country's accounting practices were all the more questionable, auditors contended, because they had warned the district once before — in 2009 — that its budget surpluses had grown too large.

Controversy over budget surpluses is growing statewide, with taxpayer groups charging that districts build up reserves in large part to provide bigger contract raises for employee unions.

New York state will begin 2015 with the largest one - time windfall budget surplus since the end of World War II, due to settlements with major banks after the financial crisis.

BOLTON LANDING — In a speech to to the state's largest business group, Governor Andrew Cuomo said he would invest a third of the state's projected budget surplus in upstate development and incentivizing local governments to consolidate.

Unfortunately, these estimates reflect profit margins that remain about 70 % above historical norms, and are primarily driven by unusually large budget deficits and depressed private savings (the deficit of one sector must be the surplus of another in equilibrium — see Too Little to Lock In for the accounting relationships here).

Even with a large surplus and an annual provincial budget of $ 46 billion, the CBA has been told by the government there is no new money for legal aid, because each department must balance its own budget, says Shorten.

Further, we have a historically large federal budget surplus, which could be used to fund dramatic improvements in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples» health status.