Sentences with phrase «think public spending cuts»

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Britain's dire economic situation could have been avoided with less drastic public spending cuts, an economic think - tank has claimed.

'' «I think we have made the biggest cuts in public spending that any democratically elected government has tried to do in modern times,» said Mr Clarke.

«I think we should also have been looking far more at progressive taxation rather than the kinds of cuts we're talking about here to public spending.

Nearly half of voters thought a Labour government would be cutting public spending by less than the coalition is currently doing.

«I think risking the recovery with immediate public spending cuts and a raise in VAT is economically misguided,» he says, summing up his argument.

ALBANY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork / AP)-- New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said public support for a «millionaire tax» to avoid more spending cuts is growing and he thinks Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Senate's Republican majority may yet support it.

Turning to the economy, he says: «I don't think anyone in this room came into politics with their number one aim to cut public spending.»

Why Osborne thinks pulling spending power out of the regions by cutting local public sector pay will help growth is beyond me

Continued cuts in public spending and its consequences mean it's sensible for everyone to take a moment to think how they'd be affected, and put a contingency plan in place if possible.