Not exact matches
Schumer urged devoting new revenues to
deficit reduction instead, and advocated raising t ax rates o n the rich i n any deal to avoi d the fiscal cliff a pproaching at
year - end.
If real GDP can jump 3 % or more this
year and keep doing the same thing for three or four more
years after that, and we can put in place some spending
reductions, we would go a long way to solving our
deficit problem.
The projected budgetary
deficit in 2010 - 11 was revised down from $ 40.5 billion to $ 36.2 billion and in fiscal 2011 - 12 was revised upward from $ 29.6 billion to $ 36.2 billion, for a cumulative
reduction of $ 1.6 billion over the two
years.
The deal, which is still making its way through Congress after an eleventh hour push from party bigs, has three main components: It immediately raises the debt ceiling, includes around $ 2.1 trillion in spending cuts over the next 10
years, and creates a special Congressional committee to come up with long term
deficit -
reduction suggestions by this Thanksgiving.
It said any
reduction in copper output could tip the world market into
deficit this
year, pushing up prices and helping Glencore's overall copper business.
Not only that, important issues will be coming up during the next two
years: immigration reform, tax reform,
deficit reduction, changes to our healthcare law and the minimum wage.
Including just the effects of economic feedback from
deficit reduction would reduce the cumulative
deficit over the next 10
years by roughly $ 160 billion — or about 0.1 percent of GDP, on average — compared with CBO and JCT's conventional estimate of the President's proposals.
For example, if Congress extends tax provisions that expired at the end of last
year or will expire in the future and enacts an unpaid - for repeal of the automatic spending
reductions known as the sequester, ten -
year deficits would increase by $ 1.7 trillion (from $ 10.1 trillion to $ 11.8 trillion) and result in debt in 2027 reaching 97 percent of GDP (instead of 91 percent).
The legislation enforces limits on discretionary spending until 2021, establishes a procedure to increase the debt limit, creates a Congressional Joint Select Committee on
Deficit Reduction to propose further deficit reduction with a stated goal of achieving at least $ 1.5 trillion in budgetary savings over 10 years, and establishes automatic procedures for reducing spending by as much as $ 1.2 trillion if legislation originating with the new joint select committee does not achieve such s
Deficit Reduction to propose further deficit reduction with a stated goal of achieving at least $ 1.5 trillion in budgetary savings over 10 years, and establishes automatic procedures for reducing spending by as much as $ 1.2 trillion if legislation originating with the new joint select committee does not achieve such
Reduction to propose further
deficit reduction with a stated goal of achieving at least $ 1.5 trillion in budgetary savings over 10 years, and establishes automatic procedures for reducing spending by as much as $ 1.2 trillion if legislation originating with the new joint select committee does not achieve such s
deficit reduction with a stated goal of achieving at least $ 1.5 trillion in budgetary savings over 10 years, and establishes automatic procedures for reducing spending by as much as $ 1.2 trillion if legislation originating with the new joint select committee does not achieve such
reduction with a stated goal of achieving at least $ 1.5 trillion in budgetary savings over 10
years, and establishes automatic procedures for reducing spending by as much as $ 1.2 trillion if legislation originating with the new joint select committee does not achieve such savings.
Greece is already managing to beat some of its
deficit -
reduction targets, as figures released Wednesday show that its central budget
deficit for the first two months of 2012 had shrunk by more than half compared with the same period last
year.
One way to quantify the country's long - term fiscal situation is by measuring its fiscal gap, or the amount of non-interest
deficit reduction needed each
year to achieve a given fiscal target.
Under current law, stabilizing the debt at its current post-World War II record level of 77 percent of GDP would require
deficit reduction of 2.4 percent of GDP per
year over three decades (the equivalent of $ 6.1 trillion over ten
years).
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.
The FY 2017 budget resolution demanded only a paltry $ 2 billion of
deficit reduction over an entire decade; that's just $ 200 million per
year when we are facing looming trillion - dollar
deficits.
The data «could indicate that the potential window of opportunity for optimized ACL injury risk
reduction may be before the onset of neuromuscular
deficits and peak knee injury incidence that occurs after the onset of maturation in female athletes and / or during the mid-teen
years,» said lead author, Gregory D. Myer, PhD, FACSM, CSCS, of the Division of Sports Medicine at Cincinnati Children's Hospital, and the Departments of Pediatrics and Orthopaedic Surgery, at the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati, and the Athletic Training Division, School of Allied Medical Professions at The Ohio State University in Columbus.
But over that period the OBR currently expects average growth of just 1.7 per cent a
year — 0.4 per cent a quarter - which means lower living standards, less tax, less investment and many billions less
deficit reduction too.
«The data so far this
year raise a concern that, rather than reducing the public debt, the
deficit reduction plans could be having the opposite effect because higher tax rates and austerity measures are causing economic growth to be weaker than expected.»
Sen. Chuck Schumer insisted today that the odds will improve for a
deficit reduction deal next
year, despite the presence of a knock - down, drag - out political battle for control of both Congress and the White House.
The 9 % budgeted
deficit recorded for last
year, while not what was projected at the beginning of the fiscal
year, represents a significant
reduction from the 11.8 % recorded in 2012 and is certainly much lower than the 15 % the NPP left in 2009 when exiting power.
The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats are to conduct a one -
year spending review continuing their
deficit reduction drive throughout the 2015/16 tax
year.
And this
year in Glasgow it will be conference that decides on our economic policy (including the strategy for
deficit reduction), tax policy (and, most totemically, whether to return to a top 50p - in - the - pound tax rate) and nuclear defence policy again.
Gov. David Paterson last Thursday proposed $ 5 billion in cuts over the next two
years to fill a growing state budget
deficit, and the plan makes deep
reductions in funding to education, health care and state agencies.
They are not interested in any reform agenda,
deficit reductions, the could care less about Cuomo's agenda, its about getting the Senate chamber, smirking at the defeated Democrats, who by the way will get it back in two
years.
This is on top of the $ 2.4 trillion in
deficit reduction that has already been implemented by cuts enacted since 2011, including the fiscal cliff deal at the end of last
year.
The legislation also would reduce the
deficit by $ 337 billion over the next 10
years largely from Medicaid
reductions and the elimination of the ACA's subsidies for nongroup health insurance, the CBO found.
«Sadly he seems set to spend the next two
years sticking to policies that are badly failing on living standards, growth and even
deficit reduction.»
Yet when we look at the Executive Budget, we see that he as included over $ 800 million in new taxes and assessments on health care and health insurance, including $ 590 million within the
Deficit Reduction Plan for the current fiscal
year.
Gov. David Paterson proposes a $ 5 billion
deficit reduction plan to address this
year's budget gap, including a $ 223.2 million cut to New York City schools.
Senate Democratic leaders have delayed consideration of the annual budget resolution until Congressional leaders and the White House agree to
deficit reduction package, which is expected to set discretionary spending levels for fiscal 2012 and possibly for future
years.
House and Senate Republicans offered two different versions of no - tax - increase budget plans Tuesday that they insist can solve the state's projected two -
year, $ 5 billion
deficit without savage
reductions in state aid to cities and towns and school funding.
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 report praises Assembly Ken Zebrowski's «Rockland County
Deficit Reduction Task Force» proposal, stating that «the task force would exist for a three - year period, and could extend its oversight by majority vote for two - year periods until the deficit bonds were paid off... The task force would have broad oversight and budget recommendation
Deficit Reduction Task Force» proposal, stating that «the task force would exist for a three -
year period, and could extend its oversight by majority vote for two -
year periods until the
deficit bonds were paid off... The task force would have broad oversight and budget recommendation
deficit bonds were paid off... The task force would have broad oversight and budget recommendation powers.
Senate leaders said the bill would restore nearly $ 434 million in GEA cuts in last
year's state budget,
reductions that were first instituted in 2010, when the state faced billion - dollar budget
deficits.
His call for a temporary cut in the rate of VAT represents, to his mind, a halfway house between Osborne's
deficit reduction plan and Alistair Darling's proposal to halve the
deficit over four
years.
The coalition government's response to the global financial crisis has been to follow a singular path of
deficit reduction over the next 4
years.
It went wrong because, as Ed Balls warned in his Bloomberg speech a
year and a half ago,
deficit reduction requires three pillars:
But the rhetorical approach adopted by Mr Osborne last
year has helped facilitate cooperation between the Tories and the Liberal Democrats, who rely on the «progressive» tag to sell the
deficit reduction agenda to their supporters.
Take note:
deficit reduction, predistribution, etc, aren't good ways of talking about how much money people have each month or what the prospects for their kids will be in five
years» time.
25 hours of free childcare for working parents, paid for by increasing the bank levy by # 800m a
year; having the OBR audit Labour's spending pledges in its next manifesto; repeating a pledge to reintroduce the 10p bottom tax rate and pay for it with a mansion tax; signing up to the government's post-election spending plans but with a «fairer approach to
deficit reduction».
It now looks very likely that later this
year the chancellor will be forced to stand before the nation and admit that he will miss his
deficit reduction target.
Our
deficit reduction plan to cut the
deficit in half over four
years, will be made law in a new fiscal responsibility act.
1) Eliminate The County
Deficit: As a County Legislator, Ilan Schoenberger wrote the Deficit Reduction Act, and as County Executive he will ensure it is followed, so that ten million dollars from each year's budget goes directly toward eliminating the d
Deficit: As a County Legislator, Ilan Schoenberger wrote the
Deficit Reduction Act, and as County Executive he will ensure it is followed, so that ten million dollars from each year's budget goes directly toward eliminating the d
Deficit Reduction Act, and as County Executive he will ensure it is followed, so that ten million dollars from each
year's budget goes directly toward eliminating the
deficitdeficit.
Under the
deficit reduction plans that Ed Miliband put in Labour's manifesto last
year, the biggest
reductions in public spending would come this
year — so much for the «wrong time».
Though voters in the constituency are on balance pessimistic about prospects for the economy over the next few
years, they back the coalition's «Plan A» for
deficit reduction by a wide margin.
The comptroller also alleged that, because a substantial portion of Health + Hospitals» revenue actions in its
deficit reduction plan requires federal and state approvals, the city would probably have to increase its subsidy by $ 200 million in fiscal
year 2017.
1 In the document, the Lib Dems profess their support for «the eradication of the structural
deficit within a responsible timescale» but, in reality, they were demanding a faster pace of
deficit reduction «in light of market concerns», including «some in -
year cuts».
There is much concern in Washington about the impending «fiscal cliff» of severe cuts to federal programs that will automatically result if Congress and the Obama administration can not agree on a
deficit reduction plan by the end of this
year.
«We have been told for a whole
year that we would get Labour's
deficit reduction plan.
The path of
deficit reduction will be extended for another
year to 2018 — well into the next parliament.
GB: Because we have got a
deficit reduction plan to cut the debt in half over the next four
years.