market drop‚ the rise of the dollar against foreign currencies‚ increased unemployment‚ and other economic factors‚ March 2001 officially began a nationwide recession that triggered budget problems in at least forty-five states. -The 2001 recession was the fourth recession in 30 years. After past recessions budget experts recommended establishing a “rainy-day fund” (saving funds during boom times in order to cushion the shocks of economic busts). Wisconsin established the fund but never put money
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Balanced Budget Amendment I do not believe that within the next seven years the United States Constitution will be amended to require the national government to balance its budget each year. While I believe that a balanced budget is necessary in order to avoid potential political and economic crises‚ the party division in the two chambers of Congress as well as the difficulty of amending the Constitution‚ pose a major obstacle this nation faces in order to do so. “A Republican balanced-budget plan would
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STATUS ON ENGENDERING THE GOVERNMENT BUDGET IN TANZANIA: ACHIEVEMENTS AND CHALLENGES Paper Presented at the 53rd Conference for Commission on Women Status – 2nd -9th March 2009 NEW YORK –USA 1. Introduction Tanzania is among the countries that have accorded higher priority on gender equality‚ and women empowerment. This is evidenced by the various affirmative actions undertaken by the government at the level of Parliament‚ Judiciary and Executive for creating a levelling playing field
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President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday presented a budget proposal of N4.2 billion to the joint session of the National Assembly with emphasis that job and wealth creation for teeming unemployed Nigerians would top the agenda of his administration in the coming fiscal dispensation. The initial schedule of the president to make the presentation at 12 noon yesterday at the green chambers of the House of Represents‚ was rescheduled to 2 p.m. He was later accompanied to the venue by his Special Adviser
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departments operating budgets when the rate of actual calls for structured fires are on the decline. Post 9/11 the federal government set aside millions of dollars in grant money for apparatus equipment and training supplementing operational costs of fire departments across America. With the depletion of those federal monies‚ local governments are scrutinizing their budgets overall in attempts to cut corners and keep the cost within reason. Even though all aspects of municipal budgets succumb to scrutiny
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Budget Deal 2 Q-1. The budget deal of 2013 avoided the fiscal cliff through various avenues. It entailed retaining the income tax brackets from the Bush tax cuts permanently. The ideal budget deal would avoid tax increases and deep spending cuts. However‚ in the PBS interview the “Americans will either have to in the future bear higher taxes‚ middle-class Americans‚ or most people will see their services‚ safety nets‚ public investments in everything from sewers and infrastructure overall
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Essay by Bereketeab Yacob Yohannes Budget and budgetary control has being dealt with in different ways in literature‚ but basically there has being critics on traditional budgetary control as new issues raised with current more unpredictable global internationalized world markets. Virtually conventional budgeting has roughly some categories of criticism‚ one being that budgets by the time they are used their assumption are out-dated especially in rapidly changing environments‚ the second recurrent
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Nursing is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals‚ families‚ and communities so they may attain‚ maintain‚ or recover optimal health and quality of life. Nurses may be differentiated from other health care providers by their approach to patient care‚ training‚ and scope of practice. Nurses practice in a wide diversity of practice areas with a different scope of practice and level of prescriber authority in each. Many nurses provide care within the ordering
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(Master budget preparation) Sopchoppy Company manufactures a red industrial dye. The company is preparing its 2000 master budget and has presented you with the following information. 1. The December 31‚ 1999‚ balance sheet for the company is shown below. SOPCHOPPY COMPANY Balance Sheet December 31‚ 1999 Assets Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity Cash $ 5‚080 Notes Payable $ 25‚000 Accounts Receivable 26‚500 Accounts Payable 2‚148 Raw Materials Inventory
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The Economic Impact of the President’s 2013 Budget April 2012 CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES Contents Overview How the Government’s Fiscal Policies Can Affect the Economy Fiscal Policies and Output in the Short Run Fiscal Policies and Output in the Long Run How the President’s Budgetary Proposals Would Affect the Economy Effects on the Economy Through 2017 Effects on the Economy After 2017 Economic Models and Results Estimated Economic Effects and Their Budgetary Implications Through 2017
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