There's a reason why politicians do that: You can't balance a budget on the shoulders of plutocrats.
For example, it tells countries to balance their budgets -- a fine sentiment, but how you balance a budget is critical.
She said that 58 school staff were being made redundant next month "as a direct result of schools not being able to balance a budget".
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But it is essential, and I believe that there is an overwhelming majority of House Democrats who believe, it's essential that we continue to move towards balance -- a balance in the budget and a balance in the investment in our people and in our families.
Germany's EU partners reckon that a country with a budget close to balance and a big current-account surplus could do more.
I'll submit to Congress a budget that will balance within four years and call on Congress to pass a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution which limits federal spending to 18% of GDP.
We have a war to win, a region to rebuild, a budget to balance, taxes to cut, a government to reform, and a nation to lead.
That is a popular way to balance the budget in the short term and guarantee a fiscal crisis in the long term.
It's also worth noting that he has to balance the budget over a five-year "rolling" period.
House Republicans say they want to balance the budget in a decade with only spending cuts and no tax hikes.
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The House aims to balance the budget within a decade.
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Oklahoma Rep. Jim Lankford asked the first question, pressing the president to explain why he wouldn't join House Republicans in their effort to balance the budget in a decade.
Make no mistake: A comprehensive, long-term, binding plan that brings the budget into balance over a reasonable time frame is essential.
There are many reasons why it is difficult for a government to balance its budget.
To make the budget balance in a decade, the level of cuts will have to be extreme.
The plan also includes a promise to balance the budget within 10 years or less, as Gingrich has said explicitly in recent debates.
The venture represents a gamble for the ballet company, which is operating at a deficit with a plan to balance its budget by 2015.
Unlike the 50 states which comprise our union, our federal government can freely engage in deficit spending without a constraint to balance the budget.
An effort to balance the budget deficit caused a further contraction in 1938, and then World War II came along, and the rest is history.
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President Clinton and a Republican Congress battled each other ferociously, disagreed on just about everything, but they still found a way to balance the budget.
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And Obama confounded critics by keeping defense spending high rather than using the Pentagon as a piggybank to balance the budget the way Bill Clinton did.
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An immediate commitment to balance the budget might be a rather more austere economic diet than equity investors would desire, even if bond investors took cheer.
There are two things that matter in government-debt dynamics: the difference between real interest rates and GDP growth (r-g), and the primary budget balance as a % of GDP (ie, before interest payments).
This official believes that Gingrich will emerge at least somewhat stronger in the short term and be eager to replace headlines of internal GOP turmoil with headlines touting a deal to balance the budget and cut taxes.
Following a weekend of work, GOP leaders and White House negotiators are both optimistic that they can strike a deal to balance the budget and cut taxes early this week, in time for floor votes by Friday.
The House has passed a budget that aims to reach balance in 10 years through deep spending cuts, including a revamping of Medicare for those older than 55.
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In two days, I will propose a detailed plan to balance the budget by 2002.
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