Twice in 1998 the government had to cut spending because of poor revenue collection.
For one thing, people are much more willing to cut services for the poor rather than take on entitlements for the middle class, defense spending, or corporate welfare and subsidies.
Republicans also said they wouldn't do anything to help the economy and the middle class unless spending was cut from the very poor and elderly: proposing cuts to food stamps and Medicare.
MPs rejected the opposition's proposals to introduce a national social tariff to cut water bills for the poor - by 63 votes.
Shadow environment secretary Mary Creagh said Labour did not oppose the bill, but told the House she would call for amendments to cut water costs for the poor.
That is five percentage points higher than it was a few weeks ago, before the ratings agency Standard and Poor's cut them to "junk" status, as part of that mass downgrade of eurozone countries on 13 January.
It refused to back Mr Berlusconi's tax plans unless he cut the taxes of the southern poor first.
She said Lazio will cut off funds for abortions for poor women and also opposes licensing and registration of hand guns.
Since Rio, governments have been hampered by a decision there to divide the world into one group of mostly rich countries that were supposed to cut emissions and another of mostly poor ones that did not have to.
The key -- and I want everybody to pay attention to this as the debate unfolds over the next couple of months -- the key is not to try to cut more out of programs for poor folks or programs for seniors.
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Faced with poor earnings in 1996, he cut his own compensation to zero rather than cut staff.
Obviously, the next step is to cut spending, but they have done a poor job on that front.
The news comes less than a month after Alcatel announced plans to cut 900 jobs in North America, blaming poor trading conditions.
Whoever came up with the idea, the 2011 law meant failure to agree would cut both cherished Democratic programmes that helped the poor and defence spending beloved of Republicans.
JAL, a deeply splintered company with poor internal communications, was unable to cut costs so quickly.
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Poor shot from Goodwin, trying to cut Chapple away, and Sutton takes a sharp catch behind the timbers.
And if the rich cut tariffs, it would hurt some of the poor, because America and the EU already offer selected poor countries preferential access to their markets.
The world's nations will have to be ranked on a sliding scale with the richest polluters expected to cut most and contribute most cash towards helping the poor get clean energy and adapt to climate change.
Clinton continued with his trademark dishonesty in saying that the Republicans proposed to cut Medicaid by a third, which would hurt poor kids, nursing home care for seniors and people with disabilities, and kids with special needs like Downs Syndrome or Autism.
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Rich countries cut their tariffs by less in the Uruguay round than poor ones did.
So any fair tax cut gives more money back to the rich than the poor.
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So, if outlays exceeded 20.6 percent of GDP, Social Security checks would shrink and doctors who treat the poor or the elderly would see their pay cut.
The point of the project, which should be completed by 2014, is to allow Nepal to participate in international carbon-trading schemes that pay poor countries with lots of trees not to cut them down.
For example, why do poor humans in places like Africa and Latin America cut down forests?
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Rwanda, a poor country in the heart of Africa, has cut maternal deaths by 60% since 2000.
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And we need to cut the Medicaid program by a third -- this helps poor kids, most of them in working families.
Humbled by his poor performance on a cardiac stress test, he cut back on steak dinners and started exercising five times a week.
One popular explanation for the euro economies' relatively poor performance is that companies have been slower to cut costs and repair their finances.
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