Actuaries are telling states and localities to cough up far higher payments out of current budgets to shore up the plans.

FORBES: Commentary

Under the proposal, the Coast Guard would be able to patrol waters 12 miles from the U.S. shore, as compared to the current 3-mile limit.

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In fact, hiking the current levy on payrolls to shore up Social Security and Medicare would have the perverse effect of weakening the economy by raising the cost of labor and reducing the rewards of productive work.

FORBES: Which Will It Be?

"It will either ask to fund additional costs if the reef is more expensive than the current suggestions, or for funding on-shore tourism infrastructure if it is cheaper, " said Cllr Evans.

BBC: Resort bids to become surf mecca

To shore up enrollment for the fall, schools reached out to current and prospective students to make sure their financial needs were being met.

WSJ: Part-Time M.B.A. Programs Lend Students a Hand in Hard Times

Since the global banking crisis of 2008, there have been four attempts by the Spanish government - two by the current one, two by its predecessor - to shore up a banking system seriously weakened by reckless property and construction loans.

BBC: Has Spain flunked banking test?

Longshore current: a movement of water parallel to the shore, caused by waves.

UNESCO: L O S S A R Y

But with the current property loans crisis, Pin has had to find an entity to merge with Finance One and shore up its capital.

CNN: When Guts Are Not Enough