Start by using the short-term Social Security surpluses that are projected to last until 2018.
The FAA already has ordered immediate cockpit security improvements, and the administration's proposal envisions additional short-term steps, such as security bars and other access barriers, during the phase-in period for the fortified doors.
The sources said the administration also will embrace new measures, both short-term and long-term, designed to improve cockpit security.
And without a doubt, it will also mean real, short-term investments in new security approaches on the part of companies.
Unfortunately, evidence of the gravity of the problem continues to mount, as planners, policymakers and corporate boardrooms alike continue to demonstrate a preference for short-term profits over long-term security in the face of this growing challenge.
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Central to Mr Bush's short-term problem is what the disappearing surplus means for the social security surplus, the funds set aside for future Social Security, or pension, payments.
Aside from the fact that it is limited, no president is going to squander all the reserve for short-term price pressure, since it was built for serious strategic security purposes.
As a group, the pure-play investment banks have relied heavily on short-term funding, particularly repo transactions in which counterparties take collateral as security against the cash they lend.
In 2003, with the so-called Biagi law, Berlusconi introduced new kinds of part-time and short-term contracts for those coming into the job market while preserving the security and the privileges of those already employed.
But I will say one thing that I think is important on Social Security, which is, this is not about short-term deficits.
The costs of the social-security system are set to soar, in the short term because of the slump and in the long run because the country is ageing so fast.
And I think the most important point to understand is that his position is the position held by many, and I would say most, credible economists that Social Security is not a contributor to our short- and medium-term deficit problem.
As the old rules have been loosened, firms have hired more workers, often on short-term contracts or as part-timers, with less strict job protection and lower social-security contributions.
If this area gives way to selling pressure, the security could be in for another sharp down leg over the short-to-intermediate term.
One of the things that was said around the table is the American people still don't have enough confidence that Congress and any administration is going to get serious about border security, and so they're concerned that any immigration reform simply will be a short-term legalization of undocumented workers with no long-term solution with respect to future flows of illegal immigration.
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