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Balancing the books
22 hours ago ago from The Quiet Road
Yesterday over in London the New Labour government delivered a pre-budget report . This is essentially a way to test the reaction of the electorate to the contents of the budget without going through the hassle of leaking stuff through journalists. And despite the fact that opposition parties are wailing and gnashing their teeth based on claims that they'd make a 5% adjustment here and 4.2% adjustment there , there was ultimately little of ...
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23 hours ago ago from Denzil Coulson
What we needed was a national economic plan but what we got was a weak party manifesto. The Chancellor has ducked the hard choices on spending and cuts. Instead of facing up to reality he has chosen to move the goal posts by relying on fanciful growth forecasts. He could have used this Budget to make the tax system fairer. But instead people on middle incomes will be paying more tax while those at the top end continue to enjoy ...
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22 hours ago ago from Human Rights in Ireland
With the massive cuts in Budget 2009 for the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Equality Authority , both bodies have maintained their much reduced budgets for 2010. The Office of the Children's Ombudsman has also maintained it's 2009 Budget. Danielle and Fergal have discussed the impact of the budget on children's rights here , while Vicky has commented upon the increases and cutbacks in the criminal legal aid scheme and criminal ...
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15 hours ago ago from Apostle Islands Navigator
After further discussion on previous ideas to cut the City of Ashland's 2010 budget, a majority of councilors approved a budget that does not increase city residents' property tax. Thank you council, it's been quite a ride, Mayor Ed Monroe said following the 7-3 vote. Full Story Posted in Ashland Tagged: Budget [...]
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16 hours ago ago from Interesting finds
Sam Stein stein@huffingtonpost.com The emerging narrative in political circles is that the White House has a deficit problem. Glenn Beck, over at Fox News, insists that Obama is spending us into oblivion. Politico called the recent round of job-stimulus appropriations a spending binge. Sen. Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) deemed this an era of fiscal recklessness and irresponsibility, the extent of which is shocking to the American taxpayer. ...
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