Word: budgeteers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sadly, all this talk is just that--talk. It is hype created by politicians for the benefit of next year's presidential election. While they may talk about increasing the funding for public education or devoting all of the budget surplus to social security, their actions, like the recent decision to revoke the Glass-Steagall Act, demonstrate that their biggest interest is increasing our country's wealth, or more specifically, the wealth of the nation's top 10 percent...
...does not imply an unregulated economy. A simple raise of the federal income-tax on the highest tax bracket would take money from those who can spare it and funnel it into public programs that desperately need money. Instead, both Republicans and Democrats are advocating spending much of the budget surplus on tax cuts that largely benefit the country's wealthier half...
...year.) "Countries would have been willing to lower the U.S. portion," says U.N. information officer Jessica Jiji, "if they had paid their dues." And if the U.S. loses its General Assembly vote, it may also forfeit its moral strength in the battle to restrain the growth of the U.N. budget. Says U.N. Under-Secretary-General Joseph Connor: "Somebody sitting on the bench isn't throwing the balls...
...their cost. The council doesn't run a profit from any of these events or services. If we want to hire a band and host an event that rivals other schools'--while continuing to provide the convenient and popular services such as shuttle buses--we will need a larger budget...
...raising the term-bill fee isn't our first idea of how to raise more money for campus student groups, events and services. We've tried raising funds and convincing the administration to put more of the University's money into our budget. However, a term bill increase is the only way to raise enough money to make a significant difference...