Word: deficits
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...source of revenue to the Crown. The Philippines have been in our possession for over 25 years; we have spent over $750,000,000 in developing them, but they have returned no revenue. How much consideration would a British Governor General receive were his domain to show a deficit for 25 years...
During the last quadrennium, Methodist magazines ran up a deficit of $767,346. Among prominent publications with large losses...
...efforts, however, must be made in order to reach this goal. Besides the question of a higher level of the budget, the question of the balancing of the actual revenues and expenditures must be investigated because the Government now admits that the preliminary budget shows an increase of the deficit, which can only become worse so long as the present crisis continues. Therefore, reforms and economies must still form an important role in Austrian state economy...
...character of expenditures, can accomplish this laudable purpose. For the first time, this has been provided for the coming campaign through the appointment of a competent Senate Committee vested with ample authority. . . . The statutes provide for publication of the names of contributors and of amounts contributed. But a deficit at the end of the campaign in part defeats this. The budget will cure that defect. So far as the Republican Party is concerned, I have made an absolute requirement that our campaign shall live within its means...
...Government is making great progress toward rooting out governmental graft, including padded payrolls. As an example of what has been accomplished, look at the budget of the city of Valencia, which has had a deficit of 2,000,000 pesetas. Without curtailing the public service, this has been converted into a favorable balance of 1,000,000 pesetas. The Government has gone ahead with the good roads program and the extension of the common-school system...