Word: deficits
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...became a faint squeak. His oration went on with gestures, without words. His high point came when he quoted President Roosevelt's 1933 message to Congress: "For three long years the Federal Government has been on the road to bankruptcy. . . . Thus we shall have piled up an accumulated deficit...
...Instead of an accumulated deficit of $5,000,000,000 in four years, we have [now] a deficit of approximately $11,000,000,000 in three years-but they were three very long years...
...this question: For how long a period has the Federal deficit exceeded that which the President denounced? For three long years! For how long a period has the Federal spending been kept above the $7,000,000,000 line? For three long years! For how long a period has the Chief Executive called upon the Congress to pass a new tax bill increasing the tax burden upon a helpless nation...
More than ordinarily grateful for this money was New Jersey. For the first time in 50 years the State faced a deficit, $13,000,000. Persistently loud has been the demand for additional taxes for Relief (TIME, May 4). Equally loud has been the Legislature's reluctance to legislate a tax bill. That the Dorrance largess, one-fourth of which was interest on the original amount due, was a beautifully-timed blessing seemed apparent to everyone but State Senator Charles E. Loizeaux. Snapped he: "This is just staving off the evil day. . . . Next year there...
...breed and educate a dog costs "The Seeing Eye" about $900. Since they bring $150 or less, sometimes are given away free, the School runs a sizable deficit each year. So far this has been met by Mrs. Eustis and her friends of "The Seeing Eye. Inc.," aided by the proceeds of an annual semi-public appeal. Mrs. Eustis ' believes that there are 10,000 U. S. citizens who could use one of her dogs, that in six years "The Seeing Eye" has not even scratched the surface of the work it should...