Word: fiscales
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Prosperous Iceland is just about to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of the founding of her Althing ("The Oldest Parliament in the World"). She has weathered a fiscal crisis which seemed to threaten her banking structure, emerged sound (TIME, Feb. 17). After painful conning and concentration, King Christian X of Denmark, who is also King of Iceland, has learned enough Icelandic to read his Millennial Day speech in that tongue. Everything seemed ready, last week, for a perfect celebration which thousands of U. S. tourists will attend. Suddenly a terrific squabble and commotion was raised by Dr. Helgi Tomasson, Director...
When President Hoover sent his budget message to Congress last December, he made everybody at the Capitol feel snugly comfortable with the declaration: "Our finances are in sound condition." He envisaged a surplus of 225 millions for this fiscal year (ending June 30, 1930) and 122 millions for that of 1931 (ending June 30, 1931). Two months later, when Congress was in full swing considering new legislation for new expenditures, President Hoover grew alarmed, warned Congress and the country to slow down on spending (TIME, March 10). Last month when March income tax payments showed a shrinkage, the President again...
...examination of our fiscal situation for the next year by the Director of the Budget shows . . . we are faced with a deficit of some 20 or 30 millions of dollars...
...Bank of France. He functioned as chief French technical advisor last year when Rumania's Leu was being stabilized. At the first and second Hague Conference he prepared the whole documental background of the French position, is acknowledged to possess one of the most brilliant fiscal minds in Europe. Taking after his surgeon ancestor, he makes a hobby of studying philosophy at the Sorbonne...
...least ruffled, and with Mrs. Snowden smiling happy encouragement, the Chancellor soon plowed ahead, amid Laborite cheers. The nation's fiscal year had ended with a deficit of £14,522,000, he said sourly, in contrast to the £4,096,000 surplus estimated by Mr. Churchill. He proposed to make up this deficit and balance the budget for the year at £781,909,000?nearly £40,000,000 more than the balancing figure last year. "I will now."said Mr. Snowden pouring himself half a tumblerful of water,? "I will now give the House...