Transcript of Mayor Michael Nutter’s budget update

Date: Jan 15, 2009 Location: Philadelphia City Hall Speaker: Mayor Michael Nutter (transcript provided by Mayor’s Office of Communications) ... be leaving the city to travel to Washington to present testimony at a House Committee on President-elect Obama’s stimulus package. But first I want report on three primary issues: First, I want to give [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 19:01:46

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How bloody could the electoral consequences of 2009 budget be?

So after more than a week and a half and a bank holiday the media and the politicians are still coming to terms with the budget aftermath. Taking a quick look at the Red C poll published in the Business Post on Sunday last, it was bad ... by other factors. It should be noted that the FF internal report chaired by Cowen a few years back [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 11:47:43

The Envelope System of Budgeting Posted By : rateempire

The Envelope System of Budgeting Posted By : rateempire Often, when you cash a check through a bank, your money is given to you in a cash envelope ... until the next payday. They physically could look and see how much they had left everytime they shopped ... anticipate large stock price declines if they were to report truthfully, which would cause [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:19:16

PNG budget goes for growth despite financial crisis

The Papua New Guinea Government handed down a PGK7.6 billion (approx.US$3 billion) budget for 2009 yesterday ... and telecommunications. PNG’s Standard and Poor’s credit rating was upgraded in 2007 to B+ for long-term foreign ... impact on service delivery, with anecdotal reports suggesting many districts were unable even to obtain [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 05:44:00

Budgetary Corrections

With Illinois' budget stretched and the outlook for the national economy looking bleaker by the day, ... a dirty urine sample – and aren’t the result of new crimes being committed. To his credit, Gov ... , the Illinois prison system is a giant mess. According to the Pew Center on the States' February report [more...]

Date: 2008-10-20 19:52:36

Dealing with budget problems in different ways

Tales of woe are collecting in the mainstream media at an alarming rate ... is already dripping red ink as detailed in this report in the LA Times. Emergency session may ... on the state are numerous. Revenue is dropping precipitously as the economy falters. The global credit [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 15:49:00

CBO estimate left out hospital exemption; Baucus savings likely lower

The Congressional Budget Office "did not consider that hospitals would be exempt from a Medicare cost-cutting commission in Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus' healthcare overhaul mark, an omission that will slash a conservative $11 billion from $23 billion in savings the commission was expected to produce," CongressDaily reports. [more...]

Date: 2009-10-02 00:08:33

Depression-Loving Republicans and Conservative Allies Sue to Block Budget Solution

Putting their ideology over the best interests of the state, ... the existing tax on fuel and imposing a new fee more than twice as large, a plan that the coalition ... Report Editor Jon Fleischman and KFI radio talk show hosts John Kobylt and Ken Chiampou [more...]

Date: 2009-01-07 00:06:01

California Crime Victim Office Budget Cut Would Be Pennywise and Pound Foolish

By a California Voter and a Victim of Crime [Editor’s note: We rarely publish anonymous articles ... . Children cannot play freely in their neighborhoods. We check our credit reports. We lock our cars [more...]

Date: 2008-07-21 14:25:37

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