While the total federal deficit was nearly 9 percent of GDP, it topped 10 percent when adding in state and local shortfalls. In fairness, there is one table in the federal budget's historical tables that puts it all together—back on page 340.See … . . . → Read More: What the Federal Budget Doesn’t Tell Us
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Despite widespread demands for the Conservatives to spell out the changes to OAS first mentioned by Prime Minister Stephen Harper last month, Finley said the details will be kept under wraps until the 2012 federal budget, expected in March.See all stor… . . . → Read More: Federal Budget 2012: Save more for retirement, Finley tells youth The top spender in the federal budget, the military, and its wasteful spending. The health insurance monkey on the backs of small business that hamper job creation. The top 400's average income in 2007 was close to $350 million.See all stories on t… . . . → Read More: Federal budget critique ignored these points By Rick Catlin, Islander Reporter The good news for Anna Maria Island's planned 2014-15 islandwide beach renourishment project is that the US Army Corps of Engineers has placed the project in its section of the federal budget, said Charlie Hunsicke… . . . → Read More: Island beach renourishment in federal budget Les Whittington Ottawa Bureau OTTAWA—Next month's federal budget should give Canadians answers to the questions many have been asking since Prime Minister Stephen Harper revealed in faraway Switzerland that the Conservatives want to cut old-age …. . . . → Read More: Federal Budget 2012: Seniors’ poverty could rise with OAS cuts But Bill Foster, Jim Hickey and Juan Thomas disagree on whether defense spending, the war on drugs or creating jobs is the best method to balance the federal budget and pay off federal debt. Thomas, of Aurora, said tackling the deficit will require a …. . . . → Read More: Federal deficit plans differ among 11th Congressional Dems The talk of over bloated federal budget especially in the area of recurrent expenditure did not make much meaning to most MDAs neither did the campaign to reduce the cost of running government. Most MDAs chiefs played Oliver Twist asking for more funds… . . . → Read More: Federal budget defence: Business as usual? But with the two parties poles apart on the federal budget, what we're in for is more of the same. That's unfortunate, because both sides have good ideas for getting the budget under control. They're just unwilling to put aside partisan dog… . . . → Read More: Federal budget wars: Expect more of the same The federal budget provides a mixed bag for commercial fisheries in the coming fiscal year. Based on the preliminary budget released last week, funds for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration went from $4.7 billion to $5.5 billion, …See… . . . → Read More: Federal budget mixed bag for commercial fisheries PHOTO COURTESY USFS/RICHARD SNIEZKO By Summit Voice SUMMIT COUNTY— These are tough times for the federal budget, with all sorts of competing demands for scarce funds, but endangered species will suffer disproportionately under President Barack Obama&… . . . → Read More: Endangered species short-shrifted in federal budget |
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