Sentence examples for any significant cuts from inspiring English sources

"It's hard to see any significant cuts taking place".

That assessment put him on a collision course with congressional Republicans, who say any significant cuts would undermine America's ability to deter aggression.

Federal officials said President Bush would not propose any significant cuts in payments to hospitals under Medicare, the health program for the elderly.

Despite a deficit of more than $3 billion, Mr. Kruger has threatened to block any significant cuts to health care and education, the biggest spending areas in the budget.

Furthermore, the list of cuts -- in child nutrition, medical care for children, child-care assistance and support for foster care and adoption (leave no child behind!) -- was clearly designed to suggest that the budget can be balanced on the backs of the poor, without any significant cuts in programs that benefit the middle class.

The truth, of course, is that the vast bulk of entitlement spending goes to the elderly, the disabled, and working families, so any significant cuts would have to fall largely on people who believe that they don't use any government program.

"Any significant cut in aid would be devastating," said Abraham M. Lackman, president of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities, an association representing more than 100 private colleges and universities in New York State.

The "roar" and "popular political crusade" that Frederick R. Lynch calls for in "How AARP Can Get Its Groove Back" (Op-Ed, June 24) appear to be only a slightly veiled call on the elderly to resist any and all significant cuts to Social Security and Medicare.

To the Editor: The "roar" and "popular political crusade" that Frederick R. Lynch calls for in "How AARP Can Get Its Groove Back" (Op-Ed, June 24) appear to be only a slightly veiled call on the elderly to resist any and all significant cuts to Social Security and Medicare.

QUESTION FROM HOWARD E. BOND: How does he compartmentalize his brain to the extent that he (a) wants to cut Federal debt, (b) wants a huge tax cut for the super-wealthy, and (c) cannot name any specific significant cuts in Federal spending?

Medicaid, which finances health care for more than 50 million people, "is more at risk of significant cuts than any other entitlement," said Ellen Nissenbaum, a lobbyist for the liberal-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.