Sentence examples for bridge the deficit from inspiring English sources

But do the Democrats propose any specific tax increases or spending cuts that might actually bridge the deficit?

From his podium, the Governor was silent on exactly how the state government is going to bridge the deficit, but you can make book that he will fight any tax increases for fear they will push businesses into neighboring states.

More dangerously, the governor has been reduced to raiding the state pension system in her attempts to bridge the deficit in the state budget.In June, the legislature finally approved a cumbersome bond issue which will allow the governor to borrow $2.75 billion over 35 years, the largest loan in state history, from the state pension fund.

An examination of the fine print of the budget documents indicates that Mr Jaitley intends raising substantial revenues through sales of shares in government-owned enterprises to bridge the deficit and fund populist welfare programmes, including a multi-billion dollar rural jobs scheme.

Some minor parties may come to his side, but he remains anathema to most major ones, so he will find it difficult to bridge the deficit.

Although, the FAO/WFP food supply assessment mission identified a substantial food deficit last year, at the time it was envisaged that the Government would be in a position to make commercial imports of 700 000 tons and obtain sufficient quantities of food assistance to help bridge the deficit.

Ralfe told the BBC that bridging the deficit "could conceivably push the company into administration".

Caffeinated by the Tea Party movement and funded by the billionaire Koch brothers, he came into office with a plan to slash taxes and spending while simultaneously creating jobs, stimulating economic growth and bridging the deficit.

At the same time, the administration did not have the political will to force the rich to take the brunt of bridging the deficit, by increasing taxes on their income and improving revenue collection.

Monsignor Fleming and his administrator had been charged with creating the plan to bridge the budget deficit.

The Obama administration's decision this week to grant Pakistan's longstanding request for aerial spy drones (unarmed, at Washington's insistence) should help bridge the "trust deficit".