He has inherited a state hobbled by bad fiscal habits and bills that piled up as hard choices were avoided.
The agricultural economy cannot be sustained with the president's fiscal habits, said Randy Euken, a Romney supporter who farms 2,400 acres of crops and has 150 cows in southwestern Iowa.
The questions about Mr. Giuliani's fiscal habits are, at least in part, tied up in politics: Mr. McCall is contemplating a bid for governor, and another critic, City Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi, is among the list of possible Democratic candidates for mayor.
Before presenting his first budget proposal on Tuesday, Gov. James E. McGreevey promised to end the state's bad fiscal habits of excessive borrowing, profligate spending and reliance on one-time measures to increase state revenues.
Ever-tightening budget constraints pushed NASA into some very bad fiscal habits -- which, Admiral Gehman said, he hopes do not continue as the agency gets the shuttle ready to fly again.
The fear is that, keen to siphon public money into slush funds of their own, they would rather not face a finance minister in the habit of accounting for every naira and allocating funds according to strict fiscal rules.This is a pity, because those good fiscal habits were beginning to reap dividends.
TRENTON — Declaring that New Jersey had reached an irrevocable "turning point" because of years of bad fiscal habits, Gov. Jon S. Corzine proposed a budget on Tuesday that would reduce the state's work force by 3,000 people, close three departments and prune expenses for services including colleges and hospitals.
When you adopt healthy fiscal habits, you're more likely to create wealth.
When it comes to splurging on luxury purchases, it's important to develop good fiscal habits rather than bad, said Pauline Paquin, founder of Reachfinancialindependence.com.com
