China may have rapidly increased outlays on welfare pensions and health, but it has barely scratched the surface.
It expands state oversight of hazardous liquid and natural gas pipelines, increases outlays for safety by $13 billion over several years and improves whistle-blower protections.
Ever the stubborn street fighter, Mr. Chrétien counterattacked with bold moves that left his opponents dazzled, including successfully pushing for ratification of the Kyoto climate control accord and increasing outlays on social programs.
These high-yielding varieties, however, require increased outlays for fertilizer, as well as expanded facilities for storage and distribution, and many developing countries are unable to afford such expenditures.
The rest of the Top 10, in descending order, were: This means that seven of the Top 10 marketers in the third quarter increased outlays for advertising compared with the same quarter a year ago.
With shrinking tax revenues and increased outlays for unemployment compensation and the like, the surplus will evaporate for the duration of the recession.
Increased outlays by businesses likely picked up the slack, he says, but stronger GDP growth in the second quarter will prove a "false bounce".
Government at all levels would more than make up for the increased outlays through the additional payroll and income taxes taken in, not to mention increased amounts in sales taxes and levies on gasoline and utilities.
Orszag was the architect of the fiscal commission and the domestic spending freeze, and the foe of even modest increased outlays on jobs.
