Sentence examples for making our budgets from inspiring English sources

"The value of the dollar is making our budgets shrink because it's worth less than it used to be," Mr. Probst said.

And for years the Democrats have ignored those recommendations and instead increased spending, making our budget plight even worse.

"Especially because they make our budgets so small, that they can only make money," she said.

"We've made our budget as lean as possible, and even beyond that, so any further cuts will have an impact on our students," said John Crowe, the Woodbridge superintendent.

Mr. Dellaverson, whose comments, made in an e-mail message to board members, were distributed by an agency spokesman, said the sudden shortfall "will make our budget adoption next week quite challenging".

"But that's one of the reasons we decided to make our budget transparent and to show where the funds are coming from, to discuss the issues of the finances.

The Celtic housing bubble was more inflated than America's (a lot of those McMansions are half-finished and abandoned), the Celtic banking industry was more reckless in its bets, and Ireland's debts, private and public, make our budget woes look manageable by comparison.

"Those are big-ticket items that allow us to make our budget goals without laying off people," Small said.