As Ackerman notes, "Budgets -- even fantasy ones -- are statements about priorities.
In addition, participants noted budget constraints (10%), disinterest by students (12.8%), apathy on the part of their colleagues (28%), and difficulty in finding time to implement - either in the preexisting curriculum or their own schedules (20.5%).
The Paris-based thinktank notes the budget deficit has been "significantly reduced since the peak of 2009, but at a slower pace recently notably as growth has been insufficiently tax-rich".
But the ASA is only patchily effective: Chris Goodall of Enders Analysis, a media research company, notes that budget airlines are frequently told to amend their adverts only to sin again.
The liberal Economic Policy Institute noted, "No budget is perfect," but applauded the president's stab at tax reform.
Fitch Ratings lowered the state's bond rating, noting the budget impasse, meaning that it will be more expensive for the state to borrow money.
In addition, she noted that budget negotiations in Congress could lead to cuts in student aid programs while the share of students that depend on government help continued to rise.
Hockey said he remained hopeful the Senate would pass the higher education reforms this month, and he noted the budget challenge of the treasurer being expected "to do more with less".
In a brief, rare public appearance with Mr. Bush this morning, he promised to be a "tight-fisted custodian of the people's money," and then noted that budget director "is not the easiest job in government".
Despite the "sophistication of its leading multinationals," Vivendi Universal and Carrefour among them, the report noted that budget deficits of 3.7% of GDP, restrictive labor laws and perceptions of government waste have all "battered the confidence of the business community".
She noted that budget constraints could hinder the law's effectiveness.
