"Where the big money is lost," he added, "is in starting programs and stopping, cutting the budget and then raising it, slowing and then accelerating programs, setting requirements and then revising them".
Oil revenue from PDVSA made up as much as half of the country's budget; Chávez now used this oil revenue to fund ambitious social welfare programs, setting Venezuelan oil prices so low that domestic consumption skyrocketed.
Now, an overcrowded system leaves tens of thousands of lower-income residents without access to full-day programs, setting back the early education of a generation, Mr. de Blasio argues.
Wake's current diversity policy judges family income by the number of students on government lunch programs, setting consequences for any school where at least 40 percent of students require free or reduced-price lunches.
Congress gave final approval tonight to a $1.87 trillion Republican budget outline for next year that includes tax reductions and cuts in many domestic programs, setting up an election-year showdown with Democrats over how the nation should put its current prosperity to use.
Democrats will demand that any lifting of those caps for the military be matched by a higher ceiling for domestic programs, setting the stage for a legislative logjam or a showdown over whether to preserve the parliamentary stalling tactic known as the Senate filibuster.
