But Mr. Thompson described the mayor's overall budget proposal as "prudent" and said that he agreed with Mr. Bloomberg that it was unrealistic to expect the State Legislature to approve most other tax increases in an election year.
We also evaluate some recent policy proposals including prudent debt and liquidity management, capital controls, greater information disclosure, and the efficacy of monetary policy tightening in the midst of crisis.
Honeywell Aerospace, which makes the 6.6-pound transmitters on the 787, said the proposals were "prudent," though it remained "premature to jump to conclusions" about the cause of the fire.
David Berenbaum, chief program officer of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, a housing advocacy group, described FHA's proposals as "prudent". "The burden to the individual borrower is modest and should ensure, overall, that borrowers have access to responsible credit," Berenbaum said in a statement.
Suffolk's elected officials support the proposal as fiscally prudent, though some who backed it have now had second thoughts.
In the Republican presidential race, Gov. George W. Bush of Texas will be able to claim that his big tax cut proposal is more prudent than it looked when the surplus estimate was smaller.
Let's put aside whether or not the original proposal was a prudent one.
I can fully understand how it's hard to make a big deal out of hundreds of citizens attending a public hearing and praising a government proposal to take prudent steps that will strengthen our nation in the long term.
The Senate's top Democratic leaders are in China on what is described as a trade mission, and Carl Kruger of Brooklyn, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has promised to hold hearings only to see whether the proposals "are fiscally prudent and deserve further consideration".
Raise hell when the proposals aren't prudent.
We evaluate the scientific merit and innovation of each proposal carefully, often recognizing prudent risks.
