In a first phase, reforms were mostly aimed at cushioning the impact of the crisis on employment; in a second phase, reforms aimed at increasing the adjustment capacity of labour markets (EPL, working time, wage setting) became more frequent, while reforms reducing the labour taxation or raising entitlements became less frequent in light of tightening budget constraints.
Expand nuclear power generation, raise the entitlement age for new workers and tax gasoline if the price drops.
In England, the need to cut spending has sparked debate over whether to raise the entitlement age for free bus travel from 60 to 65.
Scheinmann founded his production company, No Regrets Entertainment, just as the market crashed and says that he wanted to address how young people, raised on entitlement and consumer culture, would face the wake-up call of the Great Recession.
If both sides had stuck to their principles, we could have raised more revenue, strengthened entitlements, and raised the debt ceiling all at once.
Mr. Boehner's offer to do away with tax breaks in exchange for cutting entitlements raises no new revenue.
Mr Alexander confirmed plans to raise the pension entitlement age for state sector staff to 66 by 2020 and to increase the pension contributions of most workers.
reduction commission, who is still trying to build support for a framework to raise taxes, overhaul entitlement programs and rein in the national debt.
When he was asked at a town-hall-style meeting in Connecticut in April whether he wanted to "raise taxes, cut entitlement spending, cut defense spending, or have a deficit," Mr. McCain spoke generally about emulating President Reagan, not mentioning that the deficit nearly tripled during the Reagan presidency.
The Capitol Hill meeting was designed as a follow-up to two recent dinners President Obama hosted for Senate Republicans in search of a "caucus of common sense" that could agree on a plan to raise taxes, cut entitlement spending and replace sharp automatic cuts known as the sequester.
We raised the military spending, took from entitlements, and raised domestic spending and the deficit will explode under this.
