Sentence examples for realistic deficit from inspiring English sources

During the past week, however, the International Monetary Fund's latest economic report suggested that 6 percent was a more realistic deficit target for this year, given Spain's economic slowdown.

As treasurer, I encouraged mayors Kwame Kilpatrick and Dave Bing to submit realistic deficit-cutting plans.

But staying resolute about the need for a great deal of new revenue, and being realistic about deficit goals, would add up to a good beginning.

However, in most of these proposals, the applied auditory model is not sufficiently detailed to provide adequate options for implementing realistic hearing deficits.

Under more realistic assumptions, the deficit projections are cause for alarm.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a liberal-leaning research institution, said a more realistic figure for deficit savings was $900 billion.

I'm also supporting Unison's Million Voices campaign, which shouts out about the importance of our public services and shows that the country has an alternative to massive spending cuts – being more realistic about our deficit, cutting the costs of consultants, expensive internal market mechanisms and wasteful private involvement.

There is no realistic compromise on deficit reduction which does not include a substantial contribution from the Pentagon.

The only certainty is that nonwar military spending will have to be drastically reduced to leave room for unexpected military missions and to make deficit reduction realistic.

On Monday, we will present a budget that uses realistic assumptions to reduce deficits each year and achieve balance by 2012.

Yet the four remaining contenders for the Republican nomination are competing for primary votes, in part, with proposals that would – under realistic assumptions – worsen the budget deficit and further increase the dangers associated with excessive federal government debt.