A possible limitation is that, although CFA was developed to study the structure of a proposed measure, it is often criticised because of the fit indices and their vague cut-off values [ 32].
In their Pledge to America, Congressional Republicans have used the old trick of promising specific tax cuts and vague spending cuts.
Although Trump did unveil a fiscal plan that adheres to the precepts of "voodoo economics" — big tax cuts combined with vague spending cuts — he barely ever mentions it, and generally gives the impression that he ordered it up like a takeout meal.
In 1981, the Reagan White House presented Congress with a budget plan that claimed to showcase its success of significantly cutting federal spending by hiding vague, unspecified cuts in the small print of various budget documents.
It conjures a world of free lunches — unlimited Medicare, vague spending cuts, low taxes and balanced budgets.
But fiscal stimulus has gotten a bad name and is being denounced in the current campaign, as Republicans bemoan budget deficits and demand (vague) spending cuts.
The Germans do not want to finance others in Europe and demand austerity, while the French are unhappy about pension reform and coming, if still vague, budget cuts.
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The government has been criticised for using Wednesday's budget to announce vague commitments to cut back on operational efficiencies across Whitehall but today's cuts are 2% or more above those contained in the budget and have been identified by the year-long Total Place research led by the former permanent secretary Sir Michael Bichard.
When Hubbard eventually gets to laying out Romney's alternative, there is nothing new either, just a reiteration of the existing policy plaform: a vague promise to cut federal spending and reduce the budget deficit, an even vaguer plan to cut taxes but in a "revenue-neutral fashion," and a commitment to repeal Obamacare and Dodd-Frank.
Vague promises to cut spending in a campaign Newsday's editorial page called "idea free".
