St. Paul, Mn (KROC-AM News) - A newRevenue and Economic Updatefor the State of Minnesota points to continued growth in a projected surplus that has already been estimated at more than $17.4 billion. TheMinnesotaOffice of Management and Budget is reporting that net general fund revenues for...
Wild Oats is a member-owned cooperative grocery based in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It started as a buying club in 1975 and opened its store in 1982 with 100 members. It has a policy of returning its surplus revenue to member-owners, who get annual rebates based on how much they spend t...
Surplus Announced. MN: Budget Surplus Announced.MN: Budget Surplus Announced.The article reports on the November 2011 budget forecast released by Minnesota Management and Budget Commissioner Jim Schowalter.EBSCO_bspGPP eNews
At the rate that the current federal budget surplus is rising, it will reach $200 billion by 2000. Is that good or bad? Some people think that surpluses are always good, and the bigger the better. But the trouble with surpluses is that, by their very nature, they are contractionary. ...
SACRAMENTO —Despite the lack of encouragement from Gov. George Deukmejian, or perhaps because of it, bipartisan pressure is building to return a portion of the state’s budget surplus to taxpayers if it grows substantially beyond the current $1 billion. ...
Reagan’s proposal to end the government’s general revenue-sharing program this year, a year ahead of schedule. Reagan has argued that, at a time of record deficits, the federal government cannot continue to share its revenue with local governments, many of which are running budget surpluses...
Compared to Gore, who proposes spending $115 billion of the federal budget surplus on education over 10 years, Bush’s education proposals total $13.4 billion over five years. “I’m not competing on money,” Bush said. “There’s no way I can possibly outspend Al Gore on any program,...
He would overhaul the nation’s tax structure. She would make it provide more services. He insists there is no big budget surplus. She believes the money is there and should be used to shore up America’s future. Pundits note that Democratic U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein and her Republican...
The unexpectedly rosy projections by the two funds’ trustees could transform the debate on the future of Social Security and Medicare, just as the longest business expansion in American history has wiped out the government’s annual budget deficits and promised surpluses for years to come. ...
While the expected increase in the federal budget surplus projections has raised some hopes the two sides may be able to reach agreement, other signs are more ominous. When Senate Democrats offered a prescription drug plan similar to Clinton’s on Thursday night, it was rejected on a virtually...