Ryan is talking about spending caps and long-term belt-tightening for the Medicare and Medicaid health programs. ❋ Unknown (2011)
WASHINGTON -- The budget deal agreed to by White House and congressional negotiators Friday night may be built upon the notion of belt-tightening and austerity.... ❋ The Huffington Post News Editors (2011)
A National Aeronautics and Space Administration spokesman said that as part of NASA's belt-tightening, it is "reassessing its current Mars exploration initiatives to maximize what can be achieved scientifically, technologically and in support of our future human missions." ❋ Andy Pasztor (2012)
Somehow I was under the impression that tough times call for more belt-tightening measures, even when it comes to visual displays. ❋ Glen Helfand (2011)
The Irish have so far supported the austerity program but must brace themselves for further belt-tightening despite the economy slumping 1.2% in the second quarter. ❋ Simon Nixon (2010)
The Keynesians are blaming Europe's looming slowdown on belt-tightening governments, as if public spending is the only way to spur economic growth. ❋ Unknown (2011)
The government's junior party, the populist far-right Loas, broke ranks on Friday, refusing to support the belt-tightening. ❋ Unknown (2012)
The Continent needs growth, not just reform and belt-tightening, they argue, and only a surge of stimulus across the entire euro area can achieve it. ❋ Ian Bremmer (2011)
So there will be little by way of belt-tightening as more than 100 tourism ministers make their way to London for the World Travel Market, on 8 November. ❋ Hugh Muir (2010)
While specific plans to cut budgets to reduce public debt are urgently needed, if growth slows markedly more than expected, the IMF recommended that some countries with fiscal room to spare should postpone their planned belt-tightening. ❋ Ian Talley (2010)
It was replaced with a teleconference as Greek political leaders have not given clear pledges on the implementation of the belt-tightening measures. ❋ Min Zeng (2012)
He spent £3,500 on cabs in 2010, which constituted belt-tightening. ❋ Unknown (2012)
Athens's warring political factions have failed to give European leaders clear pledges on how to implement new belt-tightening moves the country's Parliament approved on Sunday. ❋ Javier E. David (2012)
Tensions over Europe's austerity drive bubbled to the surface across the Continent as protesters hit the streets from Brussels to Madrid and a visiting U.S. official urged Europeans to tread carefully on fiscal belt-tightening. ❋ Jonathan House (2010)
Jason Solomons on the belt-tightening measures at the 54th London film festival, the Chemical Brothers's first foray into soundtracks, and rising star Tom Hiddleston's naked ambition ❋ Jason Solomons (2010)
In a letter to the Super Committee, Congressman Howard Berman D-CA, Ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee wrote, In this period of belt-tightening and economic uncertainty, some seem to think that foreign assistance is a luxury we can no longer afford. ❋ Regan Hofmann (2011)
• More evidence that the government remains oblivious to the consequences of belt-tightening. ❋ Unknown (2012)
"It's the deficit, innit?" has become a national mantra; talk about belt-tightening and "tough decisions" has become almost banal. ❋ John Harris (2010)
