So he called for a five year freeze on what the US government calls discretionary civilian spending.

Consumers can reduce spending on other discretionary items and use the savings to pay higher gasoline prices.

But now there is talk of how the global crisis is slowing down these economies and killing off discretionary spending.

The budget cuts discretionary spending (other than defense and homeland security) by nearly 1 , and slashes as many as 150 domestic programs.

One hopes that it will soon reach similar levels throughout the developed world, and wherever people can make choices about their discretionary spending.

Although Reagan could not bring down spending on entitlement programs for retirees, America s non defense discretionary spending was reduced by one third, from 4.7 of GDP in the 1980 to 3.1 in 1988.

Nor is Romney s promise to enact immediate cuts in federal discretionary spending by an additional 5 likely to boost job growth, as he asserts.

They were suspicious of executive power, and thought that the president should have rather less discretionary power than the various King Georges of the time.

He also promises an immediate 5 cut in non defense discretionary spending in 2013, on top of the huge cuts already scheduled to take effect.

Worse yet, discretionary non defense spending includes programs that are indispensable for economic growth and economic growth is indispensable for America s future prosperity and global standing.

The discretionary power of executives, in past crises, was curbed by new interventionist institutions constructed on the fly by legislative action.

Under section 417 of the Migration Act, the Minister for Immigration has a discretionary power to substitute a more favourable decision.

At the same time, automatic reductions in the defense budget and discretionary domestic spending agreed to by both Democrats and Republicans in the summer of 2011 will take effect.

All of the spending cuts come from the discretionary part of the federal budget, which excludes Social Security, Medicare, the Medicaid program for the poor, and interest on the national debt.

According to the credit card provider MasterCard, by 2010 China s middle class will number 100 million, each with discretionary spending of 5,590, and 7.5 million affluent people, each with 13,500 to spend.

Discretionary fiscal policy is often clumsy in responding to recession, given the usual lags in legislative and administrative implementation and the politics of pork and special interests surrounding spending and tax decisions.

Many analysts had expected emerging markets to generate exponential growth over the next decade. But now there is talk of how the global crisis is slowing down these economies and killing off discretionary spending.

By focusing on job creation, wage increases, and the social safety net, the 12th Five Year Plan could spark a major increase in discretionary consumer purchasing power.

The administering Power appeared to have no problems spending money to keep Montserrat dependent.

Company cash is not the only source of considerable spending power waiting on the sidelines.

The restored tax rates will, for the foreseeable future, be sufficient to support the US defense establishment, the growing US social insurance system, and a moderate albeit inadequate and suboptimal amount of other discretionary federal spending.

However, those mechanisms should not reflect political or discretionary considerations.

Holes in the social safety net have led to high and rising levels of precautionary saving driving a wedge between increases in labor income and any impetus to discretionary purchasing power.

Today, consumers' global spending power continues to increase, with private consumption expenditures totalling 22.1 trillion in 2004.

Benefits should be expanded and extended for a limited, discretionary period.

The immediate increase in tax rates is only part of the story. At the same time, automatic reductions in the defense budget and discretionary domestic spending agreed to by both Democrats and Republicans in the summer of 2011 160 will take effect.

Judges, especially the President of the Court, have been granted wide discretionary powers.

Temporary special measures such as quotas in the electoral law to promote the participation of women in politics would be possible given the Court's discretionary power to interpret the Constitution in the light of the Convention.

Saudi Arabia s traditional soft power foreign policy tools lavish spending of oil money and da wa, the Call are no longer effective.

The increase in the deficit is the sum of these automatic stabilizers and discretionary programs.

Spending. Obama has dramatically increased spending.

Their increasing spending power, especially on non essential consumer goods and services, is being hailed as the great hope for the global economy.

The decision depends, rather, on the discretionary authority of a minister and thus of the executive.

However, in normal times, the policy recommendations arising from intensified monitoring as well as the ultimate imposition of sanctions will have to continue to rely on the persuasive power of discretionary decisions taken by the EU s Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN).

For instance, the fuel efficiency of every automobile and truck is fixed, and most travel is non discretionary.

Governments should also work to improve tax compliance and reduce evasion, which requires limiting tax officials discretionary authority.

Economically, therefore, the federal budget cushions regional shocks automatically through discretionary action and stabilizing transfers to the states.

Diplomatic protection should continue to be a discretionary right of States and not an international obligation for them.

That restructuring will occur, deficit spending or no deficit spending.

Industry could be safely left in private hands, provided the state guaranteed enough spending power in the economy to maintain a full employment level of investment.

Similarly, Portugal s center right Social Democratic Party has pushed a tough pro austerity line, including tax hikes and spending cuts, since coming to power in 2011.

Participatory budgeting allows citizens to identify, discuss, and prioritize public spending projects, and gives them the power to make real decisions about how money is spent.

Each director has an annual discretionary budget of approximately 40,000, which is allocated for national consultants and other expenses.

The Government currently supports a small number of healing programmes through discretionary grants and other non ongoing funding sources.

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