“The climate, financial and national security crises are all connected. They share the same cause: Our [the USA's] absurd dependency on foreign oil. As long as we need to spend billions of dollars each year to buy foreign oil from state-run oil companies in the Persian Gulf, our problems of a trade deficit, a budget deficit and a climate crisis will persist.” NeedsYearsLongStatesProblemRunningCausesCompanyShareSecurityCrisisTradeDollarsClimateFinancialConnectedOilBillionsAbsurdBudgetsUsaPersistNational SecurityDeficitDependencyPersianOil CompaniesForeign OilBudget DeficitPersian Gulf Author:Al Gore
“We can become very short-sighted in terms of objectives. The first thing to go during times of economic crisis and budget cuts is funding for things that are essential and not-quantifiable, like the arts. Save Big Bird” FirstsArtBigsTermCuttingEconomicEssentialsBirdCrisisObjectivesBudgetsFundingEconomic CrisisShort SightedBudget CutsBig Bird Author:Julia Stiles
“I understand that everyone around the world has the global economy crisis and the budgets on education are being cut and the first thing to go are the musical or arts programs and I definitely have to disagree with that.” WorldFirstsArtEconomyCuttingProgramCrisisMusicalAround The WorldBudgetsDisagreeGlobal Economy Author:Sean Mackin
“Many flagship state universities have wonderful digital libraries that are accessed by people around the world. In future, if not current, budget crises, trustees, board members, and administrators may wonder why these state institutions - with an articulated primary clientele of students, faculty, and staff members and a secondary clientele of all citizens of the state - should be spending resources on a digital library that is used by many people beyond the primary and secondary service populations.” PeopleIfsWorldShouldMayStatesUsedWonderWonderfulStudentsCitizensMembersResourcesCrisisInstitutionsLibraryUniversityPopulationCurrentsSpendingAround The WorldPrimariesBudgetsBoardsDigitalFacultyStaffAdministratorsTrusteesBoard MembersStaff Members Author:Tom Peters
“You have the refugee crisis triggered by Syria. That's got a lot of costs associated with it. Domestically, budgets are incredibly tight because the economy's not generating the growth that makes for easy trade-offs.” EasyGrowthEconomyCostCrisisTradeBudgetsSyriaRefugeeRefugee CrisisTrade Offs Author:Bill Gates
“Look, the president is elected to lead and to face the country's biggest challenges. The country's biggest challenge domestically speaking, no doubt about it, is a debt crisis, and I'm really hoping that he is going to give us a budget that tackles this debt crisis.” GivingLooksCountryFacesPresidentChallengesDoubtCrisisDebtBudgetsNo DoubtDebt Crisis Author:Paul Ryan
“This debt crisis coming to our country. The wall and tidal wave of debt that is befalling our nation. Medicare and Social Security go bankrupt within ten years, we have a debt that is looming so high that in the last year of President Obama's budget just the interest payments on our debt is $916 billion dollars.” YearsCountryLastsNationsSocialPresidentInterestSecurityWallTenCrisisDollarsWaveDebtBillionsOur CountryBudgetsPresident ObamaLast YearSocial SecurityPaymentMedicareLoomingTidal WavesDebt Crisis Author:Paul Ryan
“The challenges presented by our budget crisis are some of the most difficult we have ever faced. We are - very simply put -adjusting to reality. These times, and our citizens, demand change.” RealityDifficultChallengesCitizensDemandCrisisBudgetsAdjusting Author:Kathleen Blanco
“Several unions have agreed to larger employee contributions for their members. Taxpayers are living with cuts and making sacrifices to deal with the reality of California's budget crisis, state workers are going to have to do the same.” StatesRealityDealsCuttingSacrificeMembersCrisisUnionsWorkersBudgetsCaliforniaContributionEmployeeTaxpayersMaking Sacrifices Author:Jerry Brown