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...According to Cambridge Energy Research Associates, our monthly expenses on gasoline amounted, on average, to only 3.8% of total household budget in 2006. Yet amid all the confusing data on the state of the U.S. economy, what we spend at the local service station is the most tangible way for consumers to measure the value of their dollar...
...Tokyo, for its part, points to China's rapidly increasing military spending, which rose nearly 18% to reach $45 billion officially this year-even as Japan's own defense budget, for all of Abe's posturing, has remained virtually flat. The point is that while both nations want what one Tokyo official calls a "future-oriented relationship," the future will likely find them on opposite strategic sides. That doesn't mean they can't be good neighbors-good fences and all that-but we can expect friction...
...Budget showdowns have a way of inspiring leaders to predict national calamity should their side not prevail. In 1995, some Clinton allies warned that the elderly would be forced to eat dog food if the government shut down. Now President Bush and Republicans warn that troops are at risk of assorted deprivations because Democrats passed House and Senate funding bills tied to withdrawal from Iraq in 2008. Bush is sure to veto them. He's right that without congressional funding, military operations would eventually have to be scaled back. But calamity is not exactly imminent. The nonpartisan Congressional Research Service...
...This year has been a very tight budget year in the GSAS,” Skocpol said...
...band capable of feuding with badass Matchbox Twenty is clearly deserving of some importance. “I guess Akon and Jay-Z were booked,” reasons Brian S. Panoff ’98. “But I suspect they don’t have the budget for anything other than lame.” Probably not. Sexy only comes back at a high price, and it’s not like this institution has billions of dollars at its disposal. So embrace your inner 90s freak and get ready to rock...