welfare expenditure

They keep welfare expenditures low, and thus get less in Federal matching funds.

The first has been to reduce the rate at which welfare expenditure was increasing.

There is very little correlation between economic performance and welfare expenditure.

The plan will initially exceed Wisconsin's current welfare expenditures by about $40 million a year, or 13 percent.

The Federal and state governments have been sharing the costs, several hundred million dollars a year above normal welfare expenditures.

The city does not contribute to welfare expenditures.

Labor budgetary policy separates aged care from other welfare expenditure.

Lower than expected corporate tax revenues and rising welfare expenditure were held to be accountable for the increased projection.

The large share of Medicaid and welfare expenditures mandated by the State is unique among the 50 states.

A major impetus to collection of child support in many places is recovery of welfare expenditure.

If California was allowed to put the policy into effect, it would save less than one-half of 1 percent of its annual welfare expenditure.

One aspect of disorganized capitalism is pressure against general welfare expenditures for those not directly engaged in productive work.

There are other costs associated with illicit drugs, including health care and welfare expenditures for addicts and their children.

In the same period, social welfare expenditures by states and localities dropped from 62 percent to 59 percent of their budgets, the report said.

Workfare adds to that harassment and may end up reducing welfare expenditures only by driving needy women away.

He may recall that it was his party and not mine that cut health and welfare expenditure in the 1970s.

"Much of current welfare expenditure counters this objective.

For Connecticut and many other states, where welfare expenditures and caseloads have dropped in the last two years, this formula appears to be a blessing.

China also urged the United States to apply "common sense" to "cure its addiction to debts" by cutting military and social welfare expenditure.

Treasury concern about the financial consequences of the long-term impact of the steady rise in welfare expenditure and a slow rate of economic growth remained.

"The average blue-collar worker - I know he doesn't exist - but generally they are concerned about the amount of welfare expenditure in the community," he said.

The center also calculated the public cost for five states and two cities for 1989, adding in the welfare expenditures of the states, cities and towns.

I refer to the constant pressure with regard to restricting welfare expenditure, structural reform of the labour market and privatisation of the telecommunications and energy sectors.

That "may be a smart way to reduce caseloads and welfare expenditures," said Clifford Johnson of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

Bavin's attempts to enter federal parliament were thwarted, thrice losing Commonwealth Liberal Party pre-selection, due partly to his support for greater social welfare expenditure.