Reducing the Public Debt: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session, on H. R. 1337 [and Other] Bills to Amend the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921, to Provide for Reduction of the Public DebtU.S. Government Printing Office, 1960 - 59 pages Considers H.R. 1337 and related bills, to amend Budget and Accounting Act to make mandatory, except in time of war, two yearly reductions in national debt. |
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... lives of each American citizen . It is time for us to realize the true fact about the significance of this gigantic public debt . It is also important for Congress to recognize the danger inherent in our trend toward the form of ...
... lives of each American citizen . It is time for us to realize the true fact about the significance of this gigantic public debt . It is also important for Congress to recognize the danger inherent in our trend toward the form of ...
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... live on happily is dissipated . " So I say it is time , Mr. Chairman , and members of this committee , that the Members of the Congress begin to give serious consideration , not just by voice , but in voting and in enacting legislation ...
... live on happily is dissipated . " So I say it is time , Mr. Chairman , and members of this committee , that the Members of the Congress begin to give serious consideration , not just by voice , but in voting and in enacting legislation ...
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... live within our means from year to year , but that we must start paying off the national debt . As you know , there is nothing in the law which requires the President to submit a balanced budget . This bill would not have that effect ...
... live within our means from year to year , but that we must start paying off the national debt . As you know , there is nothing in the law which requires the President to submit a balanced budget . This bill would not have that effect ...
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... live on what is left , or if more is needed to find some additional source of income with which to meet these additional needs rather than simply continuing to let the debt mount . I did a little amortization study based upon two ...
... live on what is left , or if more is needed to find some additional source of income with which to meet these additional needs rather than simply continuing to let the debt mount . I did a little amortization study based upon two ...
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... live within its income and yearly earmark 1 percent of what the Nation owes for debt retirement . That would not break any speed records in debt payment . It would in fact take 100 years to do it . But no one can overestimate the ...
... live within its income and yearly earmark 1 percent of what the Nation owes for debt retirement . That would not break any speed records in debt payment . It would in fact take 100 years to do it . But no one can overestimate the ...
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Page 2 - Be it enacted by the Senate and Souse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Arms Control and Disarmament Act Amendments in 1975".
Page 24 - STATEMENT OF HON. JIM WRIGHT, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS Mr.
Page 3 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Vnited States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the Bank Holding Company Act of 1947.
Page 14 - Congress enacted legislation which in part made an appropriation for 1 percent of the entire debt to be set apart as a sinking fund for the payment of the national debt.
Page 57 - The payment of the principal of a debt tends neither to impoverish a nation nor to retard its material development ; but, on the other hand, the maintenance of the principal and the constant payment of accruing interest tend to cripple the productive capacity of any people.
Page 1 - ... ensuing fiscal year" in paragraph (6) "and projections for the four fiscal years immediately following the ensuing fiscal year".
Page 18 - STATEMENT OF HON. ROBERT W. HEMPHILL, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Mr. HEMPHILL. Mr. Chairman, and members of the committee...
Page 4 - ... present high price of fuel has caused them to make a more careful investigation of their pumping costs, with the result that in practically every case it has been found that the saving to be made in one year of operation with electric power will be sufficient to pay for the cost of a new installation. It is estimated that by the end of the next fiscal year the total connected pumping load will be approximately 450 horsepower, which, together with the lighting and power load in the towns where...
Page 58 - ... us, and poor enough to put us on guard. During the 154 years from 1792 through 1945 we have had ninety-three years of net surplus in our national budget and sixty-one years of net deficit. 8. Throughout our history the greatest obstacles to national financial strength, and the most acute dangers of fiscal collapse, have never been the results of inadequate or failing resources, but always consequences of weak financial policies. Increasing national wealth has always enabled us to pay down the...