...A Rebuttal to "Democrat Budget Proposal is Unrealistic" The budget deficit of the United States has exceeded over $1 trillion and debate is raging over how to reduce the budget deficit without further negative impacts on the economy, business, and jobs. As the federal government approaches the borrowing limit of $14.3 trillion, the Democrat argument is to raise the debt ceiling in order to allow for continued borrowing and meet current financial obligations or default on its debt or risk financial collapse as a result of decreased creditor confidence (Toomey, 2011). Republicans have countered that they will not allow debt ceiling increases without substantial cuts in spending and without increases in taxes (Toomey, 2011). The article, “Democrat Budget Proposal is Unrealistic,” posted on www.caldwellteaparty.org, provides as its’ central thesis that government spending should be decreased to 2008 levels and claims that the current Democrat-led administration as having “recorded and performed the most gargantuan, massive, unconscionable, ruinous, explosive, erratic, careless, extreme, astronomical increase of the deficit EVER in U.S. History” (snaketread, 2011, para. 7). This article is examined and a rebuttal provided to its various claims. Analysis and Rebuttal The central thesis of the article is that government spending should be reduced to 2008 levels and that the recent budget deficit issue is the result of gross overspending of the current administration’s policy...
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...A Rebuttal to "Democrat Budget Proposal is Unrealistic" The budget deficit of the United States has exceeded over $1 trillion and debate is raging over how to reduce the budget deficit without further negative impacts on the economy, business, and jobs. As the federal government approaches the borrowing limit of $14.3 trillion, the Democrat argument is to raise the debt ceiling in order to allow for continued borrowing and meet current financial obligations or default on its debt or risk financial collapse as a result of decreased creditor confidence (Toomey, 2011). Republicans have countered that they will not allow debt ceiling increases without substantial cuts in spending and without increases in taxes (Toomey, 2011). The article, “Democrat Budget Proposal is Unrealistic,” posted on www.caldwellteaparty.org, provides as its’ central thesis that government spending should be decreased to 2008 levels and claims that the current Democrat-led administration as having “recorded and performed the most gargantuan, massive, unconscionable, ruinous, explosive, erratic, careless, extreme, astronomical increase of the deficit EVER in U.S. History” (snaketread, 2011, para. 7). This article is examined and a rebuttal provided to its various claims. Analysis and Rebuttal The central thesis of the article is that government spending should be reduced to 2008 levels and that the recent budget deficit issue is the result of gross overspending of the current administration’s policy...
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...BUDGET PROPOSAL Management Accounting I CYNTHIA WIEM [00000011168] JULVIANI [00000011326] KEVIN [00000011144] MARIANI [00000011181] MICHAEL [00000011316] YULI H. SIREGAR [00000011391] UNIVERSITAS PELITA HARAPAN Class: A3 Lecturer: Ms. Yenny Martok Submission Deadline: July 23rd, 2015 Accounting Major 2015 ABSTRACT XYZ Ltd is a newly established company which specializes in lip care, thus our newest product is a lip balm called Naturél Tinted lip balm. It is, like other lip balms, used as a preparation to be applied on lips to soothe sore or cracked lips, but not just that. It also has the ability to revive the dead skin on lips back into its natural color. The main difference of our product is that our lip balms are 100% natural. XYZ Ltd aims to make this product knownworldwide and be the leading company in producing a lip balm using only natural ingredients. Therefore, the objectives are using various social media to market our product and relentlessly continue researching on the newest and more effective natural ingredients. As we know, one of the objectives of a company is to market its product and to be able to reach the desired profit, we must be able to do budgeting, a process in which we estimate our expense and income in selling a product so that we can prevent the possibility of debt. In this project, budgeting functions as “planning” stage in marketing our lip balm. Planning is the initial and important step in management. The expected benefit...
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...Given a description of a new business, new product, service or project develop, present and defend the budget. C. Project Activity Overview – Scenario / Summary: You have been asked to create a budget proposal for one of these businesses: Papa Geo’s Restaurant, The Cutting Edge Landscaping, or Wireless World Electronics Retail Store. This week you will begin working on the proposal by drafting the Executive Summary. Use the Budget Proposal Template.docx. D. Deliverables: Save the first paragraph of Section 1.0 Executive Summary Draft as YourName_Project_WK1.docx and upload to the Week 1 Project Dropbox. E. Project Tasks: Task 1: | Download the Budget Proposal Template.docx from DocSharing. | Task 2: | Download the Course Project Description.docx. from DocSharing. | Task 3: | Review the three different business scenarios. | Task 4: | Select the business for which you will create a budget proposal. | Task 5: | Draft the first paragraph of the Section 1.0 Executive Summary. | Task 6: | Save the Draft and submit to the dropbox. | F. Grading Criteria | Description | Suggested Points | The business is briefly described in one paragraph. | 3 | The business description is in your own words. | 3 | The business description appears in the Executive Summary section of the Budget Proposal Template. | 2 | The business description is one of the three businesses described in the business profiles...
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...Design and Budget Paper University of Phoenix COMM/301 In most businesses a request for proposal is a part of creating new revenue, business, resolving problems, and building business relationship. However, the budget is the most imperative portion of a proposal. The client or buyer is going to inquire about the bottom line, and even question or challenge how this cost was produced. Therefore, creating a sound budget is vital to receiving an approval on a request for proposal. The next process is to know which proposal should be presented to the client or buyer. The four budget types which can be presented are an Itemized budget, non-itemized budget, fixed budget, or a flexible budget. The following dissertation will compare the contrast the four principles budgets. Then conclude which budget will be more applicable to present to the client at Nickels Security Company. Nickels Security Contract The Nickels Security Company is requesting, the hire of security officers to work at a new facility being built. The requirement is to have three (3) areas secured during, a 24 hour a period, seven (7) days per week. Nickels Security, is willing to pay up to 15.00 hour during this six (6) month time frame. Our job is to present a budget which will entice Nickels Security Company to love the budget that we present. An itemized budget would fit this type of project because; we can itemize every item i.e, labor, uniforms, or equipment. In using this process, Nickels Security could...
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...Assignment Defining the Purpose and the Problem When Writing Proposals Paper (UOP) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Identify the purpose and the problems that are the basis for the request for proposal (RFP). Write a 700- to 1,050-word RFP on your own, once you have identified the purpose and the problems. You may use a problem or scenario from your own work environment or a fictional scenario to write your RFP. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. ---------------------------------------------------------- COMM 301 Week 1 DQs (UOP) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com What are a few of the benefits to writing a current situation into a proposal? What are some of the possible underlying problems and opportunities to the standard proposal? How do useful strategies of proposal development help reveal possible opportunities within a proposal? ---------------------------------------------------------- COMM 301 Week 2 Assignment Design and Budget Elements of Proposal Paper ONLY (UOP) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Choose a proposal type. Prepare a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper selecting one of the following elements in budget proposals: Itemized budget Non-itemized budget Fixed budget Flexible budget Compare and contrast the four principles of design and discuss which principle would be most applicable for your proposal style and budget element. ---------------------------------------------------------- ...
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...ORLEANS 2013 Budget Proposal October 29th, 2012 10/29/2012 Mayor’s Office of Communications 2013 Budget Presentation • Background • Performance Management/Review of Improvements • 2013 Budget Proposal 2 2013 Budget Proposal Funding Cuts at the State and Federal level are posing significant budgeting challenges for municipalities across the U.S. ● Nearly 48% of cities plan to reduce workforce this year ● Los Angeles predicts over 200 City jobs will be eliminated due to budgetary challenges ● San Bernardino closing all but one library and reducing 100 jobs including Police and Fire positions ● The State of Louisiana is not meeting its obligation to fund District Attorney, Indigent Defender, or mental health We must continue to take action to be smart about how we get smaller 3 2013 Budget Proposal The Landrieu Administration addressed an inherited $97M spending gap Budget Comparison $550M 2009 Expenditure $528M 500 110 450 $431M $97M Gap 400 418 431 Gap Recurring Revenue 2010 350 300 2009 Note: One-time revenue sources not included in chart 4 2013 Budget Proposal First step to eliminating gap was to reverse the spending trend Annual Expenses $550M $528.0M $496.0M 500 $483.0M $479.9M $477.8M* $50.2M Difference 450 400 350 *= Proposed $477.8M expenditure does not include $13.4M appropriation to fund balance. Including fund balance contribution, the City is proposing a budget of $491.4M in...
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...Steps to Writing a Grant Proposal HSM/270 September 3, 2012 Steps to Writing a Grant Proposal Writing a grant proposal is an important aspect of the human service field. Grant proposals enable new programs to find funding. Grants provide funding to organizations and programs which does not need to be paid back. The money is provided for a specific project and for a certain time frame. In order for an agency to receive funding through a grant they must submit a grant proposal. The first step to writing a grant proposal is to find an organization which has the same mission. The grantor must have a request for funding opportunities published. The organization seeking the funding should then submit an application for a grant proposal. Once the application to submit a grant proposal is submitted and approved the agency will be notified of the deadline in which the grant proposal must be turned in by. The first part of a grant proposal is the abstract. The abstract may range in lengths depending on what information the grantor requires. The abstract provides a summary of the grant proposal and should include a description of the problem or need, target population, the cost of the program, and how the program will be evaluated. This is also where the organization will be introduced and state how the program meets the requirements set by the funding organization. The abstract should be carefully written and contain any key information needed. Many times the abstract is the...
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...M E M O R A N D U M TO: Gail B. Wright, DBA, CPA FROM: Sara Torocco and Rexhina Elezi RE: Federal Budget Proposals DATE: October 2, 2012 This memorandum analyzes the federal budget proposals currently being debated. Detailed information related to the components of budgets is also provided. Focusing mostly on the issue of Medicare, this memo identifies how Medicare will change in future years. The following compares and contrasts the overall budgets and Medicare budgets for each of the federal proposals, and also presents an argument against Congressman Ryan’s proposed Medicare budget. U.S “On-Budget” Surplus and Deficit Historical Data Presented below is the United States surplus and deficit data according to the historical tables provided by the Office of Management and Budget. * The United States on-budget has ran a deficit for the majority of the years between 1990 and 2011. * The years 1999 and 2000 both ran a surplus on-budget. * See chart no. 1, page 6. Federal Government “Off-Budget” Financing * Federally owned and operated entities that are off-budget do not affect the federal budget. The revenues and expenditures of these organizations are not included in the calculation of the federal deficit or surplus. * When the off-budget entities have a surplus, the Federal Government can borrow the money. The surplus in the Social Security Trust Funds is a large source of borrowing for the Federal Government (Penner, 2007)...
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...INTRODUCTION: The budget preparation phase starts with the Development Budget Coordination Committee (DBCC). It is headed by the DBM Secretary and its members are the Secretary of Finance, the NEDA Director-General, and the Bangko Sentral Governor, with the Office of the President for general oversight. The NEDA provides the over-all macro-economic assumptions with which budgetary levels are to be determined. They involve the projected Gross National Product (GNP) real growth rates, inflation rates, 91-day treasury bill rates, the London Interbank Offered Rates (LIBOR) rates, foreign exchange rates, population growth, and other economic parameters. The Department of Finance (DOF), the Bureau of the Treasury, the Bureau of Internal Revenue and the Bureau of Customs help the DBCC in determining the sources of financing. They project the revenues that will be generated for the budget year as well as the borrowings that may have to be tapped. The DBCC determines the overall economic targets, expenditure levels, the revenue projection, deficit levels and the financing plan. It submits them to the President and the Cabinet for approval. Once these are approved, the DBM issues the Budget Call. This requires agencies to prepare their budgets in accordance with the said guidelines, macro-economic assumptions, and ceilings. The DBM spells out guidelines, procedures, and timetables. Agencies undertake their own internal consultations. They rank programs, projects and activities using...
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...Steps to Writing a Grant Proposal Holly Regan HSM/270 June 8, 2014 Fedder Williams Steps to Writing a Grant Proposal Grant proposals are a crucial element within a human service organization for new programs to find and request financial funding from grantors. These grants come from a variety of sources which are usually to fund a specific target population program within an allotted time frame. For an organization to receive funding they must write and submit a grant proposal. A grant proposal is a written presentation of a program plan that is comprised of several different elements or components that include an abstract, table of contents, specific aims/background and significance/needs and problem statement, target population, approaches and methods, long and short-term goals, process/outcome and impact objectives, activity plans/scheduling (timeline), evaluation plan, agency capacity and project management, and a budget/budget justifications. The first step is to find an organization that shares the same mission with a published request for funding opportunities written by the grantor, also called an RFP (request for proposal) or RFA (request for application). Applicant agencies or organizations are given about six to eight weeks to respond to the RFP/RFA which details all major important information such as due dates, funding focus, eligibility, and the program type the grantor wishes to fund. Part one of the grant proposal is the table of contents. The table...
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...Steps to Writing a Grant Proposal Holly Regan HSM/270 June 8, 2014 Fedder Williams Steps to Writing a Grant Proposal Grant proposals are a crucial element within a human service organization for new programs to find and request financial funding from grantors. These grants come from a variety of sources which are usually to fund a specific target population program within an allotted time frame. For an organization to receive funding they must write and submit a grant proposal. A grant proposal is a written presentation of a program plan that is comprised of several different elements or components that include an abstract, table of contents, specific aims/background and significance/needs and problem statement, target population, approaches and methods, long and short-term goals, process/outcome and impact objectives, activity plans/scheduling (timeline), evaluation plan, agency capacity and project management, and a budget/budget justifications. The first step is to find an organization that shares the same mission with a published request for funding opportunities written by the grantor, also called an RFP (request for proposal) or RFA (request for application). Applicant agencies or organizations are given about six to eight weeks to respond to the RFP/RFA which details all major important information such as due dates, funding focus, eligibility, and the program type the grantor wishes to fund. Part one of the grant proposal is the table of contents. The table...
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...PROJECT PROPOSAL 1.0 Introduction This paper will give the meaning of a project proposal. It will also give the importance of a project proposal. In addition it will give the characteristics of a good proposal and finally go into the details on the components of a project proposal. 2.0 Definition. 2.1 Project proposal A project proposal is a detailed description of a series of activities aimed at solving a certain problem (NEBIU 2002). In order to be successful, the document should provide a logical presentation of a research idea; illustrate the significance of the idea. Project proposals are documents designed to present a plan of action, outline the reasons why the action is necessary, and convince the reader to agree with and approve the implementation of the actions recommended in the body of document. Generally the project proposal should outline the task at hand and how it is to be accomplished by giving details of methods its background, what is already known and how facts will be gathered and analyzed. 3.0 COMPONENTS OF A PROPOSAL 1. Cover/ Title Page The name of the project is formal because it is to be used in coding or filling. This consists of the title, applying agency, motto, project duration and amount of requested financial assistance. The title covers main areas/focus/target and needs to be coherent/ consistent with the project description. States the title of the project, your institution’s name, address, phone, contact person, the name of the person/organization...
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...1. Be able to analyze the financial data Finance: It is the study of the management of the funds. Key domains of financing are: * Business finance. * Private finance (personal loan). * The public finance. Finance deals with the savings of money and frequently deals with the lending matters. The field of the finance offers with the time concepts, money, the risk and how they are secured. It takes care of how money used in budgeting. The one of the main source of the financing is through individuals and organizations that deposit or invest money. The banks issue money to other natural or lawful people for the expenditure and charge interest. Why the businesses need the financing Commencement of a new business A business needs a financing to buy the equipment, machinery and to spend on personnel. Money will be so necessary to cover the routine functioning expenses. Finance for the expansions of production capacity As growing a business, it has to be able to produce a newer technology and the machinery and to reduce costs and to live a day competitors. To develop product and to market the products A business has to spend money for the development and marketing of products. To enter in newly market Whenever ventures grow, they sell its products on new business markets. It can be new geographic areas to sell or types of customers. That costs money in a way of investigation and of marketing, for example advertising campaigns and the creation of...
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...Republic of Sudan Federal Ministry of Health Health Research Council The National Technical Advisory Committee |GUIDELINES FOR PREPARATION OF A RESEARCH PROPOSAL | 2007 I. PROPOSAL FRAMEWORK The proposal should include the following sections: title, introduction (background, statement of problem and rationale), objectives, methodology (study design, population, sample size, sampling technique, and instruments of data collection, ethical considerations, and methods of data analysis), budget, organization (work plan and time frame), references and annexes. II. INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS Research is systematic, scientific and methodological approach to search for basic facts related to a specific problem aiming to find solutions based on these facts. II.1. Selection of a topic The first step for one intending to do a research work is the selection of the research topic. It is of most importance that the topic should be a priority problem that goes with the national priority research agenda, which may affect a greater number of people or a serious problem being identified by managers or decision-makers. The originality of the work is required unless there is a gap in the previous works. The repetition of works results only in wastage of resources. It is preferred that the selected topic to be relevant to the researcher’s interest and in line with his/her personal and departmental...
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