In August 2015, China’s fiscal spending jumped 33% from the year before. For the first eight months of 2015, government spending is up 14.8%. There are early signs that this is helping the economy with property sales and construction increasing from one year earlier.
40% Yes |
60% No |
36% Yes |
49% No |
3% Yes, and eliminate federal agencies that are unconstitutional |
5% No, cuts to public spending will negatively affect the economy |
1% Yes, but by drastically reducing the benefits and salaries of government officials |
2% No, increase taxes on large multinational corporations instead |
0% Yes, and increase taxes |
2% No, reduce military spending instead |
1% No, increase taxes on the wealthy instead |
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0% No, reduce the number of government officials instead |
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0% No, focus on ending tax evasion instead |
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Germany froze public spending for the rest of the year after a court declared the government’s spending plans unconstitutional, dealing a blow to Europe’s recovery and efforts to beef up its defenses and reduce carbon emissions.The court decision is likely to widen the economic speed gap between Europe, whose economy has stagnated for over a year, and the U.S., which grew at an annualized 5% in the three months through September, turbocharged by massive fiscal stimulus. Berlin’s decision to freeze all federal spending for the rest of the year came after the court defunded the government’s 60 billion euro—the equivalent of more than $65 billion—green-transition project. The court said Berlin couldn’t repurpose unspent credits originally earmarked to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic to fund environmental and energy projects. It said Berlin was bound by the country’s constitutionally enshrined fiscal rules that limit budget deficits to 0.35% of gross domestic product in normal times.
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