Targeted Fiscal Assistance for Our Distressed Cities and Towns: Hearing Before the Task Force on Urgent Fiscal Issues of the Committee on the Budget, House of Representatives, One Hundred Second Congress, Second Session, Hearing Held in Washington, DC, June 18, 1992, Volume 4 |
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Page 168 - Council") has found convincing evidence that the quality of America's infrastructure is barely adequate to fulfill current requirements, and insufficient to meet the demands of future economic growth and development.
Page 79 - Robert Greenstein, executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The Center is a non-profit organization that conducts research and analysis on a range of public policy issues, with an emphasis on issues affecting low and moderate income families.
Page 1 - There is no single easy answer to all of these problems. Jobs are part of the answer. They bring the income which permits a man to provide for his family. Decent homes in decent surroundings and a chance to learn — an equal chance to learn — are part of the answer.
Page 96 - ELLWOOD is professor of public policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Page 179 - See Richard P. Nathan, Allen D. Manvel, and Susannah E. Calkins and Associates, Monitoring Revenue Sharing (Washington, DC: The Brookings Institution, 1975), and Paul Dommel, The Politics of Revenue Sharing (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1974), for extensive discussion of the origins of the revenue sharing program.
Page 40 - Well, gentlemen, I do not wish to take up any more of your time and thank you again for the honour you have done to me.
Page 171 - The problem is national in scope, and it is not limited to a region or to any state, • The problem is manageable, if the public sector's capacity to define needs and budget scarce resources is increased. • The problem requires that state and local governments assume basic management and funding responsibilities. The problem requires a predictable and long-term response by the federal government." The examination of infrastructure needs and revenues in this report indicated: For the 23 states...
Page 128 - Conference, the US Conference of Mayors, the National League of Cities, the National Association of Counties, and the International City Managers Association.
Page 179 - Block Grants for Community Development (Washington, DC: US Department of Housing and Urban Development, January, 1977), Chapter 7.
Page 73 - Thank you for the invitation to testify today. I am Robert Greenstein, executive director of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, a nonprofit organization that...