He said the union also opposed the retirement and health-care changes and has proposed different cost savings.
Obama has proposed to make low-cost health insurance widely available, particularly for children.
The Union of Housing Movements says that it has indeed proposed simple, low-cost schemes, such as one to redevelop the Hotel Sao Paulo.
Mr Obama proposed reforms to reduce the cost of Medicare, a federal healthcare programme for pensioners, but argued "we can't just cut our way to prosperity".
It would create a council of independent experts, appointed by the governor and both parties, who would screen proposed initiatives for sanity and cost.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said Thursday she is willing to lower the amount of the surtaxes if more savings from proposed reforms can cover the cost of the bill.
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But the new budget office analysis does not include the cost of a proposed expansion of the federally funded Medicaid system for low-income families, a proposal expected to add several hundred billion to the tab.
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Mr Clinton added three more criteria: an assessment of the threat America faces, the cost of the proposed system, and its implications for national security, meaning the impact it would have on relations with Russia and with America's allies.
Republicans believe the cost savings from the proposed Medicare changes would be significant in subsequent years.
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He said the proposed changes were "not about cost-cutting but were about improving service delivery and making better use of resources".
Cost savings in the proposed budget will come from reduction in health care and pension costs, two measures that will require additional concessions from unionized workers.
Under the proposed scheme, that text would cost 11 cents.
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The classic theory of deterrence presupposes a calculating evildoer who can evaluate the cost-benefits of proposed actions and will act and forbear from acting on the basis of these calculations.
When it was first proposed, the benefit-to-cost ratio was too slim to persuade the Treasury.
He proposed tax deductions to help pay the cost and said that would benefit millions of people with no insurance.
That is a pretty inexpensive asset protection plan compared to the annual cost to maintain a structure proposed by these presenters.
Plans to end sponsorship of Tranmere Rovers Football Club have been announced in a package of cost-cutting measures being proposed by a council.
We should be looking to use our resources to protect life on earth, plus it would cost a fraction of the proposed lunar mission.
However, it is less widely understood that the PCA also proposed two governmental bodies to broadly apply cost effectiveness research in order to develop guidelines to govern the practice of, and payment for, medical care.
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The other main point of contention is over the potential cost to business of the proposed legislation, which some say will make people pay for the provision of the government's ability to intercept their e-mail.
The president proposed "risk insurance" to mitigate the cost of possible delays in the licensing of new reactors.
Earlier this month, President Barack Obama proposed to tweak the formula for calculating the cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for Social Security recipients.
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Under a scheme of this sort, which some housing experts proposed in 2009, the long-term cost of a housing bailout would have been substantially smaller than its sticker price.
He also proposed a lower flat rate toll to cover the cost of maintaining the bridges.
If the home services are cut, many will not get the care they need, resulting in far more expensive illnesses that will cost taxpayers more money than what the proposed cuts would save.
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Highland Council has proposed increasing charges at some car parks and raising the cost of parking fines.
He said the proposed Thames Tunnel offered "the most timely, comprehensive and cost effective solution" to raw sewage being dumped into the Thames.
And Marmor says the administration's proposed solution to make people more responsible for the cost of their own health care may solve the government's problem, but only by shifting the costs to individuals.
However, Grassley, Enzi and other Republicans in both the House and Senate appear unanimous in opposing a government-funded public health insurance option proposed by Democrats, as well as the broad scope and cost of Democratic proposals.
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