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BALANCED BUDGET: An equality between the revenues and expenditures that constitute a budget. The notion of a budget is most important for governments, where revenues are taxes and expenditures are assorted public goods, administrative expenses, etc. While the federal government has been notorious for its failure to maintain a balanced budget, except for periods of unexpected prosperity, many state and local governments are very good at this sort of thing.
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THIRD ESTATE Another term for consumers and the household sector. This is one of four divisions of society based on economic function. The other three are government as the first estate, businesses as the second estate, and journalists as the fourth estate.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time at a dollar discount store trying to buy either a birthday greeting card for your grandfather or a weathervane with a cow on top. Be on the lookout for the last item on a shelf.
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Approximately three-fourths of the U.S. paper currency in circular contains traces of cocaine.
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"My philosophy of life is that if we make up our mind what we are going to make of our lives, then work hard toward that goal, we never lose - somehow we win out." -- President Ronald Reagan
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LPG
Liquid Petroleum Gas
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