| Compare this to the discretionary spending available to, say, a family-owned company. |
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| He adds a love of the horse and availability of discretionary spending was keeping interest high. |
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| Since many retirees live on a fixed income, it's also important to create a budget to help decrease discretionary spending. |
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| It will sharply boost military spending, reorder budgetary priorities, and put constraints on discretionary spending for other programs. |
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| In our view, consumers and governments are becoming more cautious, and are likely to reduce discretionary spending. |
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| High-end bicycle sales are still not where we want them to be as consumers remain selective in their discretionary spending. |
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| They had been keeping track of expenses for some time, but enough discretionary spending was getting missed and tipping the balance for them. |
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| The investigation of complaints is the most expensive area of discretionary spending, and must, therefore, bear the brunt of recent budget cuts. |
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| Set a limit on discretionary spending so that the kids' wish lists don't outweigh family necessities. |
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| In an era in which discretionary spending is pinched, most retailers would kill to have this kind of growth. |
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| It's the discretionary spending, where we have this recession down south and all the media that has come north. |
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| Rather than rationalize the tax code, or reform entitlements, the government has taken a cleaver to discretionary spending. |
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| To preserve discretionary spending priorities, we must prevent entitlement spending from crowding out all other budgetary options. |
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| And customers at the lower end of the income skill are struggling to make ends meet, which pinches their discretionary spending. |
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| The Budget Control Act of 2011 and the sequester have cut discretionary spending across the board. |
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| Buying a purebred puppy is the type of discretionary spending that has probably fallen off in recent months and could use a boost. |
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| The decrease was due mainly to reductions in discretionary spending in the selling and marketing areas. |
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| So it's the discretionary spending where we've lost the businesses, and we have to somehow get that back. |
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| Also, are you able to increase your income or cut back on your discretionary spending? |
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| In addition, much of the recent fiscal expansion has resulted from discretionary spending. |
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| The investigation of complaints and ministerial reports is the most costly area of discretionary spending for the Committee. |
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| However, this can lead to pressure for large tax cuts and discretionary spending increases that would worsen the underlying budget balance. |
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| Doing this exercise will help you separate your basic expenses, your discretionary spending, your taxes and your other deductions. |
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| However, the energy price increase is acting like a tax on the consumer, thereby reducing discretionary spending. |
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| To rebalance, opera companies in the short term were the most likely to reduce or freeze administration salaries as well as reduce travel to conferences, often a source of discretionary spending. |
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| Like most families, we try to keep a tight rein on discretionary spending. |
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| Republicans said that their cuts, prorated for the balance of the fiscal year, still fulfilled their campaign pledge to reduce to 2008 levels the government's discretionary spending on everything other than national security. |
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| In many regions of the world, there has been an increase in wealth and disposable income, which has led to increased discretionary spending on cultural activities and products. |
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| Little is left for discretionary spending. |
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| That's the essence of discretionary spending. |
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| It's all about pleasure and discretionary spending. |
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| Internet traffic is likely to be related to more variable factors such as consumer discretionary spending on entertainment, the adoption of e-business and other on-line activities. |
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| Companies are currently facing major economic challenges during this past year and discretionary spending has generally been funneled to winter sports in support of Canada's Winter Olympians. |
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| This introduces an important aspect of business in our western world: the average consumer can buy so many things that he has become a person with great discretionary spending power. |
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| His budget promises that discretionary spending the money that Congress appropriates on an annual basis will rise by less than the rate of inflation over the next five years. |
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| Finally, we are continuing to exercise prudence in discretionary spending. |
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| Indeed, in the view of the Task Force, funding for the RCMP has become so complex and categorized by the Treasury Board that discretionary spending by the RCMP leadership has been reduced to almost zero. |
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| If discretionary spending above the cap or increases in legislated spending were being proposed, offsetting across-the-board cuts in non-exempt spending would have to be implemented. |
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| Perot would cut federal discretionary spending by 15 percent, chopping items that range from the space station to the Rural Electrification Administration. |
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| Nervous consumers and business executives put off discretionary spending. |
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