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BALANCED-BUDGET AMENDMENT: A proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution that would constrain total government spending to be less than or equal to total tax collections. Such an amendment would effectively eliminate the federal deficit, which results when the spending exceeds taxes. The logic behind such an amendment is to prevent discretionary use of fiscal policy, which is often blamed for political business cycles and the resulting problems of inflation and unemployment. It is also touted as a way to limit the size of the Federal government.
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AUTOMATIC TRANSFER SERVICE ACCOUNTS Deposit accounts offered by commercial banks, credit unions, savings and loan associations, and mutual savings banks that automatically transfer funds from interest-paying savings account to checking accounts when needed to process checks or to maintain minimum balances. Automatic transfer service (ATS) accounts effectively function as interest-paying checking accounts and are considered as one type of checkable deposits. Other checkable deposits are demand deposits (standard checking accounts), negotiable order of withdrawal (NOW) accounts, and share draft accounts.
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Today, you are likely to spend a great deal of time waiting for visits from door-to-door solicitors trying to buy either pink cotton balls or a genuine down-filled comforter. Be on the lookout for malfunctioning pocket calculators. Your Complete Scope
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A thousand years before metal coins were developed, clay tablet "checks" were used as money by the Babylonians.
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"Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. " -- Albert Einstein
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PSID Panel Study of Income Dynamics
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