revenue. last year we based our budget on an anticipated revenue growth of 3.4 percent. that was in keeping with our pattern of conservative budgeting. so when fiscal year 2014 ended, our actual revenue was 4.8 percent. that differential between what we spent and what we collected is deposited into our rainy day fund. every budget cycle since i have been governor we have added to that fund so that it has increased by 643 percent since i took office. [applause] annual revenue growth, coupled with conservative spending and a growing rainy day fund are positive evidence that georgia is better today than it was last year. since i took office, over 319,000 new private sector jobs have been created in georgia with nearly 93,000 of those coming in the past twelve months. the announcement last week that mercedes-benz usa is moving its north american headquarters to georgia is further evidence that our state will continue to be a leader in job creation. [applause] with job growth come
and now live to london. each week the house of commons is in session we bring you prime minister david cameron taking questions from members of the house of commons live wednesday mornings it on on c-span2. we also invite your participation via twitter using hashtag pmqs. prior to question time members are finishing up other business. and now live to the floor of the british house of commons. i agree with my honorable friend. i think this potential change is a great potential to transform the northern ireland economy which is all restore and recover. private sector employment is up by 51,000 since the election unemployment is down 6000 since the election and the claimant count is down alexander macdonald. thank you very much mr. speaker. you will be aware the strength in the economy requires multiple factors, not just the reduction of tax. does the secretary of state appreciate how critical regional connectiv
the country did issue this essential warning, if you will, for politicians to follow the timetable of the constitution for forming a new parliament. does he mean that that new parliament or that new government shouldn t include maliki? not clear, but he is telling politicians here to stick to the timetable, that s important. as for the chemical weapons, i visited that site with weapons inspectors 12 years ago. when i saw them, those weapons looked the chemical weapons looked pretty much aging and deteriorating, but they could still pose a danger, vx, sarin, mustard gas. remembering some of those people fighting with isis were members of the very same army that filled those stockpiles. kate in. sure sounds like trouble no more how antiquated they are. nic, thanks very much on the ground in baghdad for us to continue this story. though sending special forces to iraq, president obama insists he s still keeping his commitment to not put troops on the ground there. he also is