Sentences with phrase «increasing federal subsidies»

Increasing Federal subsidies would further burden taxpayers.

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Morneau said nine out of 10 recipients of child benefits would do better under the new program than they were previously; a family of two children earning $ 90,000 per year will get a tax - free bonus of $ 5,650 per year from the federal government, an increase of $ 2,500 per year compared with Harper's child - subsidy regime.

The commission recommended several reforms including reforming civilian and military retirement programs, reducing agricultural program spending, eliminating in - school subsidies in federal student loan programs, and giving the Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation the authority to increase premiums.

Under current law, the individual mandate and its associated penalties increase federal deficits by encouraging people to obtain subsidized coverage — through Medicaid, the health insurance marketplaces established under the ACA, or employment - based plans (which receive indirect subsidies to the extent that premiums for that coverage are excluded from taxable compensation).

If that tax rate is reduced to 33 percent, the after - tax of the donation would increase to $ 67 because the federal subsidy for giving falls from $ 39.60 to $ 33.

Further, according to analyst projections, eliminating CSR payments would also result in a net increase in federal costs of $ 2.3 billion2 for fiscal year 2018 as the result of the increased benchmark premium also increasing the premium subsidies.

It could do so by requiring school districts that charge lower prices to increase prices gradually so that, when combined with the federal subsidy provided for such meals, they eventually at least equal the federal reimbursement level for free meals.

There is strong resistance in the government to subsidy increases, which is understandable to an extent — no member of Congress wishes to advocate an increase of billions of dollars in federal spending.

The National School Lunch program exists to serve low - income children (those receiving federal meal subsidies), and among that group, participation has actually increased.

The increase brings Amtrak's federal subsidy to $ 1.495 billion.

(White Plains, NY)-- In an effort to protect child care subsidies for low - income families, the Westchester County Board of Legislators (BOL) approved new legislation and two resolutions tonight aimed at stopping County Executive Robert P. Astorino and the Westchester County Department of Social Services (DSS) from increasing the family contribution to daycare expense from 20 % to 35 % of the portion of income that exceeds the federal poverty level.

That insulates most consumers from price increases even as it requires the federal government to pay more in subsidies.

The ad accuses Slaughter of a voting for a slew of tax increases, including the so - called «cap and trade» emissions measure and trots out the frequent Republicant talking point that the 2010 federal health care bill cuts $ 716 billion for Medicare, which is actually spread out over 10 years and targets subsidies to insurance companies.

The IDC would enhance the Facilitated Enrollment Child Care subsidy by increasing funding to $ 25 million and expanding eligibility to those within 400 percent of the Federal Poverty Line, which would increase access to a number of families, and serve approximately 2,571 additional children.

The comptroller also alleged that, because a substantial portion of Health + Hospitals» revenue actions in its deficit reduction plan requires federal and state approvals, the city would probably have to increase its subsidy by $ 200 million in fiscal year 2017.

District administrators clearly understood that the district's budget was heavily dependent on the state's basic education subsidy, and that the state had increased this subsidy in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 by using federal stimulus funding.

The plan for increased childhood subsidies sketched in this paper would cost roughly $ 42 billion a year and would provide a substantial subsidy for every child in a family at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.

More federal spending on childcare will require a budget offset In that context, the task for those who want to identify a politically plausible way forward for increased childcare subsidies is to find an offset.

And an increase in the federal subsidy can not be supported by claiming that special education places a greater financial strain on schools, as the percentage of school revenue devoted to special education has not increased in the last three decades.

It's true that with an increase in federal and state subsidies along with a mandate to provide services, we've reduced student teacher ratios for disabled students.

This essay argues that money could be better spent putting technology in the hands of the students rather than making use of federal subsidies to increase capacities that do not aid everyday educational activities.

National: As President Obama signs the new five - year $ 305 billion FAST ACT highway bill into law, the «public private partnership» industry sees it as a mixed bag, increasing federal TIFIA infrastructure subsidies to private investors on the one hand, and allowing states to dip into National Highway Performance Program apportioned funds on the other if TIFIA funding is constrained.

(2) REESTIMATES. - If the subsidy cost of a Federal credit instrument is reestimated, the cost increase or decrease of the reestimate shall be borne by, or benefit, the general fund of the Treasury, consistent with section 504 (f) the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 661c (f)-RRB-.»

If anything, increases in financial aid in recent years have enabled colleges and universities blithely to raise their tuitions, confident that Federal loan subsidies would help cushion the increase.

In a society where advanced degrees are required in a large and increasing number of fields, restoration of the in - school interest subsidy would help increase the affordability of, and access to, graduate and professional education, while serving the aims of the federal aid system and benefitting society in the process.

If that tax rate is reduced to 33 percent, the after - tax of the donation would increase to $ 67 because the federal subsidy for giving falls from $ 39.60 to $ 33.

But since then Congress has cut the lender subsidies several times, redirecting most of the savings to increases in federal student aid.

Meantime, he should phase out taxpayer subsidies over which the Administration has some control — for example, increasing the fossil industry cost - share for federal research and development and bringing U.S. royalty and lease rates up to the levels charged by other nations.

These changes in market structure to favor the few were accomplished by various means: lack of oversight leading to concentration of market power through mergers and acquisitions, outright government subsidies to industry in various forms, including explicit subsidies to the equities and housing markets (among others) by the Federal Reserve to create a trickle down «wealth effect» in those markets, changes in the tax structure which increase the concentration of wealth, etc..

The federal coal leasing program amounts to a major fossil fuel subsidy, favoring coal at the expense of cleaner forms of generating electricity.A recent federal court ruling rejected BLM's argument that increasing the supply of coal would not increase carbon pollution, in part because coal competes with cleaner methods of generating electricity.

ALEC states, however, that federal, state and local subsidies pay for at least 30 % of solar power equipment and «often much more», and that every increment of solar power increases overall taxpayer burdens to pay for the subsidies.

From 2007 to 2010, federal subsidies for electricity production increased from $ 6,582 million to $ 10,902 million, an increase of 66 percent.

[i] Over a 3 - year period, from fiscal year 2007 through fiscal year 2010, total federal energy subsidies increased from $ 17.9 billion to $ 37.2 billion, an increase of 108 percent over the 3 - year period.

In today's speech, Mr. Bloomberg called for four key measures on climate change: a vast increase in energy - related research and development; an end to certain agricultural subsidies, especially that of corn - based ethanol; an increase in federal fuel efficiency standards for vehicles; and laws to make pollution more expensive for companies.

The insurer had requested the increase to account for uncertainty around federal subsidies.

The plan for increased childhood subsidies sketched in this paper would cost roughly $ 42 billion a year and would provide a substantial subsidy for every child in a family at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level.