Sentences with phrase «about taxpayers supporting»

Regarding recent letters to the editor about taxpayers supporting parochial schools, what I am weary of is the assertion that evolution moved from the theory side of science to the fact side.

Not exact matches

Trump's comments, delivered at a White House news conference, illustrate the political minefield he will navigate in September as he tries to draw support for disaster recovery funds but wages a bitter fight with lawmakers from both parties about whether U.S. taxpayers should finance the creation of a wall that he has long promised Mexico would fund.

If you're serious about «no more taxpayer bailouts,» you'll support strong financial reform, including a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency.

And now they're complaining about losing taxpayer money to support their particular, or peculiar, view of the cosmos?

As a result, American taxpayer money is currently supporting the use of child soldiers in several countries, and the highest levels of Congress, the State Department and White House all know about it.

Since it is a taxpayer supported program, there probably does need to be some accountability about the monies that are spent.

«It's easier to go to the taxpayers and get them to support more science labs or classrooms than one big cafeteria,» said Paul Gillette, associate principal at Barrington High School, where lunch starts at about 10 a.m.

While the District continues to develop alternative non-tax revenue sources, such as grants, donations and sponsorships, it still relies on taxpayer support: property taxes comprise about 52 % of District revenue.

Thus, government is putting in place the necessary blocks, such as the issuance of a national ID Card, a National Digital Property Addressing System, and the use of a Tax Identification Number to access key services, to broaden the tax base and reduce the tax burden on the estimated 1.2 million taxpayers supporting a population of about 27 million.

Filmmaker Steve Cowan posted full transcripts of his interviews with Cuomo and Maffei on the film's website, which include Maffei's observation he supports public campaign finance «because it means the only people we'll have to worry about in our day are the taxpayers and constituents in our district, and that's what we're supposed to do.»

DeVos» strong support for taxpayer - funded vouchers for private and parochial schools has intensified trepidation about her nomination in New York.

Both candidates want to make permanent the property tax cap, but Kaminsky sometimes seems more concerned about shoring up public union support than about taxpayers.

Zimet nominated Marx, noting that, although she did not support his bid two years ago, once they began working together she was amazed by his work ethic, his respect for the Town Board, for the residents and how he ended up «doing much more than he signed up for, as we combined Buildings and Grounds with our Highway Department — at great savings to the taxpayers, but much more work for Chris, which he never complained about.

Every New Yorker who is concerned about the waste of taxpayer dollars and who wants to ensure that they are fully exercising their right to vote should contact their state and local representatives to voice their support for a June primary.

He told me that as someone who accepts taxpayer - funded grants to support his work, he feels obligated to be clear about what he does.

Voucher supporters answer almost every question about the shocking lack of accountability at the taxpayer supported religious schools by saying that parents provide it by choosing the school for their children.

DeVos» strong support for taxpayer - funded vouchers for private and parochial schools has intensified trepidation about her nomination in New York.

If a taxpayer made a large IRA contribution and also reports high amounts of mortgage interest paid, but reports little income on their return to support the expenses, the IRS may suspect that they're hiding income and start asking questions about the return.

But when we asked about increasing transparency for the billions of U.S. taxpayer financing Ex-Im allots to fossil fuel projects, we got the same, tired excuses for the Bank's undying support for dirty, outdated coal technology:

Again, one can argue about how much the US taxpayer should support this, but the basic premise makes sense.