Sentences with phrase «as taxpayer costs»

Overhauling the state's massive pension program has become a political priority in recent years as taxpayer costs exploded.

Not exact matches

In his string of tweets, Trump argued that Amazon was costing taxpayers «billions of dollars» for using the Post Office as its «delivery boy.»

As a condition of receiving taxpayer - funded bailouts, governments ordered GM, Chrysler and their unions to bring labour costs in line with Toyota, Honda and Nissan.

That means, roughly speaking, that about $ 488 million of those costs were borne by taxpayers or absorbed as losses by other parts of the medical sector.

Today, as global markets nervously watch to see how much it will cost to save European banks from their willingness to make risky loans, critics around the world are calling for Hammurabi - style reforms to make sure financial institutions, not taxpayers, pay for future bad bets.

As far as Clinton's program goes, the brief predicts the program would cost taxpayers — including business owners — $ 20 billion over a decadAs far as Clinton's program goes, the brief predicts the program would cost taxpayers — including business owners — $ 20 billion over a decadas Clinton's program goes, the brief predicts the program would cost taxpayers — including business owners — $ 20 billion over a decade.

[1] But, with the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts in place, an estimated 23 million taxpayers will owe AMT in 2007, and reducing that figure to 2 - 3 million will cost $ 51 billion — more than three times as much.

If Congress had not enacted the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts, 10 million taxpayers would owe the AMT in 2007, according to estimates by the Urban Institute - Brookings Institution Tax Policy Center; reducing the number of affected taxpayers to several million, as the House - passed AMT «patch» bill would do, would have cost less than $ 15 billion.

Cruz has arguably been making a Byrd case for his amendment in recent days, by describing it as direct taxpayer subsidization of people's high medical costs.

In 1996, the US General Accounting Office estimated that a tax agency reconciliation system could reduce the time spent preparing tax returns by as much as 155 million hours a year for 51 million taxpayers and reduce the IRS's costs by up to $ 37 million annually.

In addition, cities, states, and taxpayers have concerns about the costs of bonds and borrowing, how to get the best return on banked or invested public money, and an interest in finding innovative ways to fund public spending without surrendering public control, as is often the case with public - private partnerships.

Mr. Flaherty would be required to implement new stimulus measures, which in the end would cost Canadian taxpayers, as we saw with the recent temporary stimulus program.

As a striking example, and noting the total B.C. Budget is approximately $ 50 billion per year, servicing B.C.'s debt using Ontario's credit rating (and resulting higher interest rates) would cost B.C.'s taxpayers an extra $ 2.3 billion every year.

Hydro One CEO Mayo Schmidt's paycheque has come under severe scrutiny after Ontario PC leader Doug Ford said he would fire the CEO as part of his greater agenda to find cost savings for taxpayers.

-- The Mormon ti - the empire is tax exempt as are all Christian «religions» and evangelical non-profits costing the taxpayers billions a year in tax revenue.

The earlier rationale for tax exemption was that nonprofit organizations are simply not part of the tax base to begin with because their members already pay their own share of the costs of government as taxpayers in their own right.

As the Occupy movement continues, it is beginning to cost taxpayers significant amounts of money.

Firstly when it comes to cost although you may think that buying organic food might seem more expensive than purchasing non-organic foods, in actual fact there are hidden costs such as government subsidies and levies which are borne by us, the taxpayers!

However, this may be compensated for by higher output prices as well as lower input costs, and many European organic farmers also receive additional taxpayer - funded subsidies.

I can't comment on the fallout from hosting the Olympics in London, but as a taxpayer I don't believe the supposed benefits of hosting the Sydney Olympics ever in any way matched the costs.

It would save the taxpayer money in the long run, since absent and neglectful dads also exact a cost, as many of the young fathers interviewed testified about their own childhoods.

And in that context, why shouldn't the federal government make those meals as healthful as practicable, especially since the consequences of poor childhood nutrition — obesity, obesity - related diseases, health care costs, lack of military readiness — are all borne in part by taxpayers?

Bruce Lyon, who lives nearby on Elmwood Avenue, said that if a developer doesn't pay as much for the property as the referendum proposal cost taxpayers, residents will have to subsidize the project.

He said: «People will find it hard to believe that Mr Cameron's decision to arrange his finances so that all of his mortgage debt was on a property funded by parliamentary allowances meant no extra cost to the taxpayer, as compared to continuing to share the debt between two properties.»

As it stands, this bill does nothing to protect the health of fighters; it lets promoters get rich while saddling taxpayers with the costs of long - term care.

Especially in times of austerity, they want to demonstrate that as much as possible of the taxpayers» hard - earned cash goes directly on «programme» activity (such as health care, teaching, policing) and as little as possible on «administration costs.»

In reality it's the taxpayer who is footing the bill and these costs will continue to rise rapidly as the policy is extended into Dorset, and possibly other counties in the future.»

The cost of the Crossrail project was largely seen as its most controversial aspect and fears that substantial government funding would place significant pressures on the transport budget led former transport secretary Alistair Darling to announce that the Crossrail project would not be funded entirely by the national taxpayer.

As the Institute for Fiscal Studies has pointed out, the prime minister's decision means the state pension cost to taxpayers is likely to rise from # 60 billion to around # 75 billion.

He described the move as extraordinary and indefensible, saying that it would cost taxpayers «hundreds of millions of pounds, possibly billions».

Nationalising services such as the railways would cost the taxpayer «absolutely nothing», John McDonnell has said.

In a statement, Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan said that middle - class taxpayers are «struggling under the crushing weight» of various taxes, as well as the «skyrocketing» costs of higher education.

«The advocates who were so verbal and litigious during my tenure as a spokeswoman for city government are now so completely in bed with these failing leaders, they don't dare do the same negative press or file lawsuits which cost city taxpayers millions of dollars,» she wrote.

The state faces an over $ 4.4 billion budget gap, as well as funding cuts and policy changes from Washington that could cost New York and some of its taxpayers billions of dollars.

Is your choice going to cost workers their jobs, putting them on benefits that you as a taxpayer will have to pay for?

«These numbers are further proof that Governor's tax cap is a success and they also demonstrate that even with a stricter 1.56 percent cap this year, the tax freeze is working as intended to encourage schools and local governments to cuts costs and provide relief to property taxpayers.

Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, a conservative Albany - area think tank, said teacher pension costs as now structured «are unsustainable in the long term, in addition to being paid for on the taxpayers» dime.»

In releasing his plan, Faso — who as a member of the Assembly cut spending and championed proposals that led to real balanced budgets — called it a smart way to reduce costs, increase efficiencies and align New York with most other states in the nation that don't pass their Medicaid expenses down to county taxpayers.

The # 50 million cost to the taxpayer comes as a result from the DfT's inability to properly manage the competition and will mostly go to compensating bidders following the cancellation.

The cancelled franchise competition could cost the taxpayer as much as # 300 million.

The group known as the Astorino Truth Squad — funded by the county Democratic committee thanks to a surge in donations tied to Gov. Andrew Cuomo — released a statement on Monday noting that Astorino's 85 days on the road is «tantamount to a 17 - week vacation at a cost to Westchester taxpayers of $ 52,556.35.»

The resolution states that the change will be for all instances going forward so as not to relay the cost the taxpayers of Erie County.

DeWitt, N.Y. — New York officials are looking for someone to take over operation of a film production facility near Syracuse that cost state taxpayers $ 15 million but failed to generate high - tech movie jobs as promised.

Cost to taxpayers — As of two months ago, the county executive's office had spent $ 123,000 on five outside law firms to defend the case.

Because failing to act will not only risk jobs and investment now, it will also cost the UK taxpayer in the long - term as we lose revenue from oil that gets left in the ground.

Wasn't he the one standing next to Pedro «the criminal» Espada and Hiram «the slasher» Monserrate as they paralized government for over a month and cost the taxpayers millions?

The total cost to the taxpayers of Florida as these beacons of tried to ram their agenda down our throats?

County Executive Cheryl Dinolfo made the announcement Wednesday morning, saying that through the action, the county will seek to recoup on behalf of local taxpayers the various costs it has incurred as a result of the opioid epidemic.

De Blasio and Murphy vowed to work together to rally against the GOP's massive federal tax overhaul that calls for the elimination of popular tax deductions — such as state and local property tax costs and student loan interest payments — which they argue will hurt middle - class taxpayers.

There is also good progress being made on cutting «facility time staffing costs» - this is the scandal where staff are paid by the taxpayer by spend their time working as union officials, the «Pilgrims.»