Sentences with phrase «at a cost to our taxpayers of»

The IG's report accused Shulkin's chief of staff, Vivieca Wright Simpson, of potential criminal conduct by making false statements and altering a document so that the VA could «improperly» pay for Shulkin's wife to travel to with him, at a cost to taxpayers of $ 4,312.

We kill more than 15,000 dogs, cats, puppies and kittens annually at a cost to our taxpayers of over $ 1.5 million.

It cites the shocking number of appeals against welfare benefits decisions as one example (340,000 in 2011 — 2012), more than a third (35 %) are upheld at a cost to the taxpayer of # 66m.

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Whether it's a politician, organizer or corporate sponsor, each entity has something at stake and needs to spin the event's benefits for taxpayers, who typically fund the majority of costs.

According to Washington watchdog group Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), Mnuchin has frequently opted for using military aircraft for his travel instead of taking commercial planes, which would come at a much lower cost to the taxpayer.

Now it is a hammock, a permanent way to receive compensation, at the cost of taxpayers who often walk that same wire, spinning plates and juggling balls along the way, to support themselves.

Expansion states have seen a marked reduction in unpaid bills at their hospitals, which in turn reduces the need for hospitals to pass along some of their costs to taxpayers and people with health coverage.

So why are all political parties afraid of borrowing money at historically low interest rates to pay for needed infrastructure spending that might actually pay for itself through higher productivity and higher income, without any cost to the taxpayer?

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So why are all political parties afraid of borrowing money at historically low interest rates to pay for needed infrastructure spending that could pay for itself through higher productivity and earned income, without any cost to the taxpayer?

You paid for the right to received Social Security and Medicare, at whatever the current cost, partly funded by taxpayers of the future.

At the same time, the introduction of an integrated Canada-U.S. entry - exit system will improve mobility — and reduce costs to taxpayers — by eliminating the need for separate systems to track the comings and goings of citizens and other travelers.

In a crisis, banks might pull the lenders» credit lines, crippling them at precisely the wrong time for the broader economy — and that could leave taxpayers to bear the costs of any bad loans.

In 2006 the sugar industry was deregulated at a cost of $ 440 million to Australian taxpayers.

The projects at issue involve at least $ 54 million in construction work, and some of those costs would be forced onto the shoulders of taxpayers if the work can not begin almost immediately, according to Park District officials.

One district might have a gleaming, well - equipped central food preparation facility like Houston's (at the cost of $ 51 million to taxpayers) and another might have school «kitchens» that look a lot more like a janitor's closet.

In 2010, teen pregnancy and childbirth accounted for at least $ 9.4 billion in costs to U.S. taxpayers for increased health care and foster care, increased incarceration rates among children of teen parents, and lost tax revenue because of lower educational attainment and income among teen mothers.

One district might have a gleaming, well - equipped central food preparation facility like Houston's (at the cost of $ 51 million to taxpayers) and another might have school «kitchens» that -LSB-...]

They believe CEP unfairly subsidizes the meals of kids who could afford to pay full price, at enormous cost to taxpayers, and have advocated for a 60 - percent threshold to determine a school or district's eligibility.

While full reimbursement is clearly preferable, tax relief on employment expenses at least returns a fraction (20 per cent, 40 per cent or 45 per cent, depending on whether the employee is a basic, higher or additional rate taxpayer) of the cost of the expense to the employee.

The «rise and fall» of the surveillance drone has also come at a cost of half a billion euros to the German taxpayers.

«If the Department for Transport can not build (a lorry park) they should allow the private sector to build it at a fraction of the cost to the taxpayer.

The city Department of Investigation's probe of vehicle misuse at the agency, released in April, revealed that 21 senior - level DOC employees «routinely abused take - home vehicle privileges and cost City taxpayers thousands of dollars in wasted money spent on gas and tolls to cover personal trips.»

For example, in the early 1990s, Lloyd Williams, a political and business associate of Inez Dickens and her father dating back at least to the 1970s, and head of the Greater Harlem Chamber of Commerce and its development arm the Greater Harlem Housing Development Corporation, presided over a disastrous sweetheart real - estate deal with the City that wound up costing the taxpayers almost $ 4 million.

At a typical cost of $ 400 per square foot, we estimate that the City spent roughly $ 400 million taxpayer dollars to acquire the one million square feet (23 acres) of Willets Point Phase One property, which the Bloomberg administration intended to gift to QDG for $ 1 (one dollar).

The mayor's presumptive Republican challenger, Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, demanded that he «come clean with the taxpayers» about the cost of bringing his NYPD bodyguards to Germany for his big speech at a G20 protest rally.

Despite these and legitimate concerns that the regulations were unenforceable, raised during their passage by Tom Harris MP, they were passed and the regime came into force in January of this year at a reported cost of around # 300,000 to the taxpayer.

Cuomo's office estimates the cost to taxpayers at $ 230 million for the first four years of the credit, 2014 to 2017.

In theory, if all 213 state lawmakers afforded themselves an annual gold - plated physical at the face value rate of $ 975, the cost to taxpayers would be $ 3.5 million over 17 years.

It's run entirely through the County of Monroe at no extra cost to the taxpayers.»

The one thing that has really angered Pursglove — along with his eurosceptic colleagues - is the government's decision to distribute 27 million pro-EU leaflets to households across Britain, at the cost of # 9.3 m to the taxpayer.

«Shifting the local cost share to the state is a political sleight of hand — if Republicans steal billions from New York to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy it doesn't matter if taxpayers have to cover the cost at the county or the state level.

According to a joint report from the Department for Business, the CBI and the TUC, entitled Reps in Action the work of union representatives actually saves employers around # 1.1 billion annually by helping to resolve disputes and preventing illness and injury at work - ten times more that the # 113 million that Norman claims union representatives cost the taxpayer.

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.»

«I would bring local control back to town government, take advantage of our local resources, especially our water system, fight for the taxpayer at every level, especially state and federal, and get water and sewer projects back on track to be in the best interests of the town, not just a cost burden directed by others.»

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The new stables are an integral part of a compromise deal to restrict horse - drawn carriages to Central Park, and The New York Times reported yesterday that the new home for the horses — to be located in a building the city already owns on the 86th Street Transverse — could cost $ 25 million, at city taxpayers» expense.

Each of these benefits comes at no cost to taxpayers.

These proposals are grouped, starting with the most urgently needed to prevent future library closings, and progressing through a series of service restorations that will allow the downsized Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System to meet continued high public demand for service at a cost that would still be down to approximately what the taxpayers provided in 1999.

I would love to do this amphitheater, but not at the cost of giving up other things that would give far bigger return to taxpayers.»

Kearns, a former Democratic assemblyman elected on the Republican line last fall, said he has identified a way to add Saturday services and expand hours of operation at no cost to the taxpayer.

The report called for more government action to take account of litter and littering behaviour in the design of Britain's public spaces, based on research that an intelligent approach to designing public spaces can reduce littering at no extra cost to taxpayers.

The protesters also blasted Puzder for his opposition to the minimum wage, pointing out that in 2013, researchers at the University of California at Berkeley found that CEOs like Puzder cost taxpayers $ 7.3 billion per year in public assistance by holding down pay for their employees.

The mayor of Binghamton has put a taxpayer funded «cost of war» sign that was to be hung at City Hall on hold.

Chancellor George Osborne said in September: «This commission has tackled that big question that we face in Britain, which is how can we be a home to successful banks that compete around the world, but lend to British families and British businesses, but at the same time protecting us as taxpayers from the cost of them going wrong, and not ending up with a multi-billion pound bill when the bank collapses.»

Stationing firefighters and medics 24 hours a day at Trump Tower costs New York City taxpayers $ 4.5 million a year — none of which has been reimbursed to the FDNY, agency officials said.

Who is it that wastes a fortune flying around on the state airplane when most of the time Amtrak would be a reasonable substitute at a cheaper cost to the taxpayers of NYS?

If approved, Prop. 4 will add 300 acres of new, forever wild, public forrest land to the Adirondack Park at no cost to taxpayers.»

«At least Collins is consistent in his glaring hypocrisy,» the editorial added, referencing Collins» proposed amendment that would have forced state taxpayers to pick up the tab that upstate counties now pay for a share of Medicaid costs.

I do nt think you have the cojones to answer direct questions regarding the mistakes you made at HUD in pushing a sub-prime mortgage scheme that cost taxpayers $ 2.4 trillion dollars and cost most New Yorkers the value of their 401 - Ks.