Sentences with phrase «at no cost to the taxpayer by»

To the Editor, Instead of throwing away $ 225M in taxpayer money, Cuomo could save a couple thousand jobs at Remington, Savage and other arms makers at no cost to the taxpayer by ridding us of the SAFE Act.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

We are concerned that by allowing the IDC to remain an independent conference, the IDC would continue to earn extra stipends at cost to taxpayers for positions they often do not even hold.

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.

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.»

«NYSenate Mobile» was built entirely in - house by Senate staff, at no additional 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.

According to Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi, «transportation for this humanitarian mission was donated to the state delegation by» gas station and supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis at «no cost to the taxpayers.

By ensuring that no additional public funds are spent to complete the Memorial and Museum, today's agreement puts in place a critical and long overdue safeguard to finally protect toll payers and taxpayers from bearing further costs, and, at the same time, put the project on a path for completion.»

According to the paper, Brown's plan could see all 646 MPs receive a # 3,000 wage increase at no extra cost to the taxpayer, by cutting ministers» salaries by # 20,000 each.

Medicare, which is already the costliest public health insurance program in the world, is costing taxpayers an excess of $ 2 billion annually because of a practice called «upcoding» in private Medicare Advantage plans, according to research by an economist at The University of Texas at Austin.

Van Allen belts were developed by NASA at great cost to the US taxpayers.

A major study earlier this year by the state Legislative Analyst's office found that the autonomy and smaller size of charter schools bring more innovation and individual attention to students, and greater academic success at a lower cost to taxpayers than traditional public schools.

One of the ways that we help students and families achieve their financial dream is by underwriting the financial education program, Financial Cents, and offering it at no cost to students, schools or taxpayers.

According to the budget announcement, things should be easier next year, at least for those whose holding in U.S. - listed ETFs are between $ 100,000 and $ 250,000: «Under the revised form being developed by the Canada Revenue Agency, if the total cost of a taxpayer's specified foreign property is less than $ 250,000 throughout the year, the taxpayer will be able to report these assets to the Canada Revenue Agency under a new simplified foreign asset reporting system.»

Additionally shelters that respond to homeless animals are generally operated by municipalities at taxpayer expense; spay / neuter programs that prevent unwanted litters usually are not; these services are opened by nonprofit organizations one at a time, and due to local costs (rent, etc.), some must charge rates that are out of range for many low - income homes to pay.

Legislation to mandate collaboration which would have saved those lives at no cost to taxpayers, was not supported by HSUS.

• Total number of nationwide animal shelters 5,000 • Number of companion animals that enter into animal shelters nationwide annually 5 million • Average annual number of companion animals that are euthinized at shelters 3.5 million • Percent of dogs in animals shelters that are euthanized 60 % • Percent of cats in animal shelters that are euthanized 70 % • Percent of cats that are returned to their owners 2 % • Percent of dogs returned to their owners 15 % • Total percentage of dogs claimed to be spayed or neutered 78 % • Total percentage of cats that are claimed to be spayed or neutered 88 % • Total number of animals that end up in a shelter that are spayed or neutered 10 % • Percent of dogs brought to shelters that were adopted by a shelter 20 % • Percent of dogs and cats that are adopted from shelters 25 % • Total number of dogs and cats that are bought at pet stores 6 % • Percentage of people that get their pets free or at low cost 65 % • Cost of taxpayer money annually to round up, house, kill and dispose of homeless animals $ 2 billion • Total percentage of dogs in shelters that are purebred 25 % • Total percentage of U.S. homes who own at least 1 companion animal 63 % • Total number of homes that own at least 1 companion animal 70 million • Tcost 65 % • Cost of taxpayer money annually to round up, house, kill and dispose of homeless animals $ 2 billion • Total percentage of dogs in shelters that are purebred 25 % • Total percentage of U.S. homes who own at least 1 companion animal 63 % • Total number of homes that own at least 1 companion animal 70 million • TCost of taxpayer money annually to round up, house, kill and dispose of homeless animals $ 2 billion • Total percentage of dogs in shelters that are purebred 25 % • Total percentage of U.S. homes who own at least 1 companion animal 63 % • Total number of homes that own at least 1 companion animal 70 million • Tags:

Reducing the number of kittens born to these cats would substantially reduce the number of cat euthanasias at the shelter, thereby reducing the costs borne by the taxpayers to handle and kill stray cats which can not be socialized.

The advocacy group commissioned its own phone survey using a local survey company, and talked to 555 people at a total cost of just $ 350 (just 3 % of the cost endured by taxpayers) and found that 65 % of respondents opposed the ban on pit bulls, while only 29 % were in favor.

While those who post bail using a bondsman and later fail to appear in court get tracked down by bail agents at no cost to the taxpayer, this is not the case for those who jump bail after using a credit card.

Samsung gets to keep the profits provided by Ontario Taxpayers (Green Energy does NOT, can not make money, so the profits are provided), AND Ontario sells off Green generated power at less than the cost of production to jurisdictions outside of Ontario and Canada.

With that in mind, power consumers and taxpayers are clearly entitled to ask whether the subsidies received by wind power generators represent a cost - effective means of reducing CO2 emissions; if, indeed, there is any such reduction at all.

Meanwhile, these four types of damage caused by the problem are getting worse: (1) to the population in that there are many thousands of people whose lives have been damaged for lack of legal services; (2) to the courts in that they are being clogged, as judges have warned, by high percentages of self - represented litigants, because their cases move much more slowly than those that have lawyers; (3) to the legal profession in that it is shrinking and is predicted to have a very negative future of contracting and of law firms failing; and, (4) to legal aid organizations because it is politically very unwise for governments to fund them better with taxpayers» money, to enable them to provide free legal services to more poor people, while the majority of the taxpayers can not obtain legal services for themselves at reasonable cost.

As we noted in the context of financial reform, remember that these lawyers are hired at no cost to the taxpayer — fees are paid by the wrongdoer if the state is successful - and their work often results in states recovering billions of dollars from corporate wrongdoers.

Absolutely no win here just a nudge by the Tribunal to try again — all at no cost to them just us the poor consumer taxpayer!