Sentences with phrase «back on taxpayer»

Nevertheless, there is also bad news; the actual incarnation of the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice on the most part has turned its back on taxpayers and is more interested in favouring the Mexican Treasury, even if it results in contradicting or overriding previous legal precedents.

Not exact matches

If the taxpayer cuts back on his saving, this means that he is cutting back on his lending.

Last year, Ontario imposed a contract on public - school teachers that eliminated bankable sick days, while back in June, Treasury Board president Tony Clement vowed to fight federal employee absenteeism, which he said was costing taxpayers millions.

The revelations from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development come as the agency's auditors released a new report showing the insurance fund for taxpayer - backed mortgages has been hemorrhaging thanks to foreclosures on reverse mortgages to the elderly.

That insurance comes with 100 % backing from the Canadian government, which means taxpayers, not lenders, are on the hook in the case of defaults.

Under House Bill 2014, introduced by Representative Mark Finchem (R - Tucson), Arizona taxpayers will simply back out all precious metals «gains» and «losses» reported on their federal tax returns from the calculation of their Arizona adjusted gross income (AGI).

Given his financial experience, Mr. Paulson had to know how deceptive his promise was in placing such emphasis on the government's stock options, the sweetener that has made so many executives fabulously wealthy: «taxpayers will not only own shares that should be paid back with a reasonable return, but also will receive warrants for common shares in participating institutions,» he explained.

After 30 years in which the income shares of the top 10 percent of taxpayers, the top 1 percent and so on were far below their levels in the 1920's, all are very nearly back where they were.

The president's comments on the matter came during a town hall event in Maryland, when a questioner who identified herself as an atheist pressed Obama on statements he made as a candidate in 2008 suggesting he was against permitting discriminatory hiring among faith - based organizations backed by taxpayer dollars.

Romney stated that he would give ALL his Presidential salary ($ 1.6 million total) back to the American taxpayers if elected (yes, he's on record as committing to this).

We all know how Man City was before the Arabs came, we all know how much it costed them to win the league, we also know that the UK taxpayers paid for their stadium and insults them back by splashing on players» wages like there's no tomorrow.

May sits on the House pension committee and called for hearings to delve into the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund, which manages taxpayer - backed pensions for thousands of local government employees.

Our changes will split up the big banks so that in future bankers can not gamble and gorge themselves on fat bonuses on the back of a taxpayer guarantee.

«This is therefore the time to concentrate on economic recovery and paying back... the government and taxpayers.

And the three banks which were in receipt of taxpayer money are all now performing well and on course to pay that investment back in full.

But as is the Dems recklessly spend money on useless / worthless expenses and then come back to hit the taxpayer with more taxes.

With intimidation, illusion and theater, Silver has made a mockery of the Assembly, pandered to public employee unions and expanded entitlement programs, inviting every Tom, Dick and Harry to climb on the backs of our taxpayers, costing us jobs and higher taxes.»

Maude began and ended quite touchy - feely, but the meat of the piece fairly accurately represented what you might expect a Tory platform on the third sector to look like: we need a «rehabilitation revolution'to tackle unprecedented levels of reoffending, fuelled by addiction, illiteracy and family breakdown; the state consistently fails to get those who have never worked, lone parents, and those on incapacity benefit back to work; charities should be paid by results; and the third sector is means of saving taxpayer money and delivering services more efficiently and effectively.

Albany County Legislature Chairman Shawn Morse seized on the conviction of former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. on four counts of felony theft (so far) from his taxpayer - funded Soundview Health Clinic to tee off on his Democratic primary opponent, Sen. Neil Breslin, for voting to accept Espada back into the conference following the 2009 coup.

«He got rich off the backs of taxpayers after he steered a town contract to the same company he was moonlighting for on the side.

Its second phase offers lenders a taxpayer - backed guarantee on loans of up to 95 % of a property's value on homes costing up to # 600,000.

«They don't want to put it on the back of our relatively few taxpayers,» Chamberlain said.

Since the mandates are foisted on taxpayers by NYC state legislators, a separate upstate would undoubtedly vastly scale back these programs and more than make up for any supposed benefit of being part of New York State.

«The legislature needs to roll back costly state mandates on local governments — and then help them consolidate, share services, downsize and realign their workforces to save taxpayer dollars.»

The New York State Association Of Counties released its to - do list of budget priorities for the coming fiscal year, with the local government officials backing a variety of measures aimed at easing the burden on municipal - level officials and taxpayers.

And he backed a «straightforward» ten per cent levy on the profits of all banks which had benefited from taxpayers» money.

Wealthier taxpayers might be holding back on cashing in investments while they wait to see if Congress makes changes to the tax code that could result in more advantageous tax rates.

Masonry Services Inc. and its owners James Herrera and Jaime Herrera — who have both donated to Diaz Jr. — agreed to pay $ 600,000 in back wages and costs after Attorney General Eric Schneiderman investigated them for cheating workers out of the same sum on a taxpayer - funded affordable housing project for seniors in Brooklyn.

«He's kept property taxes low and he hasn't done it on the backs of taxpayers,» Giuliani said at a news conference in Bethpage in front of the county's Office of Emergency Management.

«They don't pay any taxes, they don't pay for our services, our police are constantly there, fire department ambulances, all these services are provided to the facility on the backs of the taxpayers of Mt. Pleasant,» Fulgenzi said.

«It's interesting that the Governor would be willing to raise money for the same cabal of Democrat Senators who in 2009 raised taxes... and are now itching to do away with the property tax cap, go on a massive taxpayer - financed spending spree and roll back all of the economic progress we've made over the last six years,» said Scott Reif, a spokesman for Senate Republicans.

Paladino has been back on forth on staying in the race on the Taxpayers line (he's currently insisting he will do so).

I'm hoping that budget does not add more burden on the backs of our taxpayers.

Never mind the fact that Paladino has refused to say he'll back Lazio if he loses next Tuesday and also changed his mind about running in the November general election on his independent Taxpayers Party line.

Though one can go back and forth on what Eliot Spitzer knows — or doesn't know — about Appalachian Albany, his time spent in the walled city of downtown has obviously convinced him the answer to upstate's economic problems is taxpayer jacked real estate.

Or that Anthony Weiner, driven by the city program's «use it or lose it» provisions, is now salivating at the chance to rebuild his war chest on the backs of New York City taxpayers?

«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.»

Bring on (hopefully) a taxpayer - backed FHA loan.

The figures produced fodder for her Republican foe, Chris Collins, who said the Hochuls have become millionaire's on the backs of taxpayers.

«This legislation would end the free ride that these institutions are getting on the back of New York's taxpayers and working people,» Mulgrew added.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo hinted in his State of the State speech on January 3 that he might back tax hikes on people he says will benefit the most from the recent federal tax overhaul, which includes cuts to corporations and some wealthy taxpayers.

«Andrew Bridgen MP discovers that Labour spent # 5 million of taxpayers» money on preparations to join the $ uro Main Raab's proposed motion demanding a review of the extradition treaty between the UK and US, is backed by MPs»

Thompson said Amedore is in favor of campaign finance reform of some sort, but «but not on the back of taxpayers.

«We can not raise this funding on the backs of the taxpayers,» she said.

Tony's stance on key issues such as job creation (bringing jobs back to the New York State), access to affordable and quality health care for all, improving the quality of education for students, and holding state officials accountable for how they spend taxpayers» money is aligned with the Coalition's point of views.

At that time, yes, the Mafia controlled, and was moving in the direction of making millions on the backs of the taxpayers of Ulster County, establishing illegal dumps, allowing roadside dumping, minimizing recycling, disregarding the needs for composting and generally not complying with state Department of Environmental Conservation regulations.

«By raising the age of adult criminal responsibility to 18, New York can reduce crime, lower recidivism rates, save taxpayer dollars, and provide young offenders with access to services to help get them back on track,» the email states.

But with the taxpayer forking out like never before, these could be the days historians look back on as the period in which British banking changed forever.

There's also some pushing back on the polling of public financing and the point Republican lawmakers make when saying taxpayers don't support public dollars going toward political activities.

Seventy six percent of New Yorkers don't receive any tuition assistance at all, yet the New York City Democrats want to give illegal immigrants a free ride on the backs of taxpayers.