Sentences with phrase «backs of our taxpayers»

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.

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.»

«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.

«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.

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

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

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

«The enormous burden of unfunded and underfunded mandates is breaking the backs of taxpayers, counties and municipalities across the state,» Governor Cuomo said.

This would, in effect, transfer the responsibility for the payment of at least $ 40 million of commercial real estate taxes onto the backs of the taxpayers of New Paltz, Gardiner, Esopus and the rest of Ulster County over the next 25 years.

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

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.

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.

And let's not forget the Cappelli and Avalon tax breaks, the NR IDA give - aways, the bloated overtime and pension contracts which are breaking the backs of the taxpayers.

«The enormous burden of unfunded and underfunded mandates is breaking the backs of taxpayers, counties and municipalities across the state,» Cuomo said.

Airport Authority Director Bill Fisher notes the project was not constructed on the backs of taxpayers.

I cetainly wouldn't begrudge the man his juicy profits, as long as he isn't doing it on the backs of taxpayers.

Ahh yes, more people who want to make billions off the backs of the taxpayers of California.

The second camp often opposes efforts to subsidize U.S. oil and gas production, arguing that these fuels and their grave risks to the environment shouldn't get a free ride on the back of the taxpayer.

«Whether they keep making electricity or not, these gigantic steel and concrete structures will be there for generations, monuments to the greed of a few in a short - sighted land rush to hurry up and get them built and collect their profits off the backs of taxpayers before Uncle Sam wises up and shuts off this gravy train.»

Yet, 30 years into subsidizing the building of wind factories off the backs of taxpayers and ratepayers has proven otherwise.

The wrong people (the most well - heeled) are collecting welfare on the backs of taxpayers while the poor are beung told to «eat cake».

Meanwhile, a new report from OSHA reveals that the cost for workplace injures has been shifted from employers onto the backs of taxpayers and injured workers.

Not exact matches

Wal - Mart's critics — including a group of its workers backed by labor unions - say the retailer pays its hourly workers too little, forcing some to seek government assistance that effectively provides the company with an indirect taxpayer subsidy.

«It's very hard for European leaders to say to their taxpayers: «That money of yours that we told you we would get back, well I'm afraid it's gone,»» says Jonathan Loynes, chief European economist at Capital Economics.

Ellen Gould's well - documented article revealed how Harper and his finance minister Jim Flaherty had not only welcomed dodgy U.S. mortgage financiers into our market, but backed them with increased insurance from Canadian taxpayers, all the while pushing a hard line of deregulation at governments of developing countries seeking our aid.

Since the «Pease» limitation reduced the benefits of itemized deductions (including charitable contributions), repealing it allows high earning taxpayers to go back to enjoying the full benefits of these deductions.

Back in the old days, when Uncle Sam swindled his creditors through inflation, he was burning his own taxpayers, since Americans owned over 90 per cent of US debt after World War II.

Phaseouts, however, not only claw back these benefits from the more affluent, they also increase the effective marginal tax rate these taxpayers face, decreasing the after - tax gains of earning more income.

In the Khadr case, he felt accused — the Liberals» line is that the Harper government screwed up the handling of Khadr's case and exposed taxpayers to damage settlement — and he hit back hard.

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.

5) When the banks, flush with the huge profits stemming from the carry - trade opportunities provided by many years of limitless access to near - zero - cost short - term credit, pay back the TARP money with a smidgen of interest, declare the whole exercise to be a resounding success for taxpayers and the economy.

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

Way back in 2014, the IRS explained that virtual currency ought to be treated as property, and advised taxpayers that the receipt of virtual currency in exchange for goods or services should be computed in gross income at «fair market value.»

If a taxpayer has reported only 5000 euros income, but has property worth millions of euros, the property should be taken, the payer and his family should be obliged to pay back taxes, and a few criminal convictions should serve as an object lesson to help enforce compliance with the tax code.

The exception is homeowners who were forced to purchase taxpayer - backed mortgage default insurance from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC), or its main private sector rival Genworth Canada, because they put down less than 20 per cent of their home's value.

Now, according to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal, the U.S. Department of Justice believes that Deutsche Bank owes American taxpayers $ 14 billion for selling toxic mortgage backed securities that helped to collapse the U.S. housing market during the financial crisis.

As the Trump administration rolls back the greater regulatory scrutiny the for - profit college industry has faced during the last several years, it is private equity that stands to benefit the most, posing continuing dangers to students, taxpayers, and the integrity of the federal financial aid system.

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).

A big piece of what taxes are designed to do is provide services back to the taxpayer.

I'd be in favor of government - run health clinics for those in need requiring ALL physicians receiving their medical degrees via taxpayer - funded student loans serve 1 - 2 years in a local clinic providing health exams, vaccinations, pap smears, prenatal care, etc.... allowing credits for their service towards paying back their student loans.

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.

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.

We need term limits to ensure New York families have the benefit of representation with fresh eyes and fresh ideas, and we must come up with more ways to deter and punish corruption, and put more money back in taxpayers» wallets.»

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.

Backed by $ 750 million in taxpayer money, the nearly $ 1 billion Solar City factory is the centerpiece Cuomo's Buffalo Billion economic development initiative and meant to be a beacon of hope for an economically depressed city.

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.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has given its backing to plans for a European Taxpayer Code to set out common tax principles and taxpayer rights and obligations, which EU member states would be encouraged to adopt.

As the city prepares to dish out tens of millions of dollars to political candidates this year, the City Council's Republican minority leader wants to scale back the generous taxpayer giveaway.