Sentences with phrase «better than the taxpayer»
And its an epic David vs. Goliath battle where the state thinks it know how to spend money better than the taxpayer who's earning it.
http://www.nystateofpolitics.com/ Not exact matches
Admittedly, it takes a rather mundane $ 135,055 of individual annual income to make it into the top federal tax bracket in Canada, as opposed to more than US$ 400,000 in the U.S. Taxpayers who fall below that U.S. threshold are, generally speaking, better off south of the border.
«It's more important than ever that consumers and taxpayers have strong advocates like Dennis and Better Markets to stand up for ordinary Americans.»
And while having lots of poor children with JIRAs — and the $ 2,000 in taxpayer contributions that come with those accounts — is infinitely better than any wealth - creating tools currently available to poor children, JIRAs will not sit well with many people.
OPINION: Housing First initiatives are better at combatting homelessness than shelters, and make more fiscal sense for taxpayers, too
The expiration of the state's EDGE program — which has given large companies more than $ 1 billion in tax credits the last 15 years — is good news for taxpayers and should encourage lawmakers to pass real reforms.
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Of course vested interests will be looking for large contracts which they know will pay well and which they also know, if they do not come in on budget, will have to be bankrolled by the taxpayer, because by that time it will be past the point of no return (in more ways than one).
The report finds some programs are better than others and don't leave taxpayers on the hook as much if a venture goes bust.
In 2014, the good government group EffectiveNY proposed a phased - in takeover over eight years that eventually would save Onondaga County taxpayers more than $ 100 million a year.
Although, certain «elite» universities seem to strongly favour overseas students (mostly American), especially on postgraduate courses, no doubt because they are far more lucrative than home - based students (highly ironic, considering the recent funding outcry - more money from the taxpayer for the best tutors to tutor the wealthier overseas students).
Still, he said it was better for the state to give it back to taxpayers than spend it.
«There's probably not a better office to lend itself to taxpayer financed races than the comptroller's race,» Antonacci said.
If it is extreme to speak out against a government take - over of our best - in - the - world health care system, 2 / 3rd's of our automobile industry, and subsidization of a high - risk banking and mortgage system at the expense of small businesses and taxpayers, than I fully support the «extremism» of Dr. Nan Hayworth..
After the third change, the town would have spend $ 3,000 but otherwise be right back where it started, effectively leaving all taxpayers worse off than if none of the actions had been approved, and leaving nobody (except maybe the supplier of museum artifacts) better off.
Anyone is better than thrice - married Rudy, who used taxpayer money to pick up his mistress and could not seem to remember there were no mountains in Monroe county, where the highest elevation is about 800 ft.
Maude also scorned Whitehall courses based, he said, on how to get the best out of the public expenditure process or protect the permanent secretary's position rather than on thinking about the taxpayer.
In recent years this has meant additional property taxes of more than $ 300,000 per year for City of Tonawanda residents, over $ 450,000 per year for taxpayers in Grand Island and well over $ 800,000 added to the county property taxes of citizens of the Town of Tonawanda.
The rules are designed to prevent public officials from awarding the bond work to their favored contributors, rather than awarding that work on the basis of the best fees and interest rates charged to taxpayers.
Oblivious to the pain inflicted on taxpayers less well off than they are, the state teachers union is sticking to its predictions of doomsday if education spending is touched.
Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy today responded to some of the criticism he received this week after we first reported that he was using his private campaign donations for $ 1,900 a month apartment when he's Albany, saying it's better than using taxpayer money.
Having taxpayers fund the campaigns» expenses was considered better than candidates indebting themselves to big - money contributors — including state contractors — who have special interests in government decisions.
The proposals are designed to be as cost - effective as possible and, if all were approved, the leaner Buffalo and Erie County Public Library System will be better equipped to meet continued high public demand for service at a cost that would still be LESS THAN THE TAXPAYERS PROVIDED IN THE YEAR 2000!
«If we provide a taxpayer subsidy in exchange for jobs, we should expect jobs that pay a better wage than the minimum wage,» said City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in a statement ahead of the vote.
David's letter noted the governor's appointments represent «far less than a majority» and that the panel negotiated the deal with Nicolla and settled on a price well below market value, saving taxpayers more than $ 500,000 — a point that was also made to the newspaper by E. Stewart Jones, an attorney who represents Nicolla in his unrelated criminal case involving SUNY Poly.
«This helicopter is the first to be purchased by state police in nearly 15 years, will be done so at a significant savings to taxpayers, and be able to fulfill a greater range of missions, as well as have a greater capacity, than the aircraft it is replacing,» said state police spokesman William «Beau» Duffy.
«Business owners have a better rate than you as a taxpayer.»
thus this practice will end up costing the taxpayer much more money in the long run, while perpetuating the handing out of jobs through the political patronage system, rather than a more fair civil service testing system which assures better qualified people being placed in the positions.
The Bellone administration said the contracts represented a better deal for taxpayers than arbitration awards of the past.
The state faces a more than $ 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.
The next time a Democrat like Sheldon Silver says that Republicans are costing taxpayers, it's best to get the facts and the truth, rather than accepting one - sided rhetoric.
«We're going to have a lot more affordable housing than we would have otherwise, and taxpayers are going to get a much better deal, because any time we subsidize a building, there will be affordable housing as part of that.»
I am sure she would not follow the same arrangement now but it has not cost the taxpayer any more money than if Caroline Spelman had employed both a full - time secretary as well as a nanny in a private capacity.
«I believe we can do better for the taxpayers of Erie County than what has been proposed by the county executive.
So, twenty years after the enactment of Milwaukee's program, a growing body of research shows that students receiving vouchers do as well and often better than their peers in public schools and at a fraction of the taxpayer cost.
Help the creators of sites that charge understand that taxpayer money or philanthropy — not teachers or parents — should pay for school supplies and that they should find a better funding model than bait - and - switch (offer it free, hook teachers, and then charge them for it).
Richard Watts, chair of the LGA's children and young people board, said: «We are told that academies and free schools are subject to more financial scrutiny than council - maintained schools, yet we keep hearing that millions of pounds of taxpayers» money, which has been earmarked to make sure our children get a good education, is disappearing into the back pockets of those in charge.
«Rather than using taxpayer dollars to provide vouchers to a few, we must focus our resources and efforts on concrete reforms that make our public schools better for all of the District's schoolchildren.»
There are surely better uses for scarce taxpayer funds than subsidizing borrowers who are in the upper half of the income distribution and who hold graduate degrees.
By suggesting paying superior teachers more for their efforts, the report acknowledges that some teachers are better than others, thus destroying the union's notion that all teachers are worthy of our love, admiration and scarce taxpayer dollars.
Are charter schools (taxpayer funded but privately operated) better at educating kids than traditional public schools?
That's not the same as saying a little more than half came from private schools, but either way it's definitely a better deal for taxpayers than having to pay tuition for the 73 percent of students in the expanded statewide voucher program whose families were already sending their kids to private school.
Lots of people took much better photos than mine, but I just wanted to point out that we took over the streets outside the Federal Building, the State of Illinois Building, and City Hall, the key landmarks of government, paid for by us taxpayers and filled with people whom we vote into and can vote out of office.
In Georgia, taxpayers who want to help lowincome students afford private school tuition are enticed by more than just an appeal to their good will.
As a result of their «education reform» initiatives, well over $ 100 million in taxpayer funds will go to charter schools rather than the state's local public school system.
Worse, they defend the system by tying up taxpayer dollars in a status quo that was built for a different age in which education didn't equal better quality of life, not for a time in which what you know is more important than what you can do with your hands.
The law also does not require private schools to disclose what kinds of teachers they employ (and no teacher need have more than a high school diploma) and how well their students are faring in their classrooms unless they have more than 25 students who use the taxpayer - funded vouchers.
«It is written to serve the needs and desires of the charter school movement and the predators and profiteers that have unapologetically gained from this experiment,» The Tribune said, «not the people, parents, students, voters and taxpayers of school systems that have been decimated by a so - called reform movement that has done far more harm than good.»
With billions of dollars and student well - being at stake, Connecticut's children and taxpayers deserve better than officials who sit idly by while charter schools call all the shots.
The reason for CTC vouchers: the assumption that voucher schools are cheaper than public schools, which is true, and save taxpayers the cost of educating children well.