Sentences with phrase «by taxpayer funding»

When said individual racks up compensation in the multiple tens of millions of dollars from an industry that was bailed out by taxpayer funds and then complains about changes in regulatory oversight, you know that individual is tone deaf.

CABE and CAPSS are two examples of groups that are funded in large part by taxpayer funds but rather than spend their resources protecting Connecticut's public school students, parents, teachers, school administrators and taxpayers they are kowtowing to an increasingly unpopular governor and his increasingly unpopular so - called «education reforms.»

This has undoubtedly already occurred to some extent in climate science, where essentially all the costs are covered by taxpayer funds distributed by policy - makers who have their own political agendas.

Like we discussed earlier, supposing that they become homeless, taxed shelters are generally tax funded, police are certainly funded by taxpayer funds, so are prisons, so are courts.

Not exact matches

Under this hypothetical policy, governments transfer money directly to taxpayers to encourage spending, a handout funded by issuing bonds with a coupon of zero and no maturity date, which central banks buy.

There's also the added phenomenon of the BBC, which runs a massive website filled with free news funded by British taxpayers, something that makes the daily news business even more competitive.

Rudd's $ 43bn fast web gamble The global recession has forced Kevin Rudd to scrap plans for a high - speed national broadband network funded by the private sector and wager at least $ 21.9 billion of taxpayers» money to fund his election pledge to bring internet speeds into the 21st century.

The ISS mission, which will be funded by American taxpayers, will feature a rebuilt and redesigned launchpad that cost SpaceX $ 50 million, according to a Wired report.

Lord Turner, the former head of UK banking watchdog, has sparked controversy by warning taxpayer money will still need to be used to fund bank bailouts across Europe.

The tax was suggested by the IMF as a way to force banks to fund their own bailouts in times of crisis, rather than drawing from taxpayers» pockets.

Years later, in 2001, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft chose Feinberg to determine payouts of $ 7.1 billion in taxpayer money set aside by Congress for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.

Camden Fine told CNBC that comments by JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon on the economy and regulation «reflect Wall Street's inability to take responsibility for the economic crisis it caused and the taxpayer - funded guarantee against failure it continues to enjoy....

The Clark government has also proposed that taxpayers fund hydro dam construction to subsidize power for the energy - hungry liquified natural gas plants largely owned by foreign companies.

And better yet, if the Fed can keep the pensions thinly solvent by pumping up the stock market, Congress and State Governments can defer the inevitable taxpayer bailout of public pension funds — for now.

The problem is that the state - mandated pension plans for school - district employees are defined benefit plans, which means the amount of future benefits is guaranteed and has to be funded by the taxpayers and / or investment income.

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

«It's no wonder these emails had to be forced out by a court: they expose the fact that corporate lobbyists are orchestrating Pruitt's taxpayer - funded trips to push their dangerous agendas,» Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune said in a statement to CNN.

Donor - advised funds can help taxpayers circumvent limits created by the new standard deduction.

Democratic lawmakers released a six - page letter detailing new allegations of «wasteful spending of taxpayer funds» by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.

But if the state issued a dollar - for - dollar state tax credit for charitable contributions made to, say, the state's general infrastructure fund, the first $ 6,000 donated, though reducing state tax liability by $ 6,000, does nothing to lower federal taxes owed because the taxpayer would still take the standard deduction.

But while a government bailout or International Monetary Fund loan may enable private creditors to jump ship, it shifts the burden onto the government — mainly to be borne by taxpayers.

ICT: Skymeter Corp. provides data needed to migrate roads and parking from taxpayer - subsidized to pay - per - use funding, cutting citywide emissions by 15 per cent and traffic congestion by 30 per cent.

In particular, Article 9 (3) authorizes a Member State to ``... deny a deduction for any payment by a taxpayer to the extent that such payment directly or indirectly funds deductible expenditure giving rise to a hybrid mismatch...».

Local B.C. Liberal MLAs dismissed concerns raised by doctors, local representatives and the public from the very start, and instead of listening to the community and ordering a full environmental assessment of the creosote incinerator, their government issued permits and announced taxpayer - funded grants for the company.

This is a pure advocacy article written by someone in a PR shop defending the allocation of taxpayer money to a hedge fund that doesn't need the money.

School funding's been decimated by the recession and by taxpayers who want the best education system in the world but don't want to pony up the taxes to pay for it.

But when they want grants funded by the taxpayers, they have to play by the rules.

Parochial schools are supported by church funds in addition to tuition, not tax dollars, providing in many areas a reasonable alternative for working class and middle class parishioners and removing these millions of students from the public education system paid for by taxpayers.

Please note that Preemptive Love Coalition is basically funded by US government grants i.e. the USA taxpayers.

Please peruse the referenced 2012 IRS Form 990 submitted by Preemptive Love Coalition to see where they get their funding i.e. US government grants i.e. US taxpayers.

This organization is not «basically» funded by US taxpayers.

Governor Perry tries to pick winners and losers by creating slush funds that give taxpayer money to connected corporations and his campaign contributors.

As a secular, American taxpayer, I say take your religion out of the schools that are funded by my taxes.

On a final note, by implementing $ 1 / month abortions, [11] Obamacare has upended longstanding law prohibiting the use of taxpayer money for abortions, [12] by requiring that taxpayers fund abortions through private pay insurance.

why is imam feisal abdul rauf trip to the middle east funded by the us taxpayer.

Apparently PP has a right to be funded by the taxpayers.

However, this may be compensated for by higher output prices as well as lower input costs, and many European organic farmers also receive additional taxpayer - funded subsidies.

Man city which was funded by the taxpayer as part of the commonwealth games, west ham the same as part of the olympics.

As part of their twenty - five - year operator agreement with stadium owners E20 Stadium LLP these invoices will be passed on to the London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) who are funded by the London Mayor and ultimately the London taxpayer.

It is a shame their players were not funded by the taxpayer, like the rest of the club.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

I'm not sure a poll of federal taxpayers and parents would find the time and effort spent by these employees on the journal article — which I personally viewed purely as a form of reputational damage control — to be a worthy use of these funds when other aspects of our meal program are in clear need of improvement.

USDA school meal programs are funded by taxpayer money.

SNA is NOT funded by taxpayer money.

What isn't in dispute is who will foot the bill for the expected legal battle between the two units of local government, both funded by Vernon Hills taxpayers.

He said: «People will find it hard to believe that Mr Cameron's decision to arrange his finances so that all of his mortgage debt was on a property funded by parliamentary allowances meant no extra cost to the taxpayer, as compared to continuing to share the debt between two properties.»

The bill was approved 56 - 2, with the dissenting votes cast by Democratic Sens. Liz Krueger and Brad Hoylman, who had wanted planks such as a ban on confidential settlements involving taxpayer funds to be stronger and have more protections for survivors.

Another political hack appointed to some meaningless, feel - god position funded by the taxpayers to pander to some constituency without anything meaningful ever being accomplished?

A Bronx man has pleaded guilty to charges that he embezzled more than half a million dollars from two taxpayer - funded Bronx charities founded by state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. over an eight - year period, AG Eric Schneiderman announced today.

To ensure that taxpayers and the vulnerable populations served by these agencies receive the maximum value for the funds paid, Governor Cuomo is proposing the following reforms beginning in 2012 - 13: • At least 85 percent of every public dollar will be spent on direct services, not administration.