Sentences with phrase «example of wasteful spending»

-LSB-...] such research has been ridiculed — notably by politicians looking for examples of wasteful spending.

Breadsticks have become a battle cry for Starboard, which said it has identified myriad examples of wasteful spending that add up to as much as $ 75 million a year.

Recall Cuomo's 2011 - 12 budget address in which he singled out superintendents — particularly Syosset's Carole Hankin, whose more than $ 500,000 in salary and benefits is the highest in the state — as a prime example of wasteful spending by school districts.

Shadow Chancellor George Osborne and the shadow cabinet minister in charge of the party's preparations for government, Francis Maude, «will also publish a dossier entitled «It's your money» detailing examples of wasteful spending - including the billions spent on the NHS super computer, ID cards, refurbishing the Ministry of Defence and Government consultants.»

For Flake, advocating for such changes might be a better way to help federal research agencies get the biggest bang for their bucks than his current efforts to ferret out bogus examples of wasteful spending.

Such a list recalls the infamous projects that the late Senator William Proxmire designated for his «Golden Fleece» award in the 1970s and 1980s and the current campaign by House of Representatives Republican leaders to have the public submit online nominations of examples of wasteful spending.

Sometimes, such research has been ridiculed — notably by politicians looking for examples of wasteful spending.

Republican Assemblyman Steve Hawley says the signs are an example of wasteful spending and that the money should have been spent on more important items.

Smith is already investigating several dozen NSF research grants that he believes are examples of wasteful spending.

As an example of wasteful spending, Juanéda cites an alleged trip by a few CREA board members or members of its advertising committee to Mexico to oversee the shooting of an ad.