Sentences with phrase «financed with taxpayer money»

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Huge national banks shuttered, bankrupt, corporations that employed thousands wiped out, TBTF reinsurers bailed out with taxpayer money, amazingly flawed misallocation of resources financing pipedream «Green Energy» companies with no product, and no market even if they did have a product, etc..

Earlier this month, the Park Board met with its financial advisers, who assured the commissioners that the club's profits could finance a pool renovation without using taxpayer money.

«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.

With public financing of campaigns WE would allot a finite amount of money which could only come from the taxpayers instead of corporate donors thus they would automatically be working for the voters only which would beholden them to the public automatically forcing them to do our will versus others.

The idea behind Connecticut's public campaign financing system was that replacing major amounts of special interest money in the election process with taxpayer dollars would cut down on influence peddling and state corruption.

Under the state's Citizens» Election Program, gubernatorial candidates need to raise a quarter of a million dollars in donations of $ 100 or less with 90 percent of the money coming from Connecticut residents to receive millions in taxpayer - financed election grants.

That ban on contractors» money was approved by the legislature along with a public financing system under which taxpayers pay for grants to fund state candidates» campaigns.

He said he doesn't have enough information to say whether a new sports arena - used by Syracuse University and financed with as much as $ 200 million in state taxpayer money - would be a good idea for the community or the state.

Zimet talked about what a «disaster the town financial situation was in» when she got into office two years ago and how, with the help of her board, they were able to get the finances back in order, save taxpayers money and lower taxes by 4.4 percent.

«BOST is a public company financed with taxpayers» money and therefore has the responsibility to ensure that it does not engage in suspicious deals that lead to avoidable revenue losses, both to itself, government and consumers,» ACEP added.

The governor had promised to form the investigatory commission in accordance with the state's Moreland Act after he and lawmakers failed to agree on a package of ethics and elections law reforms that ranged from increasing punishment for taking bribes to making it easier to register to vote to using taxpayer money to finance political campaigns.

He said: «If, in the autumn, the public finances continue to reflect the improvements that today's report hints at, then, in accordance with our balanced approach — and using the flexibility provided by the fiscal rules — I would have the capacity to enable further increases in public spending and investment in the years ahead while continuing to drive value for money to ensure that not a single penny of precious taxpayers» money is wasted.»

This new report is just one of many, financed with taxpayers» money, aimed at convincing the public that additional mortality caused by wind plants is sustainable.

often financed with money taken from taxpayers and consumers.