Sentences with phrase «for with taxpayer money»

Schwartz made it clear that the trip will not be paid for with taxpayer money.

Some politicians are intent on slowly doing away with our public education system in favor of privatized education paid for with taxpayer money.

That trip was not paid for with taxpayer money.

End Taxpayer - funded Vanity — Prohibit any building, facility or capital project that was paid for with taxpayer money to be named for any current elected official.

Not exact matches

Alberta's premier threatened trade retaliation against British Columbia for standing in the way of the pipeline, Canadian premier Justin Trudeau hinted that he could complete the project with taxpayer money, and BC's premier dug in his heels, recommitting his government to defending the coast from the risk of an oil spill.

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.

Why are all of these governments protecting their taxpayers while the Conservatives are forcing Canadians to pay for an untendered contract with borrowed money?

The banks should be nationalized, at least temporarily, and every person and institution involved (otherwise known as the elite banksters and politicians who served and supported the government and «quasi» government decisions) in each of the bailouts and heists of the taxpayer's (i.e. the «common» mans) money, should be divested of their personal assets and earnings and put in a stockade for public viewing, smack dab in the middle of Wall Street, to be pelted with rotten vegetables.

«If you have a plain Christmas creche,» she noted, «it violates the First Amendment to pay for it with taxpayers» money.

But if an artist submerges the entire creche in urine, it violates the First Amendment to forbid paying for it with taxpayers» money.»

This is an essentially meaningless bill whose sole purpose is to score political points for its proponents, who have already wasted hours upon hours of taxpayer time and money pandering to the religious right with unnecessary initiatives and bills.

Plans filed by the Hollywood Park Land Co. — a development group that includes St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke — call for a stadium that would be built with probably more than $ 1 billion in private money, but which would eventually recoup tens of millions from Inglewood taxpayers once it opens.

«With money getting so tight in government, the only way to go is to pool resources and share facilities so the taxpayers only pay $ 1 instead of $ 3 for the same services.»

The soccer pitch opened in 2008, with the Protect Our Parks conservation group protesting that taxpayer money was being used for that purpose.

«Tioga Downs» expansion will foster hundreds of new jobs and spur much - needed economic development in the Southern Tier, plus generate millions of dollars for public schools and local governments — with all private money and zero taxpayer dollars,» Commission Executive Director Robert Williams said in a statement.

Since announcing her run for Congress, Maggie Brooks has been saddled with an ongoing corruption investigation that includes questions regarding Brooks» husband and the possible misuse of $ 224 million dollars in taxpayer money, and has been dogged by her unwillingness to address the issues, ineffective leadership, and her record of increasing County taxes, fees and debt.

Labour MP John Mann also hardened his position over the funeral, as more left - wingers started expressing their discomfort with the perceived «canonisation» of the former PM and the use of taxpayers» money for the funeral.

Legal aid is taxpayers» money and should be used where really necessary, not for issues from prisoners that can be fairly dealt with by other means.

It is important to note that under Speaker Sheldon Silver's bill, (1) receiving public funds depends on the candidate's ability to raise money from numerous small donors, so only donations up to $ 250 are matched with taxpayer dollars and that (2) candidates are limited to a maximum amount of public funds ($ 400,000 for Senate candidates and $ 200,000 for Assembly candidates in the general election race).

The assailant was hailed as a hero and paid for murder with money from US taxpayers.

With this budget, New York will face fiscal realities and make essential reforms in order to better manage our government and save money for taxpayers.»

We have committed nearly # 1.5 bn of taxpayers» money to go to Arts Council England (ACE) over the next four years, with the budget for funding arts organisations, ACE's core business, reduced by less than 15 per cent.

• To have the NY GOP nominate for governor a Wall Street Lobbyist who received a $ 1.3 million bonus paid for with taxpayer bailout money... priceless

If Ryan Cronin really wants to talk about taxpayer money we can certainly do that — starting with the 124 different tax increases his New York City Democrat cronies approved the last time they were in the majority, including the job - killing MTA payroll tax and elimination of the STAR rebate checks for seniors and homeowners who live on Long Island.»

Among its changes, AEG dramatically increased the amount of money it expected to raise for taxpayers with its proposal — jumping from last to first in that critical category.

«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.

In contrast there are other facilities that house less than 300 inmates, do not own their power plants, do not own their actual buildings (that's right the State leases them for tens of millions of dollars yearly with taxpayers money) on prime NYC real estate and are falling down around the people who work there.

One of her first actions upon taking office in 2010 was to use taxpayer money to purchase for her position a luxury SUV with all accessories valued at close to $ 60,000.

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.

Schumer says he and other members of Congress are battling for the federal government to help local governments and taxpayers deal with aging water and sewer lines by making more money available.

While Mark has acted as the taxpayers» watchdog and called out wasteful spending and irresponsible actions, he has also lead the charge to make a more efficient county government by pushing for the creation of Erie County's prescription drug discount program and the adoption of electronic payments for vendors saving the County and those that do business with the County time and money.

«For me, whenever a government agency or legislator or reporter wants to know where taxpayer money has been spent, I don't have a problem with any type of investigation or oversight.»

A smaller legislature, with commonsense districts instead of jigsaw puzzle gerrymandered ones, will be able to better represent the people — all the while saving money for taxpayers.

Mangano, while pointing out that the merger of the Sixth Precinct into the Third Precinct in Williston Park has saved money for taxpayers and has not increased crime, said Thursday that he was open to discussions with the police unions about re-establishing the stationhouse.

«What we are doing is moving forward with shared services initiatives, and trying to find the best options and opportunities to save money, enhance services for the taxpayer and hopefully benefit the cities» financials in the process,» Andrews said.

The parks will be paid for using taxpayer money with the Yankees chipping in $ 10 million.

Tony's stance on key issues such as job creation (bringing jobs back to the New York State), access to affordable and quality health care for all, improving the quality of education for students, and holding state officials accountable for how they spend taxpayers» money is aligned with the Coalition's point of views.

Just received from CCHQ: «Parliamentary Questions, buried by John Prescott and yet to be published in Hansard, have today revealed that Prescott has spent # 645 of taxpayers money on a new sign for his office — replacing the previous «Office of the Deputy Prime Minister» sign with a new «Deputy Prime Minister's Office» sign.

The State will pay 580G to Ms. Burhans and Ms. Rivera with taxpayer money — so let me weigh in — they deserve every penny of «our» money and we should be outraged that it came to that and Silver should go straight to hell for condoning a culture of sexual harassment for so long in Albany, NY.

Responding to the Rich List, the Local Government Association criticised the Taxpayers» Alliance for singling out individuals and pointed out the taxpayer «gets very good value for money» when compared with comparable salaries in the private sector.

«My administration will continue looking for ways to save taxpayers» money across all sectors of our government, and asking companies that do business with the State to find new efficiencies and lower their costs is a critical part of the process.»

While technically the money side of social welfare is indeed not payable to illegal aliens, (1) They still get an incredibly costly (to taxpayers) set of benefits such as free public school education for their kids; law - and - order which is a public good; and medical care in ER facilities who have to treat everyone, with or without insurance.

Mike, you are probably correct about Skelos and the rest of the Repubs trying to make political hay on this, but Medicaid Fraud has been a problem in this State for 50 years and all the politicians have ever done is to throw money at it, shuffle agencies, people and responsibility around like a 3 - card Monty con near Penn Station and continue to screw the taxpayers with the most expensive boondoggle in the country.

Lawmakers are facing mounting pressure to end Capitol Hill's culture of secrecy over sexual harassment as they return from a holiday break, with members of both parties calling for Congress to overhaul its handling of misconduct claims and to unmask lawmakers who have paid settlements using taxpayer money.

The new energy minister has today reiterated his support for building more nuclear power stations, but insisted it would not be done with taxpayers» money.

The sordid whiff of prurient homophobia disguised as concern for taxpayers» money coupled with a galling display of cant from our political opponents has managed to drive from office a man who true fiscal conservatives were proud to have as Chief Secretary.

Peter Guidarelli, a partner with Empire Edison Development LLC, has publicly stated his vision for the project could save considerable taxpayer money and time without the need to demolish the existing station.

• How can Iain Duncan Smith justify the bedroom tax where the poor are forced, through lack of appropriate housing, to live in a house with bedrooms they do not need, when government ministers are allowed to use taxpayers» money to buy houses in the capital which also have an excess of bedrooms they have no need for?

As Legislator Lorigo's letter points out, the administration is blatantly refusing to be transparent with the Legislature while requesting Legislative approval for additional taxpayer money.

Its remit would be to hunt for more savings in departments and find taxpayer value for money - with the authority that only the Treasury can carry.»