Sentences with phrase «give taxpayer money»

If they are going to give taxpayer money to faith groups, then those groups should not be allowed to discriminate against any taxpayer as far as employment or services.

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

Give the taxpayers their money back.»

State lawmakers said a few years ago they would no longer permit the controversial member item program to continue, but critics said the old system, which gave taxpayer money to legislators» pet projects, is being revived in a new form.

State lawmakers said a few years ago that they would no longer permit the controversial member item program to continue, but critics say the old system, which gave taxpayer money to legislators» pet projects, is being revived in a new form.

That elite rich is given taxpayers money to HELP it buy up our national assets, our industries and commercial activities and utilities.

Unshackle Upstate, in a report titled «Money for Nothing,» says giving taxpayer money to candidates will only create more opportunities for corruption and abuse.

The theory is that once the state has given taxpayer money to the charter school the charter is free to spend it as they deem fit.

The bill, a potential boon for car manufacturers like Tesla Motors, is being criticized by opponents for giving taxpayer money to industries that serve to enrich -LSB-...]

Not exact matches

This workaround would violate the basic rationale for charitable deductions, which is that money given to charity does not benefit the taxpayer but society generally.

After all, «Taxpayers paid a lot of money for someone to go to an institution like RMC, to train that individual and give them a unique skill set,» he notes.

However, they are giving back not with their own money but with other people's — retail investors» and taxpayers».

«When it comes to showing solidarity with the poorer countries in the Mediterranean, parts of the Middle East and in Africa, they succeed in persuading people that it's all taxpayer money being given to other people who don't deserve it.»

Another reason given for not contributing to the G - 20 Fund is that this would require the use of taxpayers» money.

Presumably what the government is saying is that at a time when government spending is being cut it would be inappropriate to «give» taxpayers money to the IMF to help wealthy European countries.

All gave taxpayers more money to spend and thus help boost the economy.

What kind of incentive do you give someone who drinks, smokes, eats excessive fatty foods, doesn't exercise and says they can live the way they want and they want government funded (taxpayer money) to pay for their healthcare.

This all started because some whacko from Texas was trying to justify the candidacy of a corrupt governor from Texas, one who gave millions and millions of taxpayer money to his friends in exchange for personal campaign donations.

Mayoral control has improved outcomes, but it's not so overwhelmingly positive that the Assembly should cave and give Flanagan / Senate GOP all the charter schools and millions in additional taxpayer monies they crave.

To ensure irreversibility, we are implementing the following measures to tackle some of the long - term structural issues: a. capping of the statutory funds at 25 percent of government tax revenues b. operationalization of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) to consolidate all government funds at the Bank of Ghana c. tightening of expenditure controls in GIFMIS to minimize inefficiencies and budget overruns d. strict enforcement of the PFM Act, as well as the Public Procurement Act, to ensure efficiency in public procurement, and e. adoption of the competitive tender process, which is eliminating wastage and giving Ghanaian taxpayers real value for their money.

However, the health secretary also showed an awareness of the concerns raised in Sir Derek's report, which warned more must be done to tackle rising obesity and give taxpayers value for money.

We are today investing more in building new road and new rail, including Crossrail here in this City, than at the height of the spending boom — because that is a use of taxpayers» money that gives a real economic return.

Two state lawmakers — Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Sen. Diane Savino — who gave campaign money to now - indicted Brooklyn Assemblywoman Pamela Harris, amid a grand jury probe into her alleged theft of taxpayer money, say they had no idea she was under investigation at the time.

Though they have criticized the federal health care reform effort, de Blasio and Cuomo have teamed up to deliver a big taxpayer gift to Aetna, a major health insurer hat has given big money to Democratic political groups.

«Given that Nigeria will now accept the flight a bit of forethought could easily have avoided a significant waste of taxpayers» money.»

Why are you in favor of giving away taxpayer monies to billionaires?

The House will have noted that, for the second time, the Secretary of State was unable to give my hon. Friend the Member for Monmouth (David T.C. Davies) the guarantee that he seeks that extremists have not got their hands on taxpayers» money.

Albans) has given out more than a million dollars in taxpayer money to more than?

Double standards As an MP, I was asked what sexism I'd experienced in politics, and gave an example from before I was elected, when I was a political assistant and an MEP had offered me # 10,000 of taxpayers» money if I'd sleep with him.

«Haringey's mayor praises the London riots, continuing two shameful Labour traditions Main British taxpayers» money to be used in a new Greek bailout — another reason to give Brussels the boot»

Hardworking taxpayers give their money to the government and in return expect it to be invested in their well - being.

Instead of paying property taxes, taxpayers would instead give the money to a charitable fund set up for their local schools and governments.

«Any assurances given about our future relationship with the customs union and the single market would go to the very heart of the Brexit negotiations, revealing whether the government is intending to stay within either, or whether you intend to negotiate a patchwork of carve - outs, subsidies and sectoral arrangements, which will create winners and losers and may cost the taxpayer colossal amounts of money,» he said.

While it is true that DfID is not directly giving any British taxpayers» money to Argentina, that very misleading statement is not the whole story.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is giving $ 16 million in taxpayer money to CBS Corp. to keep production of Colbert's the «Late Show» in New York City after David Letterman retires.

Both Jepsen and Westby are planning on using the state's public campaign finance system, which would give each more than $ 812,000 in taxpayer money to spend on this election.

The Mayor also proposed a plan for City Council to grant the city the power to sell Emergency Repair Program liens that exist on a property to a third party collector (see video above), who would then be in charge of collecting on the debt — saving taxpayer money from footing the bills for emergency repairs and possibly giving landlords more incentive to make repairs themselves.

«People struggling to get to work yesterday morning will be appalled to see that under Labour union barons were being given thousands of pounds of taxpayers» money in expenses while spending millions more in secret,» Ms Patel said.

Pretty blatant misuse of NY taxpayer money... thought a miser like you would be outraged when state money is given away?

It was tolerated, if not explicitly endorsed, by the Commons authorities that make the decisions on whether any given claim for taxpayers» money should be met.

THE ELIZABETHTOWN - LEWIS CENTRAL SCHOOL BUDGET HEARING, BUDGET VOTE & BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONNotice is hereby given that a Budget Hearing of the inhabitants of the Elizabethtown - Lewis Central School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (DST).

In exchange for taking its parkland, soaking up taxpayer dollars (in the form of subsidies and tax breaks) and bringing more traffic congestion and parking woes to the area, the Yankees (and the city which backed the project) promised to provide local jobs, quickly restore parkland and give back money to community groups and programs on annual basis.

What we need to do is introduce real reforms into both to make them much more effective and thus give taxpayers far better value for money.

Lo and behold, Tower Hamlets have given # 64,000 of taxpayers» money to a Unite community centre (the union is putting in # 140,000 and Barclays is contributing # 60,000).

«Given the fact that the state has spent more than $ 11 million in public money to settle sexual harassment claims, this legislative response is essential to protect hardworking taxpayers.»

Of course, given Daddy's lobbying business, which relies heavily on Daddy's good relation with the despicable Silencer Silver, Gillibrand chose Daddy's Business Bucks over the defense of women and disclosure of the use of taxpayer money.

Nearly 100 supporters of the shelter turned out at a town board meeting Tuesday night to blast the board for its request for proposals, which board members said was issued in the interest of doing due diligence in ensuring that the management of the shelter is giving taxpayers the best value for their money.

It gives us the opportunity to invest that money more wisely and return the majority of it back to taxpayers.»

«That money has already been plugged into the county budget and [giving it to municipalities] would mean we would either have to raise taxes on county taxpayers or cut county services.»

But he gave the Tories a clear statement of the principles he wants to follow, saying: «I want to look every taxpayer in the eye and be able to say that their money is either going to people who are on the path back to independence or their money is going to people who, without question, deserve society's care.