Sentences with phrase «giving tax dollars»

While 56 percent are opposed to giving tax dollars to families to pay for private school tuition, 41 percent approved.

Fine then stop giving them tax dollars again all this will do is force them to close because they will not go against their beliefs, which means less health care available which we are going to need desperately.

City officials launched effective campaigns to explain to the public why it was in their best interest to give their tax dollars to team owners.

She even voted to give tax dollars to Obama's corrupt ACORN.

He gave our tax dollars to groups whose members then made contributions to his campaign.

In that world, an Uber Charter would be given tax dollars to pay for sales campaigns with slick promises to convince passengers to sign up for the trip.

And much of a given tax dollar will also fund the good that a government is doing.

Not exact matches

Look for more money to be given to the Canada Revenue Agency to fight offshore tax evasion, an investment that has so far helped the CRA reap millions in extra tax dollars while at the same time achieving the aim of discouraging tax evasion by Canadians.

Assuming government benefits of $ 15,000 per person per year, that will give you $ 40,000 to $ 70,000 a year per couple before tax, or $ 28,000 to $ 49,000 per single, also in today's dollars.

He's wasting their tax dollars on his luxurious lifestyle, giving handouts to corporate polluters and poisoning our air and water,» said Lukas Ross, who represents Friends of Earth.

CNBC's Robert Frank reports on wealthy Americans giving to charity hitting an all - time record, the Playboy Mansion selling for $ 105 million dollars, and the upcoming tax bill for Reid Hoffman, LinkedIn Co-Founder, after his company's takeover bid from Microsoft.

Instead of spending tax dollars on programs such as welfare, food stamps, Medicare and Social Security for some of the population, give an equal amount to everyone and be done with it.

But two of the city's hottest technology start - ups, Twitter and Zynga, are threatening to leave San Francisco unless they get a break from a city payroll tax that could, given the estimated multibillion - dollar valuations of the two companies, amount to tens of millions of dollars.

Between the Federal and State governments, 45 % of every dollar paid in dividends was given right back to the tax man.

Minimizing our tax burden is one of the most important exercises given the government is so wasteful with our tax dollars.

That's because portfolio turnover increases the amount of taxes that must be paid on capital gains and boosts the total amount of commission dollars that must be paid in a given year.

But she chose to give a billion dollars in tax breaks to millionaires instead of hiring sheriffs to keep our courtrooms safe and ensure justice is done,» said Farnworth.

«Instead of hiring more doctors and staff to shorten wait times in the Interior, Christy Clark gave a billion dollar tax cut to her rich friends in downtown Vancouver.

Under a 2015 agreement between the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and The Advisory Board Co., the state gave a tax credit worth millions of dollars in exchange for 55 jobs.

If she is in favor of the current GOP mantra of starve the aged, the very young, the disabled and the personnel in the military so we can give more tax dollars to Chevron and the wealthy I am not even slightly interested.

Obama is not just requiring that you have ACCESS (which you already did through Planned Parenthood and our tax dollars); he is requiring that health insurers give them away for free — that is where Obama crosses the line.

His comment about «doing for the least» certainly suggests that, given a choice of how one's tax dollars were spent, he would want to help suport the poor and needy.

I guess you prefer politicians that lie their way into a second war while we're still fighting the first without bothering to figure out how to pay for it, give no - bid million dollar government contracts to their profiteering cronies, then fail to oversee those contracts, leading to BILLIONS of tax dollars wasted.

Once your damn cults stop using my tax dollars to fund their unproven theories, I will not give one hoot what you do to each other, but my money inadvertently gets spent on something I have no use for.

That's exactly what's at the heart of this — that the use of public funds (e.g., tax dollars) should NOT be used to promote (e.g., force down the throat of others) any particular religion or religious belief or practice — that money shouldn't be taken by non-Christians by force (via taxation) and then given to Christians to put up displays of Christian religious symbolism.

Leaving aside how disturbing it is to find these Inception (2010) cells treated as a commodity, given their origin and use, why should the government — meaning you and me, through our tax dollars — be involved at all?

The 13 - year - old program provides dollar - for - dollar income tax credits for money given to «school tuition organizations,» or STOs.

The infrasturcture bill that would have created jobs and spent some of our tax dollars on repairing our failing transportation system was shot down by republicans because they «feel» it's too socialist and would give Obama a «win» which they can not accept, regardless of the need for both the repairs and the jobs.

Every dollar my wife and I give to charity is roughly $ 0.30 less I'd give to the US in taxes if we itemized our taxes.

479 million dollars taken from tax payers and given Pat Strykker Money Bundler for the Elect Obama Campaign 500 Million Dollars given to Solyndra, bankrupt and another money bundler for Elect Obama Campaign Are you cudollars taken from tax payers and given Pat Strykker Money Bundler for the Elect Obama Campaign 500 Million Dollars given to Solyndra, bankrupt and another money bundler for Elect Obama Campaign Are you cuDollars given to Solyndra, bankrupt and another money bundler for Elect Obama Campaign Are you culpable?

1) Charities spend their income on necessities, such as food and utilities, which ever - so - slightly re-orients our economy toward recession - resistant products, rather than luxuries 2) Charities spend their money quickly, but on independent schedules, making for a smoother stimulus effect on the economy 3) Charities make purchases tax - free, meaning that $ 1 spent by a charity generates a full $ 1 of private economic activity; furthermore, much of those tax revenues are recovered as income tax on the grocery stores, utility companies, etc. that might not have received that income otherwise 4) Charitable giving is by far the most democratic way to improve society; from birth control to bombers, government assuredly spends money on something you don't like, and charitable giving restores your say - so 5) Charitable donations are tax deductible, meaning you keep those tax dollars in your local community 6) Charitable donations provide the funds necessary for volunteers to serve the needy, thus giving «the average citizen» a chance to meet and interact with the needy, breaking down stereotypes

Republicans are consistently shown to pay more in taxes AND private charitable giving, when measures in total per capita dollars and income percentage, and when compared to Democrats at the same income level.

We give Israel billions of dollars of aid every year from our hardworking tax - payers» money when nearly 50 million Americans live under poverty in this nation, as well as having lots of problems in this nation, such as bad infrastructure, high unemployment rate, billions of dollars in debt, etc..

If atheism is such a peaceful cult, because it is in fact a cult, then why doesn't Bill Gates who have billions of dollars don't shares it with the poor and the needy ones instead of using the so called giving money to charities which he do to avoid over taxes and then reclaim his donations on his next income tax form.

Mitt Romney is a Bishop in the Mormon church and gave $ 4.1 million dollars to the Mormon church in 2010 alone according to his tax returns.

It also requires laws and other actions by government to make incentives universally available through tax deductions; dollars given to recognized philanthropies are not taxable.

We gave the last over to the ideological humanists; they have our tax dollar and the public classroom to bring about their agenda.

New NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer is calling for an end to what he describes as a tax loophole that allows New York City private equity firms, hedge funds and venture capital firms to keep several hundred million dollars a year in their coffers instead of giving it to the tax man.

The fact that were taking some tax dollars from Buffalonians and giving them back to them, it's going to feel good for the short term but that's not sustainable for the long term,» said Astorino.

When we as individuals, however, volunteer our hard - earned dollars to advance society by freely giving from our own pockets, government taxes us less.

Kenyatta's government is also likely to have no qualms about the way large firms operate simultaneously in US dollars and Kenyan Shillings, protecting their capital from inflation, and he will most probably give ample space for state - associated businesses that store capital abroad so as to engage in tax - avoidance.

Lander was one of the first councilmembers to bring «participatory budgeting» to his district, (now going into its seventh year) giving residents the power to decide which projects to support with their tax dollars.

I do not believe that bailing out this casino with people's hard - earned tax dollars is the appropriate way to go about addressing this issue, especially given the fact that there are other gaming facilities with video lottery terminals who continue to struggle as a result of casino decisions and have not received the same level of support now being requested.

Third Question: Who will give a public apology to all the New York tax payers who will ultimately be the payee on this multi-million dollar law suit sure to be won, and deservedly so by this victimized young man?

Keeping with the Labor Day messaging, Mr. Bermudez passed along a SEIU 1199 mailer supporting Ms. Rivera earlier today with an attached statement declaring, «The clear violation of trust in misappropriating our tax dollars that has lead to FBI and Attorney General investigations should give 1199 the message that a pro-labor voting record should not be the only consideration for Democratic voters.»

In November 2015, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was convicted of 7 felony counts of federal corruption charges in a kick - back scheme where he gave $ 500,000 in state lump sum tax dollars to a physician who would refer patients to the Speaker's law firm where he would get referral fees.

To take tax dollars which are scarce, we're spending more than any other state, we're taxing more, and giving it to politicians so they could have robocalls and have dinners is not something I think we should be spending our money on.»

Under the model, the state would give municipalities $ 2 million dollars for every 1 percent it is able to cut from the tax rate.

But Kolb says he knows talks are going on about the top two remaining issues, renewing New York City's rent laws and an education tax credit for donors who give up to a million dollars to fund scholarships for poor children in private schools and fund afterschool activities at public schools.

He says studies have shown that millions of dollars in state tax credits given to businesses have not improved the economy or created jobs.