Sentences with phrase «government dollars given»

Will the Frum community ignore Steve Cymbrowitz's transgressions for the handful of government dollars given to its major Jewish organizations?

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The net effect of the Ontario government's new policy is to subsidize jobs in an already strong labour market, increase the wages of already high - income workers and give hundreds of millions of dollars in corporate welfare to one of the largest and most profitable companies in the world.

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.

CF: What you said about others coming into the fray and starting to build some momentum about it, I think that does give more hope that this just won't just be something that is a transfer of dollars from the federal to provincial governments.

There's no new theme to it, just more riffs on the old one of a self - reinforcing spiral of slower growth in China crushing the economies of its raw material suppliers, while an appreciating dollar makes it ever harder for emerging market companies and governments to repay the debts they gleefully took on when the Federal Reserve was giving away dollars for free.

Once you open an RESP account, you can take advantage of the Canadian Education Savings Grant, which gives you a 20 % top - up from the government for every dollar you contribute, up to $ 2,500 a year per child.

They include access to billions of government procurement dollars at the provincial and even municipal level — something not found in NAFTA — and eliminating all tariffs in the lucrative auto trade that will give major European car makers a chance to increase sales through lower prices.

And while a gridlocked federal government hasn't done much to stimulate the economy, Paulsen said the weakening dollar and falling interest rates could give U.S. businesses, especially technology companies, a big boost.

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.

Yes, there was a one - time gain recorded of $ 2.5 billion due to an accounting change, yes the government had to give Citigroup last - resort rescue money 3 times totaling 10's of billions of dollars and yes, Vikram has had to whack out whole lines of business and thousands of employees to stay afloat.

«She is living in poverty because the B.C. Liberal government is taking the money her dad pays to support her, and using it to pay for their misguided priorities, like spending more than a million dollars hiring failed B.C. Liberal candidates and giving insiders cushy appointments after the last election.»

Given that Canada's depressed dollar isn't kick - starting manufacturing as well as it has traditionally done, they say governments could be doing more to support a buy Canadian supply chain.

On a trade - weighted basis, the rise in the Australian dollar has also been quite substantial, since the TWI gives a high weight to a number of Asian currencies whose governments have chosen to depreciate with the US dollar.

The British government's recent setbacks are also weighing on the pound, a typical tailwind for shares in dollar earnings British companies, after Britain's upper house voted to give parliament powers to block or delay a final deal on departure from the European Union.

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.

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?

Which means that maximal distance must be kept between the government that gives the dollar and the decision about how the dollar is used.

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

It hypocritical to criticize the government for not helping the homeless and the jobless but then not give a single hour or dollar ourselves to help.

But why does the U.S. Government give millions of dollars to Israel?

Given the wide ramifications of some of the treaty provisions, the opportunities for foreign corporations to hold Southern governments to ransom, by instituting multi-million dollar legal claims against them, are enormous.

Do not expect the government to give you dollars or vouchers to educate your children.

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.

Unlike one hundred five dollar meals which are funded through charitable giving, health insurance is funding my magical government gnomes.

My PERSONAL opinion is that women giving birth out of hospital at these sites are taking unnecessary risk with their babies and that the government should not be encouraging such shenanigans by sinking millions of dollars into cozy rooms with fireplaces and big screen tvs while leaving the hospitals to go begging.

The federal government is now giving Dr. Wansink a million dollars to spread these ideas to schools as part of a «Smarter Lunchrooms Initiative.»

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.

Hours later, Attorney General Jeff Sessions hit back at Chicago, saying the Trump administration «will not simply give away grant dollars to city governments that proudly violate the rule of law and protect criminal aliens at the expense of public safety.»

In April, state Senator Simcha Felder (D — Brooklyn) refused to sign off on the state budget unless yeshivas, which accept millions of dollars in government funding, were given more autonomy over curricula.

This has been an ongoing issue for the good government community, which has long complained about the (well documented) lack of transparency with these programs, which give away millions of dollars worth of credits annually.

Given the financial pressures facing the State, local governments, and every New Yorker, our only choice is to manage the MTA so that every dollar counts.»

Good government groups have for years complained that New York's campaign finance laws make it difficult for the public to determine the actual source of campaign dollars, whether due to the so - called «LLC loophole» — which allows business interests that control a network of subsidiaries to vastly multiply their political giving — or corporate formation laws that allow companies to obscure the individuals and other businesses behind them.

«As we have said repeatedly throughout this process, New York is a net donor state, giving far more in tax dollars to the federal government than we receive,» she said.

A capital sum like the 2billion dollars in aid the American government give to Egypt every year

«I'm not going to give any local government one dollar until we know where the money goes, and we make sure the poor schools are getting what they deserve,» he

«I'm not going to give any local government one dollar until we know where the money goes, and we make sure the poor schools are getting what they deserve,» he said in a speech at God's Battalion of Prayer Church in Brooklyn this March.

Speaking to the party's conference in Manchester, Andrew Mitchell criticised a government strategy which sees aid go to a country with a GDP of over a trillion dollars and say the Tories will give the money to poorer countries instead.

The federal government gave the company a favorable deal for the clean - up of a river the company polluted, saving Alcoa millions of dollars, according to WWNY - TV.

De Blasio has drawn criticism from good government groups for his use of the Campaign for one New York, which allowed donors with business before the city to give in amounts far greater than the small dollar limits imposed by the city's campaign finance system.

«There's been a race to the bottom: IDAs give away taxpayer dollars to businesses that then have to be raised by local governments from other taxpayers, and the economic benefits are questionable,» said David Friedfel, CBC's state studies director.

Add to that, my dear reader, the billions of dollars that the United States of America will give to Iran's government.

While enriching investors and giving medical centers and health providers a competitive edge, the popularity of treating prostate cancer with protons has had financial side effects, draining government coffers of millions of dollars.

Five years ago, the federal government gave a group of engineers several million dollars to begin developing an electronic dolphin — a self - propelled, mine - detecting underwater drone as perceptive as a cetacean.

He strongly opposed a failed climate bill in 2009, because he said it would have given the federal government billions of dollars without truly limiting emissions.

The US government gave almost half a million dollars to fund a study on the use of gay hookup apps like Grindr.

The reason the U.S. is bankrupt today is in part because of the collusion between Washington and Hollywood in war glorification going all the way back to WW2 which brainwashed the public into giving the government it's power go to war, kill millions, and print hundreds of trillions of dollars to do it.

The House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight approved a bill last week that would give local governments more flexibility in using federal dollars.

Instead of allowing tax dollars to follow students to the schools of their parents» choice, the federal government gives $ 35 billion directly to the schools themselves (or to the states, which then give it to schools).