Sentences with phrase «money the state wastes»

ALBANY, NY (05/30/2012)(readMedia)-- The New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF) today released its third in a series of reports on how much money the state wastes by relying on costly consultants to do the work state employees can do for less.

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Here's why: Forrester Research states that less than 1 % of leads ever generate revenue for B2B companies, which means B2B marketers doing traditional lead gen waste 99 % of their time, energy, and money marketing to people who will never become customers.

Direct Marketing «I've found that direct marketing is an absolute waste of time and money,» says Wendy M. Civale, 33, the owner of Nonna Gisella, a food business that sells spices and side dishes to restaurants in the New York City area and neighboring states.

For example, you don't want to waste money targeting people from other countries if your product or service is only useful within the United States.

If a United States person really felt that God wanted them to come be a missionary in Africa, are there some suggestions you could provide for how they could do it without wasting money?

Many of us have read about people languishing in vegetative states, restrained in wheelchairs or totally unconscious, and have thought, «What a waste of money.»

But, to waste your money on a billboard for a few weeks to state your claim is really careless.

And sometimes we have to pay 13 % in taxes to pay for a «bullet» train that goes to absolutely nowhere and costs $ 100 billion in a state that's ALREADY $ 20 billion in debt because the money is continually wasted.

Pilot programs in a number of states, including Queensland and South Australia, have shown that businesses that sell food can save money by diverting food waste at source.

A statement released by the group upon its launch states: «Reducing food loss and waste can be a triple win: it can save money for farmers, companies, and households; wasting less can feed more people; and reductions can alleviate pressure on climate, water, and land resources.»

By taking action on the 2030 food loss and waste reduction goal, the United States can help feed the hungry, save money for families and businesses, and protect the environment.

That line of thinking is popular among Florida State fans who had their feelings hurt and fans of Texas A&M rivals who want to believe the Aggies wasted their money.

For example, the non-organic farming industry frequently puts out «research» that states that organic food is no more healthy than non-organic food and is therefore a waste of money.

Now, on your next trip to the 48 contiguous states in the USA with your little one, you don't have to waste money to buy new baby gear or waste energy to pack those big equipment.

Needless to say she could not come up with anything for me to try that I had not already done... a waste of money and threw me back into a state of shame.

New York State's government is one gigantic maw that eats more and more money and then spends it on things that we DO N'T need — chief among them waste, corruption, favors for the well - connected, giveaways and incentives for bad behavior.

Tenney says the $ 15 million gondola planned for the New York State Fair is an unnecessary waste of taxpayers» money, and she'll oppose granting the federal approval needed for the project.

As Gerald Benjamin, Distinguished Professor of Political Science at SUNY New Paltz, points out in aJournal News op - ed; Forty - nine out of 63 New York State Senators received most of their campaign contributions from corporations or big money donors.Millions are wasted and misdirected each year because of sweetheart deals for the special interests.

Lawyer Ampaw in an interview with Kwame Tutu said, the state rather waste money on conferences, seminars and talk shops on child issues.

Running 50 - odd separate campaigns is obviously not as effecient as running one integrated national campaign, and many of the states in turn farmed their OWN work out to contractors, wasting money and losing efficiency at every step.

The make up of the state Senate has not changed from last year, and the GOP still opposes public financing of campaigns, calling it a waste of the taxpayer's money.

Last week DiNapoli had a report saying that the State Agency, Empire State Developments programs don't work and it was wasted money.

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has launched a probe into the state fair, to look into «patronage, cronyism, and waste of taxpayer money.»

And invalidated his audits re waste and theft of public money by the state's local governments and school officials.

Obviously there is a lot of money wasted in our state, but the salaries of the state employees is not the biggest problem, don't let the politicos confuse you.

When ethics expert Jane Feldman's departure from the New York State Assembly, and her appraisal of the experience as «as waste of money,» was first reported by the Times Union last week, many saw it as another blow to reform efforts in Albany.

We can only hope the state's not wasting money putting the illegal signs back up.

There are so many fat cats (sorry carpet and topo for cat reference) around the state and money wasted and now we're going to borrow more money to waste.

«Personal genome testing at its current state is a waste of time and money», argues one of tonight's (Thursday 14 May 2009) speakers at a public, question - time style event to debate the gathering, trading and communicating of personal genetic data.

A majority of Buffalo School Board members voted to retain the law firm of Frank W. Miller, based in the Syracuse area, to assist in filing a formal petition with state Education Commissioner MaryEllen Elia seeking the ouster of their colleague, Carl Paladino, who called the effort «a waste of time and money.»

Cuomo faces stiff opposition from Republicans in the State Senate, who say public financing of campaigns is a waste of the tax payers» money.

He's campaigning on the motto «Stop Wasting Our Money,» and proposes capping public - sector salaries at $ 100,000 a year and eliminating various state agencies such as the Thruway Authority, the Division of Human Rights, and the Office of Homeland Security.

We must send people with fresh ideas and fresh perspectives to state government to objectively address the rampant corruption, stop wasting taxpayer money, and prioritize the programs that our citizens desperately need, like prevention, treatment and recovery funding to address the growing heroin and opioid epidemic.»

«These mailings undermine the Democratic process by perpetuating incumbency from the public fisc [state money] and constitute an unethical and constitutionally dubious waste of taxpayer funds,» Singas wrote.

That puts Antonacci at odds with the views of the state Senate's Republican leader, who's said it's a waste of the taxpayers money.

The strategy has generated controversy, though, because many Democrats say it wastes money in states where they have no chance of winning.

Auditors found OFT officials wasted at least $ 1.5 million in state money on a $ 5.7 million, three - year agreement with software security firm McAfee.

I pray that Martin Amidu would pursue all those that have wasted Ghana's money and deprived the nation from development so others in power today would learn from it or go the same line of punishment for wilfully causing financial loss to the state.

They said subsidizing the nuke to keep it running would be a waste of money, and they criticized Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to count nuclear power toward the goal of providing half the state's energy from renewable sources by 2030.

That project has drawn criticism from state Sen. John DeFrancisco as a waste of money.

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WHEREAS, the New York State Combined Ballistic Identification System, which wasted $ 44 million in taxpayer money and resulted in zero convictions, illustrates the propensity of government to waste taxpayer resources when legislation is not properly reviewed; and

The company's website describes the benefits to brewers, wineries and distillers, stating all three can use the organic - material byproducts of the brewing and distilling process to heat their facilities, thus saving money on both energy and waste disposal.

He noted that the age - long culture of federating states running to the centre to ask for money monthly while resources wasted in their backyards would at best give temporary succour, but that the problem would continue.

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R - Oneida County), said «From day one, I have fought against the elimination of the federal deduction for state and local taxes (SALT), and will work to ensure the deduction is included in the final bill... The real question is: When will Gov. Cuomo stop wasting hard - earned tax payer money on corporate welfare and political self - promotion schemes and finally give New Yorkers the relief they desperately need?»

Using that money, Mr. Giardina said, «seems inappropriate when there is a $ 2.2 billion fund to address every septic waste problem we have here,» he said of the E.P.A.'s Clean Water State Revolving Fund.

What is certain is that Brazil's authorities — at national, state and city level — waste so much money that they simply do not deserve to be given any more.

A CNN news report earlier in the week that boldly stated that vitamins and supplements are a waste of time and money caught my attention.

One state after another is going to continue to say, «Why are we wasting our time and money and precious resources in prosecuting people for their use of cannabis, when we can tax this and regulate and oversee it and make sure it's safe for the consumer?»

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