Sentences with phrase «more taxpayer money into»

The Florida Education Association, the teachers union, says the Republicans» goal is to expand the voucher program and get more taxpayer money into private hands.

Not exact matches

Governments have more options in this regard... drawing an example from Australia we had the «National Broadband Network» which was a project clearly not commercially viable, but government dumped taxpayer money into it, no bank would ever have offered money for that.

«It worries me that whenever the Garden Bridge Trust runs into financial trouble, the Department for Transport releases more taxpayers» money before construction has even started,» said chair of the Committee of Public Accounts Meg Hillier MP.

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.

The answers may determine how much local taxpayer money gets funneled into programs that may do nothing more than give the appearance of attempting to tackle drug problems.

In other words, more taxpayers» money would be funneled into extra pay for select lawmakers, said Sen. Dale Righter.

BATTERY PARK CITY — The Battery Park City Authority poured more than $ 300,000 of taxpayer money into open - bar parties, pricey executive lunches and gifts for employees, an investigation by the state Inspector General's office revealed Friday.

Richard Watts, chair of the LGA's children and young people board, said: «We are told that academies and free schools are subject to more financial scrutiny than council - maintained schools, yet we keep hearing that millions of pounds of taxpayers» money, which has been earmarked to make sure our children get a good education, is disappearing into the back pockets of those in charge.

A veteran of Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch, he now leads an investment group that specializes in raising money for businesses looking to tap into more than $ 1 trillion in taxpayer money spent annually on primary education.

In direct opposition to the needs of children and taxpayers, Finch's ship has transported a cadre of greedy, self - serving and unwelcome enemies, people and corporations that are more interested in seeking ways to turn our public schools into private money - making ventures.

Do they stand with Connecticut's students, teachers, parents, public school advocates and taxpayers or will they continue to turn our public schools into little more than testing factories and money pits for an industry that is gorging itself on scarce taxpayer funds while undermining the role of teachers, parents and the local control of public education.

By holding back AIB's ability to return to profitability and rebuild its capital, this exposes taxpayers to the risk of having to inject even more money into the bank down the road.

By incorporating more calculated, thoughtful, comprehensive and proactive efforts to take climate - related issues into account before projects are permitted or funded using taxpayer money, state and local governments can play a critically important role in protecting communities.

We know that an inordinate amount of taxpayer and consumer money has been poured into these industries and it would be quite sad if more grants, subsidies, cheap loans or bail outs were given to them.

[18] First, there had to be taxpayers, like Cannon, who were willing to buy into the concept that they could maximize their tax deductions not just by giving money to charity, but by getting a receipt for more than they had actually given — that is, by making a profit from their charitable donations.

Bush is also a strong proponent of putting more money back into the pockets of taxpayers through cuts in federal income, capital gains, and estate taxes, all positions backed by NAR.