Sentences with phrase «more taxpayer support»

In this era of acute fiscal distress, it's unclear how much more taxpayer support will be available.

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If you're serious about «no more taxpayer bailouts,» you'll support strong financial reform, including a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
Despite strong support for sending federal Conservatives to Ottawa, Alberta is now a much more progressive and moderate province than it was 20 years ago, when a young Mr. Kenney was roaming the halls of the Legislature as the spokesperson for the taxpayers federation.
The government continues to predict balanced budgets over the three - year term, though there is a significant change in the debt profile of B.C., notably our taxpayer - supported debt, which is scheduled to increase more than 17 % over the next three years.
«It's easier to go to the taxpayers and get them to support more science labs or classrooms than one big cafeteria,» said Paul Gillette, associate principal at Barrington High School, where lunch starts at about 10 a.m.
Taxpayers could save more than $ 2 million a year if it weren't for a group of breakaway Democrats who need their own support staff in the state Senate, critics say.
The effects this bill will have on New York taxpayers will cost them more, and I can not support it.
«If it serves the taxpayers and help to give us a little more environmental protection, I will support it.»
And the 150 full - time representatives he identified are complemented by thousands more who spend varying degrees of the time that taxpayers are paying their salaries supporting the activities of their unions.
He has been hailed as a transparency champion by the taxpayers» alliance, and his efforts to make local government more transparent have gained support from some unlikely places.
More than a dozen elected officials, planners, builders and environmentalists stood beside Mr. Bellone Monday to support the plan, urging taxpayers to do the same.
The new energy minister has today reiterated his support for building more nuclear power stations, but insisted it would not be done with taxpayers» money.
The Fiscal Policy Institute, a labor - backed think tank that supports the increase, believes the state should step up with more funding rather than leaving mandated pay hikes to local property taxpayers.
«Professional politician James Skoufis votes in lock step vote with the New York City liberals who support taxpayer funded political campaigns, shifting more school aid to New York City and providing free college tuition to illegal immigrants.
Both candidates want to make permanent the property tax cap, but Kaminsky sometimes seems more concerned about shoring up public union support than about taxpayers.
Zimet nominated Marx, noting that, although she did not support his bid two years ago, once they began working together she was amazed by his work ethic, his respect for the Town Board, for the residents and how he ended up «doing much more than he signed up for, as we combined Buildings and Grounds with our Highway Department — at great savings to the taxpayers, but much more work for Chris, which he never complained about.
Lorsch reviewed the new NIH policy called Grant Support Index (GSI), which aims to more widely distribute taxpayer funding of science by limiting additional grant support for already well - supported principal investiSupport Index (GSI), which aims to more widely distribute taxpayer funding of science by limiting additional grant support for already well - supported principal investisupport for already well - supported principal investigators.
Finally, once all those changes are implemented, he said, he might be willing to ask taxpayers to pay more to support the schools.
By 2012 - 13, the total resources flowing into higher education had increased dramatically, with graduates themselves expected to shoulder more than half of the cost of their education (# 7.9 billion versus # 5.9 billion in taxpayer support).
CCER's political agenda includes more taxpayer funds for charter schools and support for the incredibly unfair «teacher evaluation» system that is designed to denigrate and undermine Connecticut's public school teachers and the teaching profession.
Sick and twisted systems don't deserve taxpayer support, especially systems that can not get more than a third of their students performing at grade level for $ 20,000 a year.
Private schools that want more taxpayer money need to earn more public confidence and support.
«We can espouse to do as many great things as we want,» board member Ben Cundiff said, «but until we change the mindset of the average taxpayer that it's worth paying more taxes to support education, we're never going to get where we want to with all of our students.»
More than 20,000 choice students supported by Milwaukee taxpayers are left out of the school aid calculation, which skews the results and essentially makes Milwaukee look less poor than it really is.
At the same time we are defunding public education, how long will it take before taxpayers are paying a billion or more dollars a year for a statewide voucher system that supports unaccountable private and religious schools?
IHEP participates in activities with a broad coalition of more than 50 organizations representing students and college access, veterans, consumers, and civil rights to support meaningful regulations that protect students and taxpayers from career programs that over-charge and under - deliver.
Coalition letter from more than 50 organizations to Congress conveying strong support for the continued implementation and enforcement of important Education Department accountability provisions designed to protect students and taxpayers from unmanageable student debt and waste, fraud, and abuse in higher education.
Similar constitutional provisions bar taxpayer money from supporting churches or other «sectarian» institutions, including religious schools, in more than 30 other states.
ALEC members support more choice for students, because taxpayers deserve a government that looks out for them, not one that dictates how they should live their life.
As a candidate for governor Malloy supported the suit and recognized that it was the single most important mechanism for transforming Connecticut's school funding formula into something that adequately funded schools and treated local property taxpayers more fairly.
Families for Excellent Schools is the corporate funded, New York based, charter school industry lobbying group that bused in students and parents from as far away as New York City and Boston, last year, to attend a rally in support of Governor Dannel Malloy's effort to divert even more taxpayer money to Connecticut's privately owned and operated charter schools.
At ALEC today, private companies like the scandal - plagued K12 Inc. which are supported by U.S. taxpayers and pay their CEOs millions in annual salaries ($ 4 million in 2017) are pushing hard for the privatization of U.S. schools so they can rake in more profits.
Also advancing this agenda are private companies, like the scandal - plagued K12 Inc. which is supported by U.S. taxpayers and pays their CEOs millions in annual salaries ($ 4 million in 2017), pushing hard for vouchers and the privatization of schools so they can rake in more profits.
Setting aside hypothetical Pastafarians, imagine if Arizona's wealthier taxpayers are more likely to support Protestant - aligned schools while its lower - income parents are more likely to prefer Catholic schools.
Voters might be more inclined to support parcel taxes or raise general taxes to attract the next generation to teaching with a higher base pay and differentiated pay based on merit, however measured — at least this taxpayer would.
The vital CCEJF v. Rell Connecticut school funding lawsuit is the mechanism state officials could be using to increase state support for our public schools and thereby shift some more of the burden off local property taxpayers.
When it comes to supporting vouchers, however, substantially more Americans oppose rather than support using taxpayer funds to send students to private school (52 percent to 39 percent).
Unmarried taxpayers who support one or more dependents may be able to file as Head of Household.
According to financial reviews, California taxpayers spend more than $ 250 million annually in support of this cause.
For more information on these taxpayer - supported services, please call city animal services at 505.955.2701 or county animal services at 505.992.1626.
More than one hundred hours of free general admission annually — provided in recognition of taxpayer support for the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District (SCFD)-- will also continue at the Museum.
The Iraq War cost the US taxpayer more than a trillion dollars — should we require those who supported that war to pay a trillion dollars to those who opposed it?
«The All of the Above energy strategy is not only climate denial — it's climate denial that is funded with more than $ 20 billion in taxpayer support each year.»
Now they are begging for bailouts from taxpayers, that would probably rather support more public transport and less pollution.
Meanwhile, U.S. companies receive taxpayer dollars to support their business ventures abroad in a way that often seems more like corporate welfare than development finance.
Students who learn how to tap into this body of knowledge after leaving higher education might well be more likely, as taxpayers, to support research funding, given the contribution that it makes to Canadian society and the world.
Unmarried taxpayers who support one or more dependents may be able to file as Head of Household.
Today, the White House released a memorandum (PDF) in support of a more robust policy for public access to research, making the results of billions of dollars of taxpayer - funded research freely available online.
To ensure the most effective investments, states must more efficiently track taxpayer money supporting specific programs.
«Realtors ® support responsible lending to qualified borrowers and the move to lower premiums will enable more buyers to enter the market while continuing to protect taxpayers from the risky lending practices that led to the housing crash.»
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