Sentences with phrase «much taxpayer money»

FF may have returned all of Nevada's incentive money, but one has to wonder how much taxpayer money was spent overall in this debacle that went nowhere and brought no new jobs to a region that badly needs them.

Based on these concerns, the lawsuit asks for records to determine how much taxpayer money is being spent on this program, where enforcement activities are occurring and who is being investigated and detained as a result.

The fact of the matter remains that (for practical purposes) we are unable to change our planet's climate, no matter how much taxpayer money we throw at it.

The public should know just how much taxpayer money has to go into responding to document fishing expeditions.

They want to require that children attend their assigned school and we direct as much taxpayer money to that school as possible irrespective of the achievement and whether those children are being served.

«It is extremely concerning that so much taxpayer money is ending up in the pockets of academy chain directors and trustees.

, Simpson was «honored» by getting: ** 2012 — Thelma Ellis Dickerson Award for «Progressive Leadership in Education» and efforts to raise awareness about the achievement gap in CT and the country ** How much taxpayer money was included with that award?

Despite lower operating costs, the online companies collect nearly as much taxpayer money in some states as brick - and - mortar charter schools.

But he stood firm on the need for legal aid cuts, saying: «It was the case that too much taxpayer money was spent on legal aid.

This has been in an effort to show just how much taxpayer money is being used to pay for staffers who are supposed to inform the public, but in this case, are concealing information instead.

The Baltimore Sun filed a request under the Public Information Act seeking a copy of the proposal, which could reveal details on how much taxpayer money and other benefits the city and state were prepared to offer the Seattle company.

Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff tweeted, «After all the scandals involving unnecessarily expensive travel by cabinet secretaries, how much taxpayer money was wasted on this stunt?»

Matthew Elliott, chief executive of the Taxpayers» Alliance, said: «It's disgusting that so much taxpayers money has been wasted trying to keep this information secret.

Will Osinbajo's visit to London bring Nigeria out of recession, will it address Igbo quit notice, will it stop IPOB agitation, will grass cutter be arrested and prosecuted, will it reveal the owner of Ikoyi Dollars, will it stop herdsmen from attacking farmers, will it reveal how much taxpayers money that Buhari has wasted in London, will it affect the renewed agitation in Niger Delta?

I've seen so much taxpayers money be given to artists who's art is.....

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Some taxpayers have too much money withheld from their paychecks each year to cover taxes.

Most of these deals go through a privatized economic development agency called JobsOhio, which doesn't require as much transparency as a public agency about what taxpayers are getting for their money.

Either that or explain to taxpayers why it is pouring so much money into massive carbon capture projects that will never do what they were designed to do because carbon capture and storage requires carbon pricing to make financial sense.

So if the kids are forking out so much money why does the Brazilian taxpayer have to put up any money at all?

So the question is this, how can you claim you need more money when you can't tell the U.S taxpayer how much you estimate to spend?

«Tioga Downs» expansion will foster hundreds of new jobs and spur much - needed economic development in the Southern Tier, plus generate millions of dollars for public schools and local governments — with all private money and zero taxpayer dollars,» Commission Executive Director Robert Williams said in a statement.

You're just, the government is not getting as much of their money as they put in but I don't see it as taxpayer money at all,» he said.

The Professor's out - of - state — much less out - of - district — fundraising doesn't begin or end with California: the ardent Iranian Nuclear Deal and taxpayer - paid campaign proponent has also raised more money out of New England than out of New York.

Roll forward eight years and we now have the National Audit Office confirming that as much as # 410 million of taxpayer's money has already been wasted by PPP.

How much taxpayers» money, he demanded to know, would Heathrow expansion end up costing?

The judge ruled last week in favor of Blake Morris, a lawyer and Senate candidate, who in February of last year was denied a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request seeking the Senate's mail guidelines, which determine how taxpayer - funded flyers, letters, and newsletters can be distributed, as well as how much money each member is allocated.

The choice at this election must be presented clearly: Brown doubled the national debt by wastefully spending too much taxpayers» money.

«Taxpayers never had an opportunity to so much as see where this money is going, let alone weigh in on it, before lawmakers voted to send $ 56 million out the door,» said Empire Center Executive Director Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center.

He argued the giveaway could be triggered by a share price threshold, preventing the taxpayer from losing too much money after the 2008 bailout.

But this proposal of $ 192,500 is just too much money for the taxpayers to cough up.»

New York state is spending so much money on medical care for older inmates that Cuomo said it's time to let them loose via «geriatric parole,» potentially saving taxpayers millions of dollars.

This will direct millions of dollars a year of taxpayer money to much needed investment in infrastructure.

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.

past their useful life Two million dollars in revenue from this program amounts to that much money for which we have not had to ask taxpayers.»

Glyn Gaskarth says if Council Taxpayers find out how much of their money goes on Council pension shemes their could be a backlash

Predicting the government will have to compensate those private schemes scheduled for closure, Mr Lamb asked how much taxpayers» money would be spent resolving the «remarkable volte - face».

He said he doesn't have enough information to say whether a new sports arena - used by Syracuse University and financed with as much as $ 200 million in state taxpayer money - would be a good idea for the community or the state.

The candidates are spending much of their time raising money to collect $ 250,000 in small contributions and qualify for millions in taxpayer campaign funds.

The wound is a state government that spends too much money, and has for too long with too little performance for the taxpayer; that is causing businesses to leave the state.»

On Wednesday, even Cuomo seemed to be hedging, saying it doesn't much matter to the state whether the casinos succeed in the end since taxpayers have no «money on the table.»

thus this practice will end up costing the taxpayer much more money in the long run, while perpetuating the handing out of jobs through the political patronage system, rather than a more fair civil service testing system which assures better qualified people being placed in the positions.

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.

There will be more difficult questions when the DWP reveals just how much taxpayers» money has been written off along the way.

A much better way to go about all of this is to be up front and honest about what the United States will and will not fund with taxpayer money.

So, it would appear that the U.S. taxpayer will provide the commercial companies billions of dollars in taxpayer money to develop crew capability, then pay billions more to use this capability to fly astronauts to a location that might not be around much longer.

While I absolutely agree that too much of our taxpayers» money is spent on stuff that isn't making our schools better, I couldn't disagree more with what Peterson identifies as fat.

The bill would require taxpayers to be informed about how much of their money is being transferred to private schools through the voucher program.

The schools assure the public that if they are freed from much of the restrictions that mire many public schools in bureaucracy, they will use taxpayers» money to provide students with a high - quality education.

Evers earlier this year praised Walker's budget proposal, but until now the two have been at odds over how much money the state and property taxpayers should send to schools, the expansion of taxpayer - funded vouchers and on Walker's signature piece of legislation known as Act 10, which nearly eliminated collective bargaining for public school teachers and resulted in massive membership losses for the state's largest teachers union, which has heavily backed Evers.

And Meg Hillier, chairwoman of the Commons Public Accounts Committee, said it was «taxpayers» money that could be used to fund much - needed improvements in thousands of existing school buildings».