Sentences with phrase «not public subsidies»

Citi Bike has so far been backed by corporate sponsorship, not public subsidies, but the DOT will soon be talking with Motivate about ways to expand the bike sharing system, according to the agency.

Not exact matches

And does nt the public need to borrow even more to pay this new subsidy?

It seems bizarre that the most reasonable understanding of why the 2008 bank crisis did not require a vast public subsidy for Wall Street occurred at Monday's Republican presidential debate on June 13, by none other than Congressional Tea Party leader Michele Bachmann — who had boasted in a Wall Street Journal interview two days earlier, on Saturday, that she voted against the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) «both times.»

Of course, subsidies are not by definition bad public policy.

Tom, it is the subsidy and the subversion of public resources that is the issue, not whether the religion does anything to the building or the students.

The Christian Right wants public money to be used for private religious education (vouchers), buildings and services to be used for private religious purposes (this article), and they want subsidies in the form of tax breaks, special exemptions of other sorts, and they even want to destroy Aid to Needy Families so they can drive people into seeking help at their private religious «missions» where you are not allowed to eat unless you are a Christian, and so on.

Build business, employ workers, improve skillsets so that people can become self - sufficient and more productive, grow the business, hire more people, teach them to save (not impulse buy $ 1000 rims or whatever the Jones» have)... not only will they actually be able to afford healthcare w / o public subsidy, but they will also be able to save money in order to send their kids to college to become doctors.

The underlying assumption is that tax exemption is a public subsidy, a form of federal financial assistance, and that other taxpayers must make up the taxes not exacted from an exempt entity.

But if the assumption is wrong, if tax exemption is not a subsidy or a form of federal financial assistance, then the tests applied to charitable trusts are not appropriate to tax exemption, and exempt entities need not be required to render what the legislature or IRS considers public benefit or to conform to what they construe to be public policy.

Government farm subsidies are corporate welfare, not public welfare.

(d) in the above process booth capturing, fake voting, impersonification of votng can't take place.only genuine voters will cas votes.3 - to check the proliferation of BPL and other benefits / subsidies the account no, property deeds, vehicles and other valuables bought and sold by the head of the family and the dependants (unmarried) be united into single account.4 - Private engineering college, medical college, international schools, public schools should be marginalised, they should be there but to be strictly controlled about capitation fee and in matter of salary to employees.5 - Every corruption starts in village on CONSTRUCTION WORK (drain, approach road, swearege, deepening of ponds and wells, indira awas, boundaries and rooms of club, schools, community hall, drinking water pipeline drainage etc).

There are vast dark pools of public funds and subsidies getting handed out to businesses, non-profits and we — the tax payers — do not know who is getting what and why.

It's not as if the public employee unions in the tri-state area don't already speak loudly enough without compulsory subsidies.

Yes, libertarians would be against tax subsidies (that pay for public schools), but that isn't the question at hand.

Heaney said taxpayers are not getting a good return for their considerable investment in major Buffalo Billion projects and that IBM has effectively said it's none of the public's business how it is using $ 55 million in subsidies.

(White Plains, NY)-- Westchester County residents age 60 and older who have not yet taken the county survey to learn if their incomes cover their basic needs without public or private subsidies are encouraged to do so at this time.

Nick Clegg and the other Lib Dem negotiators called for a «a commitment not to raise the cap on tuition fees» (a watered - down version of their manifesto pledge to phase out tuition fees over six years), a cut in the number of government ministers, a four year fixed - term parliament and «a commitment to no public subsidy for nuclear power stations».

Isn't this the very definition of a 421a tax subsidy: «New York State taxpayers have enough problems, like crumbling roads and bridges and soaring taxes, without having to subsidize Cuomo's political supporters who would rather be handed the work than learn to compete within the confines of public bidding law and an open market,» said Josh Reap, the government affairs director for Associated Builders & Contractors.

Green groups argue the need for indirect public subsidies blurs the line as to what does and what does not represent government assistance, however.

«If you look at the economics of nuclear power and the commitment the coalition has made not to subsidise it, and then you reflect on the fact not a single nuclear power station has been built anywhere in the world without public subsidy, maybe, just maybe the issue won't arise,» he said.

Former Troy Housing Authority official Paul Moses was indicted on charges he fraudulently collected nearly $ 50,000 in public assistance and housing subsidies he wasn't entitled to, according to the state Inspector General's office.

Olojeme, who was also the convener of the Subsidy Reinvestment and Empowerment Programme sub-committee on Public Works and Road Rehabilitation, could not be reached for comment as she has been out of the country for over a year.

FreshDirect was awarded $ 140 million in subsidies without any public input, without any community assessment process, and I think they just figured «this is a slum, this is a ghetto, this is a place where they've been beaten down so much that they're not even gonna notice.»

A Cuomo spokesman did not offer a comment on the status of the talks, but lawmakers said things were tied up over the same issues as last week: raising the age of criminal responsibility from 16 to 18, reviving the 421 - a housing subsidy program and figuring out how much money to give public and charter schools.

There's less money to spend on regional news - but don't worry, we'll provide public subsidy to keep things as they are.

3 The Lib Dems called for «a commitment not to raise the cap on tuition fees», a cut in the number of government ministers, a four - year, fixed - term parliament and «a commitment to no public subsidy for nuclear power stations».

The trade group argued before the state Public Service Commission that the transmission line was not economically viable without subsidies, but the regulator approved the project despite those objections.

The Public Service Commssion did not require Ginna officials to file a formal notice of closure before investigating the need for subsidy payments in 2014.

Without a unanimous decision from the board, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority could not transfer the land, and the state could not contribute its half of the $ 600 million public subsidy.

But all the speakers clearly preferred it to stay empty rather than give over a public building with public subsidies to a mall developer who won't guarantee a living wage for employees of its retail tenants.

«The poorest children are already eligible for free school meals — the main beneficiaries of this new universal benefit will be middle and upper - income households, who really don't need a public subsidy.»

«As if the billions of dollars of consumer money gifted in subsidies to the nuclear industry weren't enough, now we find out that another $ 700 million in public assets will be handed to Exelon in order to sweeten the deal for their purchase of FitzPatrick.»

«This bill will ensure that building owners benefiting from public subsidies do not undercut private enterprise by paying wages below the predominant private - sector rate.

For the individual landlord, however, making this investment does not always pay, and public subsidies may therefore be justified.

The cost of this spectacle is not fronted by the public — not via taxation, anyway, although subsidies are a different matter.

There are limits on what the public should be asked to support financially; schools that don't help students reach basic proficiency in math and reading, in particular, don't deserve public subsidies.

These public subsidies for poor quality care must not be tolerated.

He went on to criticise the current government for not respecting theatre and said that any theatre that gets large public subsidies, such as The National Theatre and Royal Shakespeare Company, should bring their prices down to become more accessible to future generations.

She also dragged out the tired argument that the gap between rich and poor will be exacerbated by «giving a public subsidy to affluent families that choose elite private schools, which are unlikely to admit students who struggle academically or can not afford tuition even with a voucher.»

These subsidies have not only improved education for the students who attend the schools of choice, but study after study has shown that kids who remain in public school also benefit when a voucher system is instituted and schools are forced to compete for students.

Let's get serious about our public schools, and stop throwing tax dollars at what doesn't work — private tuition subsidies.»

However, virtually every one of Connecticut's major charter schools, all of whom receive major state subsidies, are not only failing to reduce racial isolation but are, in fact, significantly less racially diverse than the public schools in the same communities.

What you are saying is the public library will give up it's mission of public subsidy for providing information to people who couldn't afford it on their own.

The ninety - nine cent price of a fast - food hamburger simply doesn't take account of that meal's true cost — to soil, oil, public health, the public purse, etc., costs which are never charged directly to the consumer but, indirectly and invisibly, to the taxpayer (in the form of subsidies), the health care system (in the form of food - borne illnesses and obesity), and the environment (in the form of pollution), not to mention the welfare of the workers in the feedlot and the slaughterhouse and the welfare of the animals themselves.

But the premium for the insurance is not paid for by the government, it's paid for by the individual and / or the employer, and government subsidies: «Public health insurance in Japan is currently financed through individual contributions, employer contributions, and government subsidies.»

Failure to do that amounts to a massive public subsidy to fossil fuels, which is why they appear to be (but actually are not) «cheaper» than renewable energy.

Congestion pricing would probably drive more people, especially at the low end of the income scale, to take advantage of public transportation options, but that would also require additional subsidies since ticket sales would not pay for the service increases that would be required to accommodate the additional demand.

As we're seeing with corn based ethanol, the amount of subsidy is based entirely on political considerations and not on whether the fuel provides a public good.

Local produce would be competitive if not for fossil fuel subsidies and the fact that climate change damages and costs, due to fossil fuels, are also borne by the public.

«I was disappointed in my fellow public members who voted to table it because I don't think they would have voted if I made a resolution to add more subsidies,» Simmons said.