Sentences with phrase «of taxpayer money spent»

But it is the duty of government to make difficult choices about priorities and to get maximum value for every pound of taxpayer money it spends.

Not exact matches

Under this hypothetical policy, governments transfer money directly to taxpayers to encourage spending, a handout funded by issuing bonds with a coupon of zero and no maturity date, which central banks buy.

Pat hadn't quite grasped the premier's view of spending money, especially taxpayers» money.

So why are all political parties afraid of borrowing money at historically low interest rates to pay for needed infrastructure spending that might actually pay for itself through higher productivity and higher income, without any cost to the taxpayer?

So why are all political parties afraid of borrowing money at historically low interest rates to pay for needed infrastructure spending that could pay for itself through higher productivity and earned income, without any cost to the taxpayer?

In addition, cities, states, and taxpayers have concerns about the costs of bonds and borrowing, how to get the best return on banked or invested public money, and an interest in finding innovative ways to fund public spending without surrendering public control, as is often the case with public - private partnerships.

A deduction from a taxpayer's taxable adjusted gross income that is made up of deductions for money spent on certain goods and services throughout the year.

He was as startled as anybody else at the way the election went, and it looks to him as if we are in for a lot more government spending and waste of the taxpayer's good money.

The notion of spending an estimated $ 2 billion, some of it in taxpayer money, to help build the stadiums and enhance the surrounding infrastructure was never a particularly popular one.

«As a public official spending taxpayer money, (Murdock has) learned a tremendous amount of information through his role as a public official, and now he's seeking to utilize that information to operate, to submit a bid, and I think he owes a huge explanation to the people of Wilmette,» said Beth Beucher, a Harbor Association member.

«Well, that year, Joliet Park District had a very conservative board who was not out spending a lot of the taxpayers» money.

Spending public money on infants can save taxpayers a lot of money later (on, say, job training and prison places).

Not only are they spending taxpayer money to pay for advertising, consulting, billboards, etc in their attack on cosleeping, effectively shifting the limelight away from the real issue, but they also blamed smoking and maternal obesity for the extreme numbers of deaths due to stillbirth and prematurity.

«The department's unacceptably poor management of this programme has wasted time and taxpayers» money, with a staggering # 600 million spent in four years just to get to the first stage of business case sign - off.

Right - minded people are becoming increasingly and rightfully disgusted at the amount of taxpayers» money being spent on government «initiatives» run by companies like A4E and the disgusting practices used by ATOS.

Still, this week it has emerged that under existing parliamentary rules they can spend hundreds of pounds of taxpayers» money simply by tabling an increasingly obscure bit of parliamentary procedure.

«We believe that it is necessary to keep the public informed of key votes and let the taxpayers be aware of how elected officials spend our money.

«There's a lot of people who have a concern about that, you know were cutting budgets everywhere, how does it look for us to spend the taxpayers» money on our own campaigns?

We are today investing more in building new road and new rail, including Crossrail here in this City, than at the height of the spending boom — because that is a use of taxpayers» money that gives a real economic return.

«This means it has committed to spending up to # 10bn on supporting Help to Buy without establishing whether it represents the most effective way of using taxpayers» money to achieve its objectives.

The city Department of Investigation's probe of vehicle misuse at the agency, released in April, revealed that 21 senior - level DOC employees «routinely abused take - home vehicle privileges and cost City taxpayers thousands of dollars in wasted money spent on gas and tolls to cover personal trips.»

So for the taxpayers to spend a lot of money to bring the legislators back to Albany for the same outcome they had several weeks ago makes no sense.»

«We have spent millions of dollars of taxpayer money that has resulted in a failed implementation of the Common Core, a flawed policy with a lack of input from experts and most importantly — parents,» said Assemblyman Michael P. Kearns.

«It's interesting that the Governor would be willing to raise money for the same cabal of Democrat Senators who in 2009 raised taxes... and are now itching to do away with the property tax cap, go on a massive taxpayer - financed spending spree and roll back all of the economic progress we've made over the last six years,» said Scott Reif, a spokesman for Senate Republicans.

The Presidency via the National Communication Authority are spending billions of cedis of the taxpayer's money on designing and implementing a communication strategy around massive propaganda, half truth and outright falsehood in an attempt to continually deceive the Ghanaian people.

One Senator, Tom Croci of Long Island, said he did not attend because he disagrees with the governor's decision to tell lawmakers about the budget before informing the public about how taxpayers» money would be spent.

After a lengthy critique of de Blasio's spending, including the line that de Blasio «has spent the taxpayers money like a Saudi prince,» Malliotakis offered that she's «looking to make sure that that money is spent properly» but acknowledged that she does not have any plan to reduce the City's spending.

This is the regime Mitchell went out of his way to hand millions of pounds of British taxpayers» money to, while waxing lyrical about the need for spending cuts at home on TV and radio broadcasts.

In this climate of austerity and the need for public sector cuts, when so many are worried about the possibility that nurses, teachers and other such essential workers will be forced out of work as government tightens its belt, it is worth noting that # 2.8 billion of taxpayers» money was spent on consultancy fees in 2005 - 06 alone.

Tory MP and former Commons deputy speaker Nigel Evans said: «All spending of taxpayers» money must be proportionate.

Silver and his legislative colleagues are spending over $ 1 million in taxpayer money to keep details of their second jobs secret.

* David Davis, the former shadow home secretary, spent more than # 10,000 of taxpayers» money on home renovations and furnishings, including a new # 5,700 portico at his home in Yorkshire.

In the past many of the problems that the European Court of Auditors have found with the spending of European taxpayers money have come from these parts of the Commission that are located away from Brussels, and escape some of the media and Parliamentary scrutiny that the centralised administration attracts.

Called Open New York and culled from his list of campaign promises, the initiative aims to «harness technology to show how taxpayer money is being spent, showcase the great resources of the state, and foster productive engagement with government,» Cuomo promised in his prepared remarks.

Reports on the Audit Service's website (www.ghaudit / org) show that by 2014, under President Mahama, over GH cents 5 billion of taxpayers» money spent could not be accounted for and nothing has been done by the Mahama Government to trace and retrieve these funds.»

While Mark has acted as the taxpayers» watchdog and called out wasteful spending and irresponsible actions, he has also lead the charge to make a more efficient county government by pushing for the creation of Erie County's prescription drug discount program and the adoption of electronic payments for vendors saving the County and those that do business with the County time and money.

«For me, whenever a government agency or legislator or reporter wants to know where taxpayer money has been spent, I don't have a problem with any type of investigation or oversight.»

«Andrew Bridgen MP discovers that Labour spent # 5 million of taxpayers» money on preparations to join the $ uro Main Raab's proposed motion demanding a review of the extradition treaty between the UK and US, is backed by MPs»

«We spend well above $ 150 billion of taxpayers» money.

«They're continually increasing the burden on taxpayers, they're eliminating any type of local say or involvement in how that money is spent, but making us pay for it.»

This the same company whose owner is under Federal indictment for defrauding local and federal taxpayers of money spent on alleged fraudulent repairs made to Rockland County BOCES School buses.

In her testimony, Katz said the controversy brought about by these reports illustrated the need for the Queens Library to become more open to the public about how it decides to spend its money, the vast majority of which is made up of taxpayer funds allocated to the Library by the City of New York.

Tony's stance on key issues such as job creation (bringing jobs back to the New York State), access to affordable and quality health care for all, improving the quality of education for students, and holding state officials accountable for how they spend taxpayers» money is aligned with the Coalition's point of views.

Just received from CCHQ: «Parliamentary Questions, buried by John Prescott and yet to be published in Hansard, have today revealed that Prescott has spent # 645 of taxpayers money on a new sign for his office — replacing the previous «Office of the Deputy Prime Minister» sign with a new «Deputy Prime Minister's Office» sign.

The mayor downplayed Stringer's proposed new role by saying the comptroller's office already has the power to audit how the city spends taxpayer money and that he welcomed the governor's promise of additional resources to improve the shelters.

«People struggling to get to work yesterday morning will be appalled to see that under Labour union barons were being given thousands of pounds of taxpayers» money in expenses while spending millions more in secret,» Ms Patel said.

Speaking exclusively to everyone, a spokesman for the Taxpayers» Alliance said, «This just confirms that the BBC are a bunch of pinko commies who spend their time setting fire to # 50 notes when they're not siphoning off public money to commission sympathetic programmes about immigrant paedophiles who probably vote Labour.»

According to Kindlon, more than $ 167,000 in taxpayer money had already been spent since February on outside attorneys hired to defend Soares in the civil lawsuit filed as a result of the DA's high - profile Florida steroids case.

«As a result, we're spending less and returning to taxpayers more of their hard - earned money.»

A source close to the mayor said: «It is impossible to justify spending hundreds of thousands of pounds of taxpayers money on pensions at a time of severe public sector cuts and wage freezes.