Sentences with phrase «of taxpayer money which»

For us it's not a question of taxpayer money which — based on your comments — is the situation in the US.

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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.

Also last year, the Congressional Budget Office issued a report suggesting the bank may cost taxpayers money after all, using the fair - value accounting method, which accounts for market risks of the loans the agency makes.

As a result, the bank will need further capital, part of which will come from a government loan — meaning that taxpayers» money will be used once again to support the banking system.

I speak, of course, of the sponsorship scandal in which millions of dollars was stolen from Canadian taxpayers, and that money was then diverted into Liberal bank accounts.»

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.

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.

In other words, Quebec and federal taxpayers are being asked to pony up to protect the financial well - being of the family, which, incidentally, received approximately $ 150 million in dividend payments from Bombardier over the last decade, even as the company has yet to repay all the money its borrowed from the federal government in the past.

In 2011 Lutheran Social Services (Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services) one of the largest Social Justice, Government funded, resettlement agencies, revenue was $ 31,653,748 of which $ 30,376,568 (96 %) was taxpayer money.

Plans filed by the Hollywood Park Land Co. — a development group that includes St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke — call for a stadium that would be built with probably more than $ 1 billion in private money, but which would eventually recoup tens of millions from Inglewood taxpayers once it opens.

The debt service on the bonds is to be paid with fees from boaters and any delay would result in loss of revenues from that source, which Park District officials said would have to be made up by taxpayer money.

Parents make the critically necessary sacrifice without which society would collapse like Jeb Bush's presidential campaign: We shell out vast sums of money on everything from diapers to chess camp to prepare the next generation of taxpayers, who will be funding the retirement of people like the childless / childish Meghann Foye, whose pay - me - even - if - I - didn't - do - anything attitude says not «imaginative social thinker,» but «squeegee man.»

And the three banks which were in receipt of taxpayer money are all now performing well and on course to pay that investment back in full.

The government has decided not to break up the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), in a move which could make it harder to recoup taxpayers» money.

To ensure irreversibility, we are implementing the following measures to tackle some of the long - term structural issues: a. capping of the statutory funds at 25 percent of government tax revenues b. operationalization of the Treasury Single Account (TSA) to consolidate all government funds at the Bank of Ghana c. tightening of expenditure controls in GIFMIS to minimize inefficiencies and budget overruns d. strict enforcement of the PFM Act, as well as the Public Procurement Act, to ensure efficiency in public procurement, and e. adoption of the competitive tender process, which is eliminating wastage and giving Ghanaian taxpayers real value for their money.

The latest update from Margaret Hodge, chair of the Commons» public accounts committee, is despairing about the «unacceptably poor management» of universal credit, which she says has «wasted time and taxpayers» money».

However, the health secretary also showed an awareness of the concerns raised in Sir Derek's report, which warned more must be done to tackle rising obesity and give taxpayers value for money.

«We would divert a chunk of that money towards a massive housebuilding and schools programme, which offers real investment in our future and better value for taxpayers.»

But charter schools get a cut of taxpayer dollars, which threatens the money needed to fund the public schools and keep the Syracuse Teachers Association operating.

«We have always warned that the privatisation of Surrey and West Midlands police forces was a dangerous experiment which is wasting taxpayers money and now we have damming advice from the respected Home Affairs committee backing up our claims.

And he backed a «straightforward» ten per cent levy on the profits of all banks which had benefited from taxpayers» money.

Thanks to a new state law, East Hampton taxpayers will have the right to force a vote on whether the town should accept money for East Hampton Airport from the Federal Aviation Administration, which imposes rules on how airports function as a condition of providing funding.

Maria Miller's claims of # 45,000 of taxpayer's money, to which she was not entitled to claim.

May's decision to appeal, which was criticised as a waste of taxpayers» money in legal quarters, came despite the judges hearing from legal teams in three separate cases.

With public financing of campaigns WE would allot a finite amount of money which could only come from the taxpayers instead of corporate donors thus they would automatically be working for the voters only which would beholden them to the public automatically forcing them to do our will versus others.

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.

«Any assurances given about our future relationship with the customs union and the single market would go to the very heart of the Brexit negotiations, revealing whether the government is intending to stay within either, or whether you intend to negotiate a patchwork of carve - outs, subsidies and sectoral arrangements, which will create winners and losers and may cost the taxpayer colossal amounts of money,» he said.

So, in 2005, Silver awarded Taub's research center a $ 250,000 research grant from an $ 8.5 million pool of taxpayer money established by the state Health Care Reform Act — which was disbursed at the speaker's sole discretion with no public disclosure, court papers state.

«The Convention held in 1967, which Chairman Michael R. Long participated in, was a colossal waste of taxpayers» money and if one was held now, it would cost taxpayers even more money and be controlled by the same special interests that already have a strong presence in the legislative process,» the party said in a statement.

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.

It wouldn't let voters know which of its members were using taxpayers» money to pay for its staff member, until openDemocracy sifted through the data.

«The suspension model most closely complies with HMRC's penalty principles, which include that penalty regimes should be designed from the taxpayers» perspective, primarily to encourage compliance and prevent non-compliance, and that penalties are not to be applied or seen to apply with the aim of raising money.»

«Not only is this putting an additional burden on GPs, but the government is having to use taxpayers» money to cover the cost of setting up an interim service which should not have been necessary in the first place.»

Where it gets muddled in day to day context is that people of course abuse those privileges that taxpayers pay for essentially, which allows the other side to say, see we could have spent the money better.

«It is clear Martins cares far more about using money taken directly from the wallets of Nassau County taxpayers to campaign for himself than he does about ethics reform, which he has blocked at every turn in Albany.

For example, we have established a Green Investment Bank - which will take # 3 billion of taxpayers» money and use it to lever in several multiples of that from the private sector to build our green infrastructure.

While technically the money side of social welfare is indeed not payable to illegal aliens, (1) They still get an incredibly costly (to taxpayers) set of benefits such as free public school education for their kids; law - and - order which is a public good; and medical care in ER facilities who have to treat everyone, with or without insurance.

• How can Iain Duncan Smith justify the bedroom tax where the poor are forced, through lack of appropriate housing, to live in a house with bedrooms they do not need, when government ministers are allowed to use taxpayers» money to buy houses in the capital which also have an excess of bedrooms they have no need for?

The Orangetown Town Board passed a resolution unanimously to put a referendum on the November ballot to abolish the Receiver of Taxes Office and merge it with the Town Clerk Office, which they hope will save taxpayers money.

The Coalition should stop messing around and completely abolish the House of Lords at the earliest opportunity, which would make Parliament more democratic, efficient and save a considerable sum of taxpayers» money.

THE ELIZABETHTOWN - LEWIS CENTRAL SCHOOL BUDGET HEARING, BUDGET VOTE & BOARD MEMBER ELECTIONNotice is hereby given that a Budget Hearing of the inhabitants of the Elizabethtown - Lewis Central School District, Essex County, New York, qualified to vote at school meetings in the District will be held at the school on Tuesday May 8th, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. for the purpose of hearing the report of the meeting.Notice is also hereby given that the vote on adoption of the budget for 2018/2019 school year and a levying a tax on taxable property of the District will take place on Tuesday May 15th, 2018, between the hours of 12:00 noon and 8:00 p.m.Notice is further given that a copy of the statement of an amount of money which will be required during the ensuing year for school purposes, exclusive of public monies may be obtained by a resident or taxpayer in the District during the fourteen days immediately preceding the Budget Vote / Election except Saturday, Sunday and holidays, at the District Office during the hours for 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (DST).

In exchange for taking its parkland, soaking up taxpayer dollars (in the form of subsidies and tax breaks) and bringing more traffic congestion and parking woes to the area, the Yankees (and the city which backed the project) promised to provide local jobs, quickly restore parkland and give back money to community groups and programs on annual basis.

But he also criticized the state's creation of SAM, which allows state leaders to dole out money without ample transparency that state taxpayers pay back, with interest.

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Mr. Russell said necessary road repairs and improvements make it even harder for the town to stay under the cap, which limits the total amount of money the town can collect from taxpayers.

Nearly 100 supporters of the shelter turned out at a town board meeting Tuesday night to blast the board for its request for proposals, which board members said was issued in the interest of doing due diligence in ensuring that the management of the shelter is giving taxpayers the best value for their money.

He said it was an «outrage» that banks which had been bailed out by taxpayers were now «hoarding» money instead of using it to lend to businesses and households.

Lord Adonis is calling for the resignation of transport secretary Chris Grayling for using hundreds of millions in taxpayers» money to bail out private rail companies — a decision which the former government infrastructure tsar says is symptomatic of a government that has «broken down» under the strain of Brexit.

WHEREAS, the New York State Combined Ballistic Identification System, which wasted $ 44 million in taxpayer money and resulted in zero convictions, illustrates the propensity of government to waste taxpayer resources when legislation is not properly reviewed; and

Departmental spending cuts have been partly offset by a rising benefits bill which now means # 1 in every # 3 of taxpayers» money is spent on benefits.