Sentences with phrase «of taxpayers money in»

But in some ways that's the most amazing thing of all about this extraordinary affair, which must surely represent the biggest peacetime waste of taxpayers money in history, the biggest scientific scandal in history, and the most extravagant and widely promulgated lie in history: the sheer brazenness of these tricksters» enterprise.

In this case, the citizens and taxpayers of Connecticut were defrauded out of $ 6.5 million of taxpayer money in a deliberate attempt to circumvent and ignore clean election laws.»

Not exact matches

There was a lack of transparency in both the Cisco and Open Text deals, so I am not optimistic that this fund will be run in a way such that taxpayers can determine if they are receiving value for money.

In the fog of crisis the government committed $ 14 trillion of taxpayer money to various aspects of the financial system, mostly via outright purchases and loan guarantees.

But disbursing taxpayer money is messy, and a quick scan of the companies that received the most small - business dollars in Virginia reveals an anomaly: No. 4 on the list, according to procurement consultant Eagle Eye, is the $ 24 billion behemoth General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).

In fact, to the extent that a federally supervised restructuring reduces the size of bondholder settlements, it actually saves taxpayer money.)

Money needs to be left in the hands of taxpayers, and not redistributed to failing companies and enormous financial institutions,» wrote one respondent.

Years later, in 2001, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft chose Feinberg to determine payouts of $ 7.1 billion in taxpayer money set aside by Congress for the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.

Just as critically, banks were on the verge of collapse, and were bailed out with billions of dollars in taxpayer money.

Two members of Congress on Wednesday accused big drugmaker Mylan of «bilking taxpayers out of millions of dollars» by underpaying Medicaid in rebates owed on sales of the lifesaving device, as they vowed to recoup that money.

Bush's speech came just six weeks after the US invaded Iraq, but the war dragged on for years after, costing thousands of lives and billions in taxpayer money.

An inspector general investigation in February alleged that he used $ 122,000 of taxpayer money on a trip to Europe with his wife and that he improperly accepted tickets to the Wimbledon tennis tournament.

«When it comes to showing solidarity with the poorer countries in the Mediterranean, parts of the Middle East and in Africa, they succeed in persuading people that it's all taxpayer money being given to other people who don't deserve it.»

It perfected the art of doling out taxpayer money to favoured sectors, and used the language of levers and buttons in its own budgets.

Sovereign debtors must agree to IMF «conditionalities» in order to get enough credit to enable bondholders to take their money and run, avoiding haircuts and leaving «taxpayers» to bear the cost of capital flight and corruption.

Sen. Jeff Brandes hopes his «basket» of proposals will usher in a new approach to criminal justice in Florida that increases accountability, uses taxpayer money more efficiently and keeps people out of prison

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.»

The Conservative proposals take up a large part of the surplus but puts money in taxpayer's pockets, some more than others.

Bailouts in 28 countries since September 2008 have totaled approximately $ 1.5 trillion, a huge sum of taxpayer money that has put pressure on banks to improve their balance sheets and their performance.

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 partnershipIn 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 partnershipin finding innovative ways to fund public spending without surrendering public control, as is often the case with public - private partnerships.

He says the New Jersey bank would «take money out of Wall Street and put it to work for New Jersey — creating jobs and growing the economy [by] using state deposits to finance local investments... and... support billions of dollars of critical investments in infrastructure, small businesses, and student loans — saving our residents money and returning all profits to the taxpayers.»

If governments provide subsidies to these companies, they will often end up paying money to a number of companies that would have come (or stayed) in the city anyway, a waste of taxpayer dollars.

Current provisions could constitute a blank check at taxpayer expense to broadcasters so that they could fund new equipment for the transition from the U.S. Treasury, as the legislation creates a new Treasury Fund in an undisclosed amount of money.

Alberta's premier threatened trade retaliation against British Columbia for standing in the way of the pipeline, Canadian premier Justin Trudeau hinted that he could complete the project with taxpayer money, and BC's premier dug in his heels, recommitting his government to defending the coast from the risk of an oil spill.

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 pasIn 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 pasin 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 pasin the past.

The banks should be nationalized, at least temporarily, and every person and institution involved (otherwise known as the elite banksters and politicians who served and supported the government and «quasi» government decisions) in each of the bailouts and heists of the taxpayer's (i.e. the «common» mans) money, should be divested of their personal assets and earnings and put in a stockade for public viewing, smack dab in the middle of Wall Street, to be pelted with rotten vegetables.

That fateful summer forever changed investors» perception of banks and while before they were seen as institutions able to facilitate liquidity for businesses and individuals, now they were seen as greedy vultures ready to use taxpayer moneys in order to be rescued.

The IRS is in the business of collecting money and thus provides several ways for taxpayers to settle their debts.

This is a pure advocacy article written by someone in a PR shop defending the allocation of taxpayer money to a hedge fund that doesn't need the money.

Dr Edwards said: «I am at a loss to understand why Nottingham City Council used taxpayers» money to try to prevent me from expressing my point of view in a peaceful way.»

But the law also ensures that American taxpayer money isn't used for buying weapons or equipment that will end up in the hands of children forced to fight in conflicts around the globe.

As a result, American taxpayer money is currently supporting the use of child soldiers in several countries, and the highest levels of Congress, the State Department and White House all know about it.

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.

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.

The last time we put a president in the White House, and he supposedly heard God speak to him, we got attacked by terrorists, we got floods, we got into two trillion dollar wars, the bottom of our economy fell, jobs left our country in droves, and started handing out taxpayers money to banks and businesses like they were growing on trees.

The Occupy movement is primarily in protest of corporate greed — but is beginning to cost taxpayers significant amounts of money.

This all started because some whacko from Texas was trying to justify the candidacy of a corrupt governor from Texas, one who gave millions and millions of taxpayer money to his friends in exchange for personal campaign donations.

Treasurer Joe Hockey said conditions available to workers in their contracts were «astounding», and that it would not have been the proper use of taxpayers» money to hand $ 25 million to the fruit processor.

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.

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.

So are those fine people of that Charlton Athletic Fans Trust and their friends in the media telling us that basically no Olympic Stadium that was built with taxpayers money can be used by a professional football club ever?

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

The Prospect Heights Park District and School District 23 entered into an intergovernmental cooperation agreement to save the taxpayers money by sharing the use of properties owned by District 23 and the Prospect Heights Park District in a manner that the facilities may be utilized to their fullest capacity.

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.

It would save the taxpayer money in the long run, since absent and neglectful dads also exact a cost, as many of the young fathers interviewed testified about their own childhoods.

«With money getting so tight in government, the only way to go is to pool resources and share facilities so the taxpayers only pay $ 1 instead of $ 3 for the same services.»

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 case against the park district, brought in a civil action filed last May by the Cook County state's attorney's office, alleges that park district officials improperly took office in the Southwest suburb, misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers» money, failed to hold any recreational events and violated numerous governmental codes, including the Open Meetings Act.

The state's attorney's office sued the park district last May, alleging district officials improperly took office in the southwest suburb, misspent hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayers» money, failed to hold any recreational events and violated numerous governmental codes, including the Open Meetings Act.

«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.