Sentences with phrase «on the taxpayers dime»

Trump's previous HHS Secretary, Tom Price, resigned in September following a scandal centering on his use of private chartered jets on the taxpayer dime.

If he wants to do this on his time, fine, but on the taxpayers dime he would have to go.

There is a difference between spouting religious views IN public and doing it on or within the gov» t on the taxpayer dime.

(CNN)- A surrogate for Mitt Romney's campaign said Monday the presumptive GOP nominee was taken out of context when he argued against the idea of hiring more fire fighters, police and teachers on the taxpayer dime.

We simply can't afford to fund two different education systems — one private and one public — on the taxpayer dime

The bankrupt banks being bailed out on the taxpayers dime probably own alot of the commercial mortgage backed securities that are gonna tank next.

Horner said: «He's providing ample cause to question his employment on the taxpayer dime.

Why did the post where I defended myself against your facile and specious charges about posting on the taxpayers dime go into your troll bin and remain there?

Then they are flying about on the taxpayers dime as if they can't get enough air time.

NOBODY should work 25 - 30 years and stop working then get paid 90 % salary for another 25 - 30 years (or more) plus healthcare and COLA, all on the taxpayers dime!

Not exact matches

Publicly, Trump had said he was «not happy» with Price for repeatedly using private charter aircraft for official trips on the taxpayer's dime, when cheaper commercial flights would have done in many cases.

Do you think kids should be taught on the taxpayers» dime that Adam and Eve rode dinosaurs?

What we're hearing is that it's wrong to buy Fritos on the taxpayers» dime.

Although many question the hope for public policy to affect that national girth, removing sweet milk from schools may be one of the most direct tools policymakers have at their disposal to reduce juvenile sugar consumption — at least on the taxpayer's dime.

Perhaps time for someone to look at the money that is shelled out for State public employee officials who do union business on the taxpayers's dime.

He wants taxpayer - funded political campaigns, allowing politicians to campaign exclusively on the public dime and forcing you, the taxpayer, to cover the cost of their negative TV ads, mailers and robocalls.

The Post has reported on countless cases of mind - numbing pay deals for top brass at nonprofits — all pretty much on the taxpayers» dime.

But mostly he raised eyebrows, sky high, with a lament that his wife, Chirlane McCray, isn't allowed to collect a paycheck on the taxpayer's dime.»

«This is definitely «Breaking Bad» by potentially turning a bunch of Jesse Pinkmans into Walter Whites — all on the taxpayer's dime.»

Tim Hoefer, executive director of the Empire Center for Public Policy, a conservative Albany - area think tank, said teacher pension costs as now structured «are unsustainable in the long term, in addition to being paid for on the taxpayers» dime.»

Too many of those who violate the public trust can still live on the taxpayer's dime.

However, Cuomo will eventually get the keys to the governor's mansion in Albany, raising questions over whether his girlfriend should be spending the night on the taxpayers» dime.

De Blasio, who has retained a personal lawyer and recently submitted a $ 10 million legal contract for a white collar law firm to represent the city in the matter — on the taxpayers» dime — maintained that he did everything by the rules.

They know they are campaigning on the taxpayer's dime.»

Maloney also supported giving Congress taxpayer - funded health care for life, while voting against efforts to stop Congress from flying first class on our dime.

Silver's lusty entanglements on the taxpayers» dime weren't limited to Albany's seedy fringes, sources said.

However, the 14 members of the New York State Canal Mitigation Task Force never convened, not even for a single session, prompting outrage from Republican Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, who told WAMC: «This was a total dereliction of duty because not one meeting, not one report, and they could have done some important work over the years... we can't afford to have «ghost ship» commissions with commissioners who aren't meeting who are getting paid on the taxpayers» dime.»

Dubbed «Opportunity Scholarships,» the program was championed by Rep. Skip Stam, who believes that all parents should be able to send their kids to any school on the taxpayer's dime — even if that school teaches kids that dinosaurs walked the earth with man or the KKK was just a band of moral - minded folks.

As a result, the door is being open to huge investment opportunites for land, buildings, and leasing opportunities, all on the taxpayers» dime.

You can't buy elections — especially the obscure post of superintendent of Public Instruction, a constitutional office created seemingly to operate as a wholly owned subsidiary of the California Teachers Association, on the taxpayer's dime.

I suspect that the real reason the Nannygate story resonated with so many of us is not because we were angry at the Prime Minister for hiring nannies on the taxpayers» dime, but because we could relate.

The Denver Health Foundation helps those with health issues get treatment so the cost doesn't end up on the taxpayers» dime.

I was pleased to read the article «Bike sharing may come to Orlando, but not on taxpayers» dime» on Orlando Sentinel.com, Tuesday.

Rental bikes downtown I was pleased to read the article «Bike sharing may come to Orlando, but not on taxpayers» dime» on Orlando Sentinel.com, Tuesday.

Moreover, probably 99 % of the labor and supplies that are expended on TNR and colony care are donated by volunteers, without costing taxpayers or businesses a dime.

They are the public communications of public employees doing business on the taxpayer's dime.

Another reminder of Peterson's «professionalism» is this political cartoon he made portraying climate scientists holding different published opinions as «nutters», while working on the taxpayer's dime, courtesy of the Climategate emails in 2009:

If they are doing «research» on the taxpayer's dime, are coming to conclusions which — even on the little data that are available — would be among the falsest and most bogus in the history of science (if the paper had had anything recognizable to do with science in the first place), the question of fraud against taxpayers arises.

A taxpayer can not claim to own the desk anymore than they can claim to own raw data if they got it through public funds and published on the public's dime.

Maybe they can carry on their pen pal - manship somewhere else off the taxpayer dime.

As for another approach, let us wait and see if they decide to further pursue this issue on the Canadian taxpayer dime.