Sentences with phrase «price of public land»

Japan's Finance Ministry proposed crafting a cover story with a school operator at the heart of a political scandal to justify a discount in the price of public land sold to the school, a ministry official said on Monday.

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Land is still its largest component — and some 80 percent of «capital» gains in the U.S. economy are land - price gains Site values are increased by public investment in streets, water and sewer facilities and transportation hubs, in school systems, by zoning restrictions, by the general level of prosperity, and most of all, by whatever bankers will lLand is still its largest component — and some 80 percent of «capital» gains in the U.S. economy are land - price gains Site values are increased by public investment in streets, water and sewer facilities and transportation hubs, in school systems, by zoning restrictions, by the general level of prosperity, and most of all, by whatever bankers will lland - price gains Site values are increased by public investment in streets, water and sewer facilities and transportation hubs, in school systems, by zoning restrictions, by the general level of prosperity, and most of all, by whatever bankers will lend.

And in the political sphere, finance has become the great defender of deregulating monopolies and «freeing» land rent and asset - price gains from taxation, translating its economic power and campaign contributions into the political power to capture control of public financial regulation.

All this was viewed (by classical economists) as something that government regulators should get rid of, either by not permitting it in price, or by holding the monopolies in the public domain, or by the land itself being either nationalized or taxed.

The price of the land is often determined by movements of population or by public expenditures on infrastructure.

We hope that Mayor (and former Public Advocate) de Blasio will recognize his fiduciary responsibility to City taxpayers, and determine a sale price for valuable Willets Point Phase One land that at least recoups all of the public funds spent to acquiPublic Advocate) de Blasio will recognize his fiduciary responsibility to City taxpayers, and determine a sale price for valuable Willets Point Phase One land that at least recoups all of the public funds spent to acquipublic funds spent to acquire it.

Public Employees Discount In an effort to encourage public employees to reside within the City of Syracuse the Land Bank will offer any full - time employee of the City of Syracuse, Onondaga County, or Syracuse City School District a sales price disPublic Employees Discount In an effort to encourage public employees to reside within the City of Syracuse the Land Bank will offer any full - time employee of the City of Syracuse, Onondaga County, or Syracuse City School District a sales price dispublic employees to reside within the City of Syracuse the Land Bank will offer any full - time employee of the City of Syracuse, Onondaga County, or Syracuse City School District a sales price discount.

The university owns a significant amount of untaxed land within Syracuse, meaning city taxpayers bear the price of providing fire and police protection, public works and other municipal services.

Romney accused the president of being responsible for rising gasoline prices and reduced access to public lands for oil production, and being disingenuous about supporting fossil fuels.

«We didn't believe it then, and we don't know that passing drilling in our crown jewel of our public lands system would lower gas prices for constituents, but that was the political backdrop in 2005,» said Lydia Weiss, government relations director for lands with the Wilderness Society.

Land Rover has given the new Range Rover a public viewing in London and delivered details of price, performance, economy and much more.

The more I think about it the more I believe that this is a smoke screen used by a government agency to rally public discord away from their own bureaucracies which via their HST, land transfer taxes and mortgage insurance rules — all percentages calculated on the sale price of the home by the way — do more to inflate house prices without providing any evidentiary benefit to the homeowner.

Those are higher energy prices, higher land prices, climbing population, static personal incomes, declining public treasuries, and lack of competitiveness in core industries.

Put another way, Congress could raise all of the funds needed to support long - term investments in this Energy Security Trust by increasing royalties paid for producing oil and gas from public lands and waters by an amount less than the typical daily fluctuations of oil and gas commodity prices.

The Trust for Public Land was what is known as an «eco-profiteer:» an organization charged with buying private land at distress prices from rural owners, usually under threat of federal condemnation, then, with the help of huge lobbying efforts and insider congressional contacts, selling it to the federal government at fair market prices and taking a Land was what is known as an «eco-profiteer:» an organization charged with buying private land at distress prices from rural owners, usually under threat of federal condemnation, then, with the help of huge lobbying efforts and insider congressional contacts, selling it to the federal government at fair market prices and taking a land at distress prices from rural owners, usually under threat of federal condemnation, then, with the help of huge lobbying efforts and insider congressional contacts, selling it to the federal government at fair market prices and taking a cut.

Take a look at some of the bills the House GOP is pushing: The «Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014,» HR 4899, prioritizes oil and gas development over any other uses of America's public lands, be they conservation, hunting, hiking, wildlife habitat, or historic preservation.

Because nature does not charge for the ecosystem services it provides, pricing these externalities is a matter of public policy, which can be addressed through a wide variety of financial as well as regulatory mechanisms, such as carbon taxes, land - value assessments, and / or various forms of ecological - use fees (Sanderson 2013).

how many of our buyers are finding the homes they want see and the sevice we provide is to show the property and provide expertise to negotiate price and guide the transaction through turbulance to a safe landing... Why keep the information from the public when it makes our job easier, and the public feel more in control....