Sentences with phrase «program as taxpayers»

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As far as Clinton's program goes, the brief predicts the program would cost taxpayers — including business owners — $ 20 billion over a decadAs far as Clinton's program goes, the brief predicts the program would cost taxpayers — including business owners — $ 20 billion over a decadas Clinton's program goes, the brief predicts the program would cost taxpayers — including business owners — $ 20 billion over a decade.

As secretary, Price criticized the Medicaid health program for low - income people, saying it doesn't deliver results commensurate with the hundreds of billions of dollars taxpayers spend on it.

At the hearing, Senator Elizabeth Warren pressed Carson over the fact that, as the head of the department, he would be in charge of numerous programs that the president could manipulate to profit his real estate empire, asking Carson, «Can you assure me that not a single taxpayer dollar that you give out will financially benefit the president - elect or his family?»

Many here view the program as tantamount to a taxpayer - funded bailout of nations that should never have been let into the euro club to begin with.

Mr. Flaherty would be required to implement new stimulus measures, which in the end would cost Canadian taxpayers, as we saw with the recent temporary stimulus program.

Taxpayers have already received over $ 16 billion in profits from all TARP programs and that profit could be considerably higher as Treasury sells additional warrants in the weeks ahead.

[fn.3] As a result, this taxpayer previously taking the standard deduction but now itemizing could donate $ 10,000 to the state infrastructure program and save at least $ 11,120 — $ 10,000 in state taxes and $ 1,120 in federal.

He just wants an electorate to vote for his policies / programs / etc, and a taxpayer base to pay for his secular proganda, as he so clearly stated in his own words.

While my efforts to persuade the Board of Selectmen, the town manager, and the Rec Department director to allocate permits in a more equitable fashion, and to use their power to make sure that the programs using town - owned facilities met minimum standards for inclusiveness and safety, fell on deaf ears (we ended up being forced to use for our home games a dusty field the high school had essentially abandoned), I returned to a discussion of the «power of the venue permit» 10 years later in my 2006 book, Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports, where I suggested that one of the best ways for youth sports parents to improve the safety of privately - run sports programs in their communities was to lobby their elected officials to utilize that power to «reform youth sports by exercising public oversight over the use of taxpayer - funded fields, diamonds, tracks, pools, and courts, [and] deny permits to programs that fail to abide by a [youth sports] charter» covering such topics as background checks, and codes of conduct for coaches, players, and parents.

I'm not sure a poll of federal taxpayers and parents would find the time and effort spent by these employees on the journal article — which I personally viewed purely as a form of reputational damage control — to be a worthy use of these funds when other aspects of our meal program are in clear need of improvement.

As for their salaries, the «operation of the program» is funded through (a) federal reimbursement, which is derived from taxpayer dollars and (b) cash payments from district parents who can afford to pay for all or a portion of their children's meals.

Previous ads cite Faso's record of results as an innovative leader, notably his efforts to enact balanced state budgets, push for a property tax cap and his role in creating New York's STAR program, which saves taxpayers millions of dollars each year.

The report finds some programs are better than others and don't leave taxpayers on the hook as much if a venture goes bust.

The ad goes on to cite Faso's record of results as a leader, notably his efforts to push for a property tax cap, which his opponent is against, and his role in creating New York's STAR program, which saves taxpayers millions of dollars each year.

«In 2006, the Erie County legislature passed what is called the New York State Certified Training Program, which is often known as the apprenticeship law... It ensures taxpayer dollars that are paying for construction jobs associated with Erie County government are going towards Erie County residents who are working on these projects.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo's economic development programs continue to bring companies and jobs to New York, the state's top economic development official testified Monday as lawmakers questioned whether enough is being done to hold firms to their promises and to claw back taxpayer money when they don't.

We equally represent the taxpayers who fund our Department of Social Services programs as well as the residents who rely on them.

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.

Given the negative and selfish rhetoric we've heard from the leaders of the various public employee unions this year when Governor Paterson has asked them to share in the general belt - tightening that so many New Yorkers have been enduring as the result of the Great Recession, one might assume that if taxpayers knew that their gift was paying the salaries of state workers, they would not be so benevolently disposed toward our program.

The state sets requirements for each jurisdiction's taxpayers to be eligible for the rebate program, which was adopted by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo and the State Legislature as part of the 2014 - 15 state budget.

Others have spoken out against the Citizens Election Program as it requires using over $ 33 million in taxpayer money to fuel negative attack ads.

«Taxpayers would also benefit, as the wage increase could produce significant fiscal savings from reduced expenditures on safety net programs.»

Overhauling the state's massive pension program has become a political priority in recent years as taxpayer costs exploded.

Kennedy, as did his opponent in 2014, signed a contract promising to limit campaign spending to a grant of about $ 95,000 in taxpayer money he received under the Citizen Election Program (CEP), the landmark Connecticut campaign finance reform that its supporters claim is a model for keeping special interest money out of elections.

In the Manhattan federal corruption case, Howe has admitted to pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars from developers and from rigged bids on state contracts linked to the upstate Buffalo Billion economic - revitalization plan — at the same time he was working as a consultant to the taxpayer - funded program.

The 30 - second spot, called «Began,» will air on broadcast, cable and digital market areas throughout the district.Previous ads cite Faso's record of results as an innovative leader, notably his efforts to enact balanced state budgets, push for a property tax cap and his role in creating New York's STAR program, which saves taxpayers millions of dollars each year.

AMHERST, N.Y. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo maintains his START - UP NY program is creating thousands of jobs at no cost to taxpayers, even as legislators in Albany are challenging the premise.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo maintains his START - UP NY program is creating thousands of jobs at no cost to taxpayers, even as legislators in Albany are challenging the premise.

Poughkeepsie, NY... «Dutchess County Government will deliver on the two key criteria necessary for Dutchess County property taxpayers to receive rebate checks through the two year tax relief program known as the Property Tax Freeze Credit,» Dutchess County Executive Marcus J. Molinaro said today.

The act would open access to financial aid through the taxpayer - funded Tuition Assistance Program, or TAP, for immigrants known as «Dreamers» — those brought to the United States or who stayed on expired visas when they were minors.

Tom DiNapoli: «Now that the economy has certainly been in a recovery mode, it's certainly not as strong as we'd like it to be in many parts of the state, I think now is a good time for us to look not only at this program, but at the various economic development dollars that we've spent over the past few years to see what kind of return we've been getting on those taxpayer dollar investments.

The portion of the budget paid for by state taxpayers will rise just under two percent Despite the one - time windfall, he had to bridge a $ 1.8 billion deficit in the current budget, which he did by counting $ 373 million in additional, not immediately identified revenues as well as cutting $ 92 million from state agencies, booking $ 121 million in savings from «debt management» and cutting $ 1.4 billion from funding for various local assistance programs.

Deputy County Executive Bill Fisher says this is a good year to start the program, because of the implications of the new federal tax bill, which doesn't allow taxpayers to deduct as much state and local taxes on their federal income taxes.

That program, also known as SNA, grows more costly every year, costing local taxpayers $ 7.8 million last year — more than 10 percent of their total property tax bill.

Cuomo also makes changes to the STAR property tax rebate program, so that some of the money owed to taxpayers will appear as income tax credits, wiping $ 277 million off the books as state spending.

In the $ 162.2 billion budget plan Cuomo released in January, he said that keeping the portion of the budget paid for by state taxpayers — as opposed to federally funded programs — within the cap «has changed the nature of the state budget process.»

«As Comptroller, David will be a progressive fighter who will root out wasteful spending in order to invest taxpayer dollars in programs Brooklyn needs.

Lastly, it appears that Rep. Maurice Hinchey believes that his constituent tax dollars should be provided to organizations that are fully capable of running as private businesses, would prefer not to fully fund the military (and thus troops), would prefer children in D.C. receive substandard educations, and waste taxpayer dollars on programs that are ineffective, burdensome, and widely viewed (by politicians of both Parites) as a complete mistake.

«President Obama has once again marginalized America's preeminence in human spaceflight, as well as the American taxpayer, for the benefit of his climate research programs,» said Representative Pete Olson of Texas when Obama released his proposed NASA budget earlier this year.

«I find it deeply troubling that while our country is facing fiscal challenges of gigantic proportions... that programs such as this are being funded on the back of the American taxpayer,» he said in offering his amendment on 29 May.

Centrus» predecessor, the United States Enrichment Corporation, as executive agent for the U.S. government, and Joint Stock Company «TENEX» (TENEX), acting for the Russian government, implemented this 20 - year, $ 8 billion program at no cost to taxpayers.

With better policy design, it may be possible for such a program to save taxpayers money as well.

As a benchmark case, consider a hypothetical voucher program that has no net impact on taxpayers or on per - pupil district revenues.

A group of state taxpayers has challenged the programs, enacted by the state legislature in 1984 and 1985, as violating the clauses in the New York State and United States constitutions that bar government establishment of religion.

So, twenty years after the enactment of Milwaukee's program, a growing body of research shows that students receiving vouchers do as well and often better than their peers in public schools and at a fraction of the taxpayer cost.

If the state is successful in its current court appeal and the ESA program moves forward, I would love to see the kind of robust Yelp - like parent evaluations Ladner envisions — so long as they're paired with strong oversight representing the public interest of all the taxpayers whose kids aren't attending ESA - financed schools.

As long as we believe that most program participants have interests that are aligned with those of the taxpayer, let's design school choice programs like we design most government programs — without performance accountability requirementAs long as we believe that most program participants have interests that are aligned with those of the taxpayer, let's design school choice programs like we design most government programs — without performance accountability requirementas we believe that most program participants have interests that are aligned with those of the taxpayer, let's design school choice programs like we design most government programs — without performance accountability requirements.

Opponents of voucher programs argue that they siphon essential funding from already meager public - school budgets to other schools and at their worst are unconstitutional, as they can use taxpayer - funded vouchers to benefit religious schools.

As parents, educators and taxpayers of Nevada, we the undersigned urge Nevada's public officials to defend and expand the most inclusive school choice program in the nation.

The program could improve by increasing the amount that individual and joint taxpayers can claim as a credit.