Sentences with phrase «public expense because»

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There have been numerous times when Musk's endeavors would have benefited by having more capital, yet he has resisted the urge to take SpaceX public because the board of directors of a publicly - held firm would undoubtedly force him to make changes in the company that would improve its profitability at the expense of its chances for reaching Mars.

Bear Stearns is trading at $ 6 instead of $ 2 because unelected bureaucrats went beyond their legal mandates, delivered a windfall to a single private company at public expense, entered agreements that violate the the public trust, and created a situation where even if the bureaucratic malfeasance stands, the shareholders of Bear Stearns will either reject the deal or be deprived of their right to determine the fate of the company they own.

Cruz's public defenders said he should continue to be represented at taxpayer expense because he likely does not have the assets to pay a private lawyer for what will rapidly balloon into a multi-million dollar case.

Nikolas Cruz's public defender argued that the Florida school shooting suspect should be represented at the expense of taxpayers because he likely doesn't have the assets to pay a private lawyer for his death penalty case.

You, as public company CEO (along with other top executives) could mint multi-million dollar pay packages each year that seemingly had no strings attached (because it wasn't an expense as far as the income statement was concerned).

A person who retreats from public life because it is too inconvenient or unpleasant or fails to accord with his nice ideals acts as a citizen of the city of man, seeking his own good — peace of mind, ideological purity — at the expense of the common good.

«This self - serving scheme alleged in the complaint was particularly egregious because it was aimed at enriching powerful people at the expense of the state's public university system,» Schneiderman said.

Senate Democratic official added: «There are no plans to print this at the taxpayers expense because it won't allow us to use public funds for political purposes to retake the Senate, which is what most of what our public funds are used for.»

«This self - serving scheme alleged in the complaint was particularly egregious because it was aimed at enriching powerful people at the expense of the state's public university system.

Were the public fed up because of the expenses scandal, or because of a deeper disengagement?

Maria Miller was forced to resign as culture and media minister because of public revulsion over MPs» expenses.

De Blasio has previously said he is «optimistic» about the city's chances of being reimbursed for the security expenses, because the federal government has been willing to reimburse the NYPD for costs related to other unusual public security problems.

Little public expense was involved, however, because Spitzer used campaign funds to cover most of the costs, while Pataki, in a highly controversial move, received the funding from business groups that had matters pending before the state.

Among Ganim's reported expenses in the last three months were $ 10,000 for the Simsbury law firm that unsuccessfully represented him in his effort to overturn a state law that barred him from participating in the public campaign financing system because of his felony conviction and more than $ 3,400 to reimburse the city of Bridgeport for the mileage driven by the city police detective who chauffeurs him to political events as well as events in his official capacity as mayor.

The reason Trump is able to tap into his campaign funds for legal expenses is because for the past decade, presidential candidates have abandoned public financing for their campaigns.

This is good for both the patients (because they avoid unnecessary treatment) and the public medical expenses (because HCV medicine is very expensive).

The traditional response has been that there are many no / low cost responses, but this is a losing position, because what the public does is to weigh high cost vs. low cost, average them together and gets medium to serious expenses....

While recognizing that most of the deductions were used for parochial school tuition, the Mueller Court found that because parents could deduct expenses for public, private, or religious schools, the deduction was neutral toward religion.

Because attending any of these schools is a pretty certain path to graduation and admission into a decent (or even stellar) university, all at public expense, the competition is fierce.

The school covers such student expenses as healthful daily snacks, field trips and enrichment programs (lunches are free because it is a city public school).

The Justices of the Delaware Supreme Court opined in an advisory opinion that a bill for transporting private school students at public expense would violate the Delaware Constitution because even incidental aid violates the language of the state's Blaine Amendment.

Two Illinois courts of appeals held that Illinois» tax credit for educational expenses is constitutional because it has a clearly secular legislative purpose of ensuring a well - educated citizenry and relieving public expense, has the primary effect of effectuating those purposes, and involves no more government entanglement with religion than many other state tax laws.

A federal district court in Iowa held that a state tax deduction for school expenses, including private school tuition, does not violate the Establishment Clause because it is available to parents regardless of whether their child attends a public, private or religious school, neither advances nor inhibits religion, and does not entangle the state with religion.

Atlanta Public Schools Chief Financial Officer Lisa Bracken said the school district has higher costs for several reasons: The expense of city living drives up teacher pay; the district has «low population» schools that lack economies of scale but are kept open «due to urban traffic constraints and community needs;» many students need extra services because they have learning problems or disabilities, don't speak English fluently or come from poverty; and the district has a large unfunded pension liability with growing obligations.

As the New York court observed, funneling public dollars into a charter school is inconsistent with the State's constitutional obligation, because «to divert public education funds away from the traditional public schools and toward charter schools would benefit a select few at the expense of» the majority of students in public schools.

That's also because Success's victory over de Blasio in 2014 directly led to state legislation that has guaranteed the continued growth of the charter sector in New York City: the city is now required to either find charters space in public schools or site them in private buildings at the city's expense.

You, as public company CEO (along with other top executives) could mint multi-million dollar pay packages each year that seemingly had no strings attached (because it wasn't an expense as far as the income statement was concerned).

Splinter Cell: Conviction occupies a unique place in a gaming hall of shame already full of the greed, shortsightedness and incompetence of publishers who seem to hold the PC gamer in contempt; unique because whereas many of these other games are second - rate console ports, converted to PC to make a quick buck at the customer's expense, Splinter Cell: Conviction is a genuinely good game, but with its needlessly restrictive and ill - conceived DRM all but compromises both the accomplishments of its designers and the good will that would otherwise be flowing from a grateful PC gaming public.

The traditional response has been that there are many no / low cost responses, but this is a losing position, because what the public does is to weigh high cost vs. low cost, average them together and gets medium to serious expenses....

Radiation leaks are problematic, not because of the dose to the public, but because if you don't keep the RAM where it is supposed to be, you have increased expenses to deal with it.

Show me a Green that actually gives up cars, washing machines, electric lights, computers, heated houses, and commercial goods made far away and transported at enormous expense in energy to the stores where they purchased them and I'll show you a Green that has no voice because they have successfully marginalized themselves to where they can not even publicly argue for their public stance.

«Feudalism» because a class of technocrats, who seem to be above democratic oversight has been constructed, which is able to serve itself and its cronies at the public's expense, justified on the basis of its putative virtues in the way that the nobility was imagined to be, well, «noble» — possessing virtue — prior to the Enlightenment.

Bill: with all due respect, you should redirect your indignation against the realturds that exist everywhere (thanks to the mindless, money - hungry efforts of CREA (Canadian Realturds Enema ASSociation) and ORE (Other Realturd Enemaniacs) in general whose only apparent motive in this ongoing play without a final curtain (called «Le's - Keep - The - Realturds» - Dues - Money - Ball - A» Rolling - At - The - Expense - Of - The - Paying - Public - Whilst - Claiming - How - Professional - We - All - Are - Final - Tour... Tour... Because, Once - A-Whore, Always - A-Whore».

If I seem picky it is because I have seen all sides of and all kinds of the real estate business and its practitioners respectively from the inside - out, and I have borne witness to legions of commissioned sales types (the good, the bad and the ugly), the latter two types spinning their way through interactions with the mostly less - than - knowledgeable members of the public for their own personal financial good, first and foremost, too often at the expense of their marks.