Sentences with phrase «public fisc»
The phrase "public fisc" refers to the overall financial resources and income of a government or public entity. It is basically the money available for the government to spend on public goods and services, such as infrastructure, education, healthcare, and defense. Full definition
There is no «London Calling» here, but let me suggest The Jam's «That's Entertainment,» because this tax won't have much to do with the questionable sustainability of the public fisc.
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Chip argues that immigrants depress wages for already low - paying jobs and that immigrants consume more resources from the public fisc than they contribute.
After all, charters are public schools too — and their students have as strong a moral claim on the public fisc as conventional pupils.
«These mailings undermine the Democratic process by perpetuating incumbency from the public fisc [state money] and constitute an unethical and constitutionally dubious waste of taxpayer funds,» Singas wrote.
Especially when money is tight, administrators (and elected officials like Rahm Emmanuel) have a duty to look out for the public fisc.
As the recent decision in Campaign for Fiscal Equity v. State of New York shows, even state constitutional guarantees of «a sound basic education» may mean no more than a «minimally adequate» education that enables a person only to hold some job, and to not «be a charge on the public fisc.»
What the public wants is likely more practical: Young people who will go on to make a good living, be good citizens, and not be a permanent drain on the public fisc.