Sentences with phrase «purchased with public money»

On a working day all the tickets for the 7:00 am coach from Madrid to Bilbao were purchased with public money so that the bus could complete its route empty, 2007 belongs to a series of pieces where public funds are wasted for apparently absurd ends.

Another example: across the nation, some for - profit companies that run charter schools engage in self - serving real estate deals, hide their financial practices from public view, assert that they own assets that were purchased with public monies, and spend large sums to influence state legislators.

Not exact matches

I've done thought experiments where the central bank stops injecting base money through bond purchases, and begins paying public sector salaries with new base money (cash).

no doubt the papers made up this # 50 million to make the board look bad and tight (both are myths made up by press during the lean years), but they have said in public they will back wenger with the big money on world class purchases, then i believe they will.

Cities and states are now cutting back on or even banning the purchase of bottled water for meetings, with some electing to spend monies on public fountains instead.

Sometimes the toughest decision is to figure out whether we can handle doing our taxes with the help of some tax software that can be purchased at your local Target, Staples or Best Buy or if we should spend the extra money and let a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) handle it.