Sentences with phrase «save taxpayer funds»

It is truly a win - win: the bill would save taxpayer funds and keep dollars in the classroom.

This is another bill that saves taxpayer funds and keeps them in the classroom.

Not exact matches

The International Monetary Fund for years has documented that asking ever healthier taxpayers to wait a little longer for their pension benefits is among the handful of measures that will allow developed economies to save their public retirement systems for bankruptcy.

Last year, Cuomo announced a plan that would have used state funds to pay for college for prison inmates, arguing that the investment would save taxpayer dollars in the long run because incarceration is more expensive than education.

Restructuring their administration could save $ 163.8 million in taxpayer funds annually and improve benefits to which City employees have access.

Gov. Deal has overseen three balanced budgets without raising taxes, saved millions of taxpayer dollars by maintaining Georgia's AAA bond rating, and increased our rainy day fund by more than 500 %.

Forand also cited DiNapoli's audits of state and local governments and school districts that save taxpayers millions of dollars statewide while using the investment clout of the pension fund to influence corporate behavior such as in addressing climate change.

«These measures have saved New York taxpayers billions — all while increasing school funding by 35 percent to a record $ 27 billion this year.»

Mark Wallace of the TaxPayers» Alliance suggests that councils looking to save money could start by withdrawing their funding of the unelected regional assemblies.

They also wrote Cuomo that «producer - funded drug take - back programs save government and taxpayers money, fairly incorporate the true cost of managing these products in the purchase price, and provide a director financial incentive for pharmaceutical companies to reduce unnecessary prescriptions.»

[29] Reed focused on bringing attention to wasteful government spending and supported budget amendments that saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars by eliminating government funding for projects, including a sewer system in Tijuana, Mexico.

I'm proud that our Governor sees the state as «One New York» and shares a vision with the Independent Democratic Conference to save our taxpayers from irresponsible tax policy in Washington, to pass the DREAM Act to help students achieve their full potentials, to protect our unions and collective bargaining and to fund sorely needed repairs to the MTA without delay.

Holder also questions the group's basic claim: that ending funding for animal research would save taxpayers money.

It has become a way of glossing over irresolvable conflict between groups with some interests in common, such as taxpayers (who want to save money), scientists (who want to spend it on exciting projects) and people with disabilities (who hope public funds will improve the quality of their life).

The funding cut, advanced by the administration in its proposed budget for 2007, will save U.S. taxpayers about $ 2 million in direct annual expenses.

This program delivers the best customizable learning options to the students in our community while saving district and taxpayer funds.

In 2010, the Florida legislature's nonpartisan Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability estimated that Sunshine State taxpayers saved $ 32.6 million, which is approximately $ 1.44 in state education funding for every dollar lost in corporate income tax revenue due to credits for scholarship contributions.

«Since this program saves taxpayers money and the legislature will need to appropriate more funding to return these students to the local public schools, which will lead to increase costs to the local district; the legislature should instead provide the funding for the scholarship program to allow parents to choose schools they believe will best educate their children,» Duplessis added.

Where's the accountability for the waste of taxpayers» funds at students» expense so local boards can save face?

In June 2013, both Democratic and Republican Legislators joined together to fully fund the program, which saved the taxpayers nearly $ 22 million in 2013 - 2014.

According to the group's most recent filing with the State Ethics Commission (filed yesterday), the corporate funded education reform advocacy front group also spent $ 14,000 for subway sandwiches and $ 6,771 to Staples to pay for the signs demanding that Connecticut legislators hand over nearly $ 21 million in scarce taxpayer money so that the infamous Steve Perry can open a publicly funded, but privately owned charter school in Bridgeport and a Bronx, New York charter school chain can save Stamford by opening up a charter school there.

Tax - saving implies that there are certain provisions in the Indian Income Tax Act that allows an individual to save tax by investment in some particular investment instruments (like ELSS mutual funds or Life insurance premium etc., under Section 80c) or when the taxpayer has incurred some expenses on which tax liability can be minimized to some extent (Example — HRA, LTA etc.,).

Among the targets on his hit list: the United Nations» Green Climate Fund (GCF), which hands out money for programs to adapt or mitigate global warming; the Clean Technology Fund and the Strategic Climate Fund — saving $ 239 million; and the Global Climate Change Initiative, saving U.S. taxpayers $ 362 million.

Alarmism also offers an excuse for governments to raise taxes, taxpayer - funded subsidies for businesses that understand how to work the political system, and a lure for big donations to charitable foundations promising to save the planet.

Projects sold to the public as planet - saving turn out to be vehicles for people with government connections to get their hands on taxpayer - funded loans and subsidies.

Economists who conducted independent evaluations as part of our Task Force report found that greater funding for legal assistance actually saves taxpayer money and supports the economy.

In order to save tax, many taxpayers show benevolence by making donations for philanthropic purposes or by contributing to National Relief Fund.

Investment in family planning is also cost effective: for every $ 1 the state invests in this program, $ 7.09 is saved in taxpayer funding.

Studies have shown that publicly funded family planning saves taxpayer money.