Sentences with phrase «saves taxpayer»

So if early - childhood education works, and saves taxpayer dollars, why doesn't the United States invest in it?

This budget is the first step toward building a new New York, as it both saves taxpayer dollars and reinvents our state government.»

The governor's rationale is often that special elections are costly, and avoiding them saves taxpayer money.

For all those people who think aborting children «saves taxpayer money», consider this: you are killing future taxpayers.

For example, deducting $ 2,000 for property taxes paid saves a taxpayer in the 39.6 percent top tax bracket $ 792, but saves a taxpayer in the 15 percent bracket only $ 300.

«Improving small - business opportunities through federal contracts creates jobs and saves taxpayer money because small businesses bring competition, innovation and lower prices.»

In fact, to the extent that a federally supervised restructuring reduces the size of bondholder settlements, it actually saves taxpayer money.)

Lovely A. Warren, Rochester's mayor, said that the Solar Field would both save taxpayer money and help to «protect the environment for future generations by reducing our carbon footprint.»

In 2011, Mayor Michael Bloomberg hired the city's first - ever chief digital officer, Rachel Sterne, who was a 27 - year - old entrepreneur and Columbia Business School prof, to help the city use technology to better serve citizens and save taxpayer money by making services more efficient and accessible online.

And in doing so, Costco saves taxpayers money.

The «Yes on 61» campaign argues that Prop 61 would exploit the state's «bulk - purchasing power to secure lower prices for prescription drugs, saving taxpayers billions of dollars.»

Budget analysts told Mr. Alexander that, according to preliminary estimates, making the cost - sharing payments upfront will save taxpayers $ 32 billion over the next three years in lower exchange subsidies.

The initiative has saved the taxpayer an estimated $ 10 billion.

Why would the government do it for Canada's largest military purchase, a $ 16 - billion purchase, instead of trying to save taxpayers» money and ensuring industrial benefits for Canadians?

While elevating structures would cost more money upfront, the Obama administration reasoned they would save taxpayers more in the long run, so they wouldn't have to keep shelling out money to rebuild destroyed buildings.

But with this latest report determining that a limited program would probably end up saving taxpayers billions, it may prove difficult for Republicans to maintain their opposition.

In plain English: The abortion license saved the taxpayers $ 1.6 billion a year because those terminated before birth were from social classes most likely to be welfare clients.

On Monday, the NFL officially endorsed the Grassley - Durbin criminal reform bill, which seeks to «recalibrate prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenders, target violent and career criminals, and save taxpayer dollars.»

The proposed law's goal is to «reduce unnecessary divorce, avoid serious lifelong consequences for children, and save taxpayers billions of dollars.»

Seems to me that would solve this problem and save the taxpayers some money at the same time.

The Prospect Heights Park District and School District 23 entered into an intergovernmental cooperation agreement to save the taxpayers money by sharing the use of properties owned by District 23 and the Prospect Heights Park District in a manner that the facilities may be utilized to their fullest capacity.

A new shared services pilot program under way in Glencoe is on track to save taxpayers almost $ 100,000 in its first year of implementation by allowing village and park district employees to tread on each others» turf in doing their respective jobs, officials said.

«Any time government entities can try to find areas where services are duplicated, where it may save some taxpayers dollars, is beneficial to the taxpayers,» Nagle said.

It would save the taxpayer money in the long run, since absent and neglectful dads also exact a cost, as many of the young fathers interviewed testified about their own childhoods.

Spending public money on infants can save taxpayers a lot of money later (on, say, job training and prison places).

In subsequent years, as a city department improved services and cut waste, it could save taxpayers money, he said.

The Park District has provided options that could potentially save taxpayers» dollars in moving, book storage and temporary site costs; and assist with their parking and storm water issues.

With the administrative buildings for the village of Glenview, the Park District and public schools aging and in need of renovations, officials say they could save taxpayers at least $ 4 million if the entities were housed under one roof.

District officials are working to form partnerships with private commercial firms to develop recreational facilities to save taxpayer money.

Officials said the refunding will save taxpayers $ 27 million in principal and interest over the next 18 years.

The bruising process of reforming public sector pensions will not save the taxpayer any money, a respected economic thinktank has argued.

«Juan Reyes will do what he does best: Fight to cut red tape and redundancy to save taxpayers money, spur economic recovery and job creation,» the chairman continued.

Well, hopefully the transition planning will be completed soon and the Governor - elect will be able to save the taxpayers some cash by not having a Senior Advisor «to assist with the transition.»

The Conservative leader insisted last night his behaviour had been «very reasonable» after it was suggested he could have saved taxpayers # 22,000.

«We've accomplished this while adhering to our self - imposed two - percent spending cap — a measure that New Yorkers overwhelmingly support and that has saved taxpayers $ 41 billion over the past seven years.

«With the second consecutive on - time budget, major reforms to save taxpayer money, and a commitment to make New York's schools the best in the nation, Governor Cuomo is making New York's government work again, and making New York the comeback state,» Clinton said.

He slashed spending by 25 % in Rye and is working to dissolve the town — and his job — to save taxpayer money.

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.

Maude began and ended quite touchy - feely, but the meat of the piece fairly accurately represented what you might expect a Tory platform on the third sector to look like: we need a «rehabilitation revolution'to tackle unprecedented levels of reoffending, fuelled by addiction, illiteracy and family breakdown; the state consistently fails to get those who have never worked, lone parents, and those on incapacity benefit back to work; charities should be paid by results; and the third sector is means of saving taxpayer money and delivering services more efficiently and effectively.

«We reduced the size of government by more than 10 percent, consolidating departments and saving taxpayers more than $ 100 million each year without impacting services.»

«These reforms not only cut costs to save taxpayers money, they ensure that our men and women serving in the military have their vote counted.»

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.

Fox will be genuinely missed among those of us who know all the good he has done for Westchester County and the many hundreds of thousands (possibly millions) in dollars he has saved the taxpayers by working his ass off keeping a close eye on public works projects.

Beyond the symbolism, Cuomo's freeze will save taxpayers $ 200 million this year.

Assemblyman also driving force behind passage of constitutional amendment on November ballot to save taxpayers $ 53 million by going digital at State Capitol and stop wasting paper; notes passage of bill he co-sponsored to extend state pension benefits to veterans

But he says it's simply meant to help consolidate portions of state government and save taxpayer money quickly.

Tedisco was the first author of the Property Tax Cap, which put a lid on out of control tax hikes and has saved taxpayers $ 15.3 billion statewide and residents of the 49th State Senate District $ 344.5 million since its implementation.

«The legislature needs to roll back costly state mandates on local governments — and then help them consolidate, share services, downsize and realign their workforces to save taxpayer dollars.»

The catch saved taxpayers just over $ 5 million.

«In vetoing this costly legislation, Governor Paterson has made a difficult and wise decision that will save the taxpayers of the State and the City millions of dollars, demonstrating the courage to control spending in this difficult fiscal climate.»