Sentences with phrase «significant taxpayer subsidies»

Governor Cuomo has been publicly wooing GE to bring its headquarters from Connecticut to New York — probably New York City, and has implied that he will give GE significant taxpayer subsidies.

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I believe that such appeals carry grave threats to democratic discourse, and I think it wrong that faith groups, which in the United States and here enjoy significant hidden subsidies from other taxpayers, should award themselves a special right to influence the law and public policy and seek to impose their views on others who disagree with them.»

A forthcoming paper from the Stockholm Environment Institute and EarthTrack shows that in the US, in particular, production subsidies can spur otherwise uneconomic investment, lead to significant added emissions, and also transfer taxpayer resources to company profits.

In 2014, 55 House Republicans inveighed against a government subsidy which «has not only cost taxpayers billions, but has caused significant price distortions in wholesale electricity markets.»

In December 2000, the total wind energy capacity installed worldwide was just 17,300 MW óachieved with significant government subsidies and incentives at taxpayer expense over the past 20 years.