Sentences with phrase «spend taxpayer money»

The efforts of the task force will improve the services offered by state agencies, and spend taxpayer money more efficiently.

I am sure that state legislatures would not spend taxpayer money on charter schools and parents would not send their children to charter schools without the power of the term that the «school reformers» use:» failing pubic schools».

Florida: Proponents of more accountability for how charter schools spend taxpayer money have an example of good practice to point to: Marco Island Charter Middle School.

A Las Vegas judge on Wednesday upheld the constitutionality of Nevada's controversial new school choice program that would allow parents to spend taxpayer money to pay for private school tuition.

But not everywhere: In D.C., for instance, charters are exempt from sunshine laws, which means journalists and parents often can not access even basic information about how the schools spend taxpayer money.

Public schools, on the other hand, must spend taxpayer money according to strict laws that require public oversight, transparency, and accountability.

Without this information, decision - makers are forced to spend taxpayer money based on guesses and then hope for the best.

If traditional public - school systems work by spending someone else's money on someone else's children, taxpayer - funded vouchers allow parents to spend taxpayer money on their own children.

The suits, ENTIRELY frivolous, represented an even BIGGER waste of taxpayer money than any of the IRS members» COMMONPLACE spending habits (serIously, government agencies spend taxpayer money — that's how the system works).

Wayne Wink of Roslyn, the ranking Democrat on the Finance Committee of the Nassau County Legislature, said of the lawsuit: «It makes no sense to spend taxpayer money to attack the body meant to restore credibility to our county finances.

Saving public money is apparently the entire raison d'etre of this government, but while Grayling bleeds cash with his overstuffed prisons, there's no investigation of how to spend taxpayer money most effectively.

The private Wilmette Harbor Association may lose its lease to manage the North Shore marina, and its members are seething that a local Park District commissioner — who took part in private discussions and voted to spend taxpayer money to study the harbor — is making a private play to win the management contract.

«The government spent taxpayer money developing a rule few investors seem to want,» he said.

«As a public official spending taxpayer money, (Murdock has) learned a tremendous amount of information through his role as a public official, and now he's seeking to utilize that information to operate, to submit a bid, and I think he owes a huge explanation to the people of Wilmette,» said Beth Beucher, a Harbor Association member.

Not only are they spending taxpayer money to pay for advertising, consulting, billboards, etc in their attack on cosleeping, effectively shifting the limelight away from the real issue, but they also blamed smoking and maternal obesity for the extreme numbers of deaths due to stillbirth and prematurity.

After a lengthy critique of de Blasio's spending, including the line that de Blasio «has spent the taxpayers money like a Saudi prince,» Malliotakis offered that she's «looking to make sure that that money is spent properly» but acknowledged that she does not have any plan to reduce the City's spending.

Miner also drew support from state Sen. John DeFrancisco, a Republican, and other fiscal conservatives who do not appreciate spending taxpayer money without making a strong case.

The mayor downplayed Stringer's proposed new role by saying the comptroller's office already has the power to audit how the city spends taxpayer money and that he welcomed the governor's promise of additional resources to improve the shelters.

Instead of spending taxpayer money on projects to help his community, Ruben Wills betrayed the public trust by stealing tens of thousands for himself — and he'll now pay the price,» Schneiderman said.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who once spent taxpayer money so he could go horseback riding with Vice President Pence, racked up more than $ 14,000 on government helicopters this summer.

Krissy's lawyer's time would have been more in the public interest if she had tried to stop Shelly Silver from spending taxpayers money to pay off a sexual harasssment case against one of the biggest slugs in the legislature, Vito Lopez.

We must show that we're spending taxpayers money sensibly and correctly.

Unlike some New York politicians, Paterson was upfront and honest about what had happened, and unlike with some other New York politicians, it so far doesn't look like he spent any taxpayer money on it.

«Instead of spending taxpayer money on projects to help his community, Ruben Wills betrayed the public trust by stealing tens of thousands for himself — and he'll now pay the price.»

Laura Curran (D - Baldwin), who intends to run for Nassau County executive next year, said of the mailer: «Spending taxpayer money is bad enough but doing it in the middle of a budget crisis is the height of arrogance.

«Jeff Klein and his fellow Senate Democrats raised taxes on New Yorkers by more than $ 14 billion dollars the last two years, cost the state tens of thousands of jobs, took away billions in property tax relief from homeowners and spent taxpayer money like drunken sailors.»

I have no interest in spending any taxpayer money unless it is necessary to fulfill the obligations of the county.

Most readers think that government may have spent the taxpayers money in an absurd way.

Elisabeth Chatenet, principal of École Maternelle Paul Gervais, a public preschool in southeastern Paris, opposes spending taxpayer money on private schools.

K12 also spends taxpayer money lobbying state and federal officials.

As two members of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights noted in a February 26, 2015 letter to Congress, OCR «has all too often been willing to define perfectly legal conduct as unlawful,» spending taxpayer money «to address violations it has made up out of thin air.

When we're spending taxpayer money and borrowing from China and printing dollars we need to get real.

Instead, we read that you spent taxpayer money to fly halfway around the world to do something really really important at the COP15 fiasco.

Of course, some cynical folks would say spending taxpayer money ensures that palms are greased and votes are bought.

The ultimate insult to the public is for the bureau to continue spending taxpayers money that could be used for much better benefits for those in need....

Not exact matches

Under this hypothetical policy, governments transfer money directly to taxpayers to encourage spending, a handout funded by issuing bonds with a coupon of zero and no maturity date, which central banks buy.

That essentially means the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction — the office that, for a decade, has sought to nail down what US taxpayers actually get for the money spent in Southwest Asia — can't do its job.

I don't think that it's money well spent for the taxpayer, and I think our loan programs work well without subsidy, and frankly, I don't think it's going to make dent in things.»

Pat hadn't quite grasped the premier's view of spending money, especially taxpayers» money.

So why are all political parties afraid of borrowing money at historically low interest rates to pay for needed infrastructure spending that might actually pay for itself through higher productivity and higher income, without any cost to the taxpayer?

So why are all political parties afraid of borrowing money at historically low interest rates to pay for needed infrastructure spending that could pay for itself through higher productivity and earned income, without any cost to the taxpayer?

In addition, cities, states, and taxpayers have concerns about the costs of bonds and borrowing, how to get the best return on banked or invested public money, and an interest in finding innovative ways to fund public spending without surrendering public control, as is often the case with public - private partnerships.

Presumably what the government is saying is that at a time when government spending is being cut it would be inappropriate to «give» taxpayers money to the IMF to help wealthy European countries.

All gave taxpayers more money to spend and thus help boost the economy.

Regulation Polish financial authorities have spent taxpayers» money on a smear campaign on Youtube and Facebook against investing in cryptocurrencies.

A deduction from a taxpayer's taxable adjusted gross income that is made up of deductions for money spent on certain goods and services throughout the year.

An update (or how we are spending or how we have spent the USA taxpayers» money and blood to eliminate global terror and aggression)

So the question is this, how can you claim you need more money when you can't tell the U.S taxpayer how much you estimate to spend?

He was as startled as anybody else at the way the election went, and it looks to him as if we are in for a lot more government spending and waste of the taxpayer's good money.

If you don't believe, then the cross should mean nothing to you and yet you spend time and money (taxpayer's money) suing to have it removed.