Sentences with phrase «spending federal tax dollars»

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But states such as North Dakota, South Carolina, Alabama, Kentucky, West Virginia and Indiana get more than two dollars back in federal spending for every dollar in taxes.

Tax me less, spend less, and if you really feel compelled to keep a bit of pork in that fat Federal Belly... at least use my tax dollar too help supplement wounded veterans and / or assist wartime veterans in some of the things they need to re-integrate back into their country after serving Tax me less, spend less, and if you really feel compelled to keep a bit of pork in that fat Federal Belly... at least use my tax dollar too help supplement wounded veterans and / or assist wartime veterans in some of the things they need to re-integrate back into their country after serving tax dollar too help supplement wounded veterans and / or assist wartime veterans in some of the things they need to re-integrate back into their country after serving it.

Tranter began working at Friends of the Parks in 1980, around the time that the federal government sued the Chicago Park District for spending an unfair amount of tax dollars in powerful, white neighborhoods instead of minority communities, she said.

And then (this part is new and part of Paladino's pre-primary media blitz), the focus turns to the «former liberal Congressman Rick Lazio,» who «voted for higher taxes and increased federal spending» and «took a $ 1.6 million bonus from a huge Wall Street bank getting a $ 25 billion - dollar taxpayer - financed bailout.

The Republican leader sent a letter to de Blasio on Monday, claiming the city has failed to meet a state requirement by filling out a form that shows, building by building, how schools spend local, state and federal tax dollars.

«He knows how to deliver crucial safety net programs to residents, navigate constantly changing state and federal regulations and ensure that tax dollars are spent wisely.»

Assemblyman Kevin Byrne added: «Last week during our transportation budget hearing, Senate Finance Chairwoman Sen. Cathy Young rightfully asked NYS DOT Commissioner Karas if our state would be facing any federal penalties for its illegal I Love NY signs, which Gov. (Andrew) Cuomo has already spent $ 8.1 million of your hard - earned tax dollars on.

Filled with new spending and over one trillion dollars in tax increases, his proposal once again fails to balance the budget and continues to borrow 25 cents for every dollar the federal government spends.

These schools are sharing $ 5 billion in federal tax dollars in a massive, three - year rescue effort, but no one nationally is tracking how the money is spent and no one can say whether the influx of cash will end up helping kids.

The math is simple: the federal government is spending a trillion dollars a year it doesn't have, entitlements are on an unsustainable course, and nobody wants to raise taxes on the 98 % of families earning less than $ 250,000 a year.

On average, the federal government contributes about 10 percent to the total amount spent on public education, but these dollars account for a larger portion of many high - poverty districts» budgets.11 For example, Los Angeles Unified School District and Chicago Public Schools — both high - poverty districts — receive about 15 percent of their budgets from the Education Department.12 These dollars serve essential purposes, such as supplementing services for low - income students, defraying the cost of individualized education programs for students with disabilities, and compensating for a loss of property tax due to federally owned land.

We strongly object to having our tax dollars suctioned out of public schools, where those hard - won rights apply, and spent to lure families into fly - by - night private schools, where all of the federal special education rights and protections disappear, to be replaced by nothing more binding than a warning of «buyer, beware!»

He does support cutting down on the federal budget (meaning federal education programs); for instance, he once complained, «An increasing deficit and an ever - growing 19 trillion dollar national debt, despite a volley of tax increases, prove this administration is committed to spending us into oblivion.»

Secretary DeVos will task Johnson with executing her mission to simplify and modernize the federal student aid process, treat students as valued, respected customers, and ensure federal tax dollars are spent wisely.

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At least in America where dispite the fact that 2 out of every 4 dollars the U.S. Federal government spends is borrowed, Conservatives continue to demand that they are over taxed and that tax cuts — what has produced America's $ 14 trillion dollare debt — are the solution to the budget crisis.

But it would be hard for the federal government to spends billions of dollars a year on a controversial topic, with every penny of the spending based on the presumption that global warming is a serious crisis worthy of billions of tax dollars, and not have those billions make a powerful impression on the public.

So why is our Federal government still spending millions of tax dollars subsidizing traditional media?

Arthur J. Rolnick of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis writes that, «Careful academic research demonstrates that tax dollars spent on early childhood development provide extraordinary returns compared with investments in the public, and even private, sector.