Sentences with phrase «spent by taxpayers»

Taxpayer money should be spent by the taxpayers, not elected officials, county employees or special interest groups.

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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.

Protecting Michigan Taxpayers, a group backed by DeVos, spent $ 22.7 million to oppose it, according to campaign finance disclosures filed with the state.

In 1996, the US General Accounting Office estimated that a tax agency reconciliation system could reduce the time spent preparing tax returns by as much as 155 million hours a year for 51 million taxpayers and reduce the IRS's costs by up to $ 37 million annually.

Democratic lawmakers released a six - page letter detailing new allegations of «wasteful spending of taxpayer funds» by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt.

In addition, spending plans over the next three years (before the February 2018 full budget modifies them further) sees B.C.'s taxpayer - supported debt increase by over 17 %, and our debt - to - revenue ratio increase from 82 % to 93 %.

I'm not sure a poll of federal taxpayers and parents would find the time and effort spent by these employees on the journal article — which I personally viewed purely as a form of reputational damage control — to be a worthy use of these funds when other aspects of our meal program are in clear need of improvement.

By increasing spending with no way to pay for it, Democrats have created an unbalanced budget that includes no relief for property taxpayers and continues to cut the STAR property tax relief program by millions of dollarBy increasing spending with no way to pay for it, Democrats have created an unbalanced budget that includes no relief for property taxpayers and continues to cut the STAR property tax relief program by millions of dollarby millions of dollars.

Right - minded people are becoming increasingly and rightfully disgusted at the amount of taxpayers» money being spent on government «initiatives» run by companies like A4E and the disgusting practices used by ATOS.

Still, this week it has emerged that under existing parliamentary rules they can spend hundreds of pounds of taxpayers» money simply by tabling an increasingly obscure bit of parliamentary procedure.

Under the proposed reform, campaigns would be financed by taxpayers only and candidates would spend less on their campaigns than they currently do.

To ensure that taxpayers and the vulnerable populations served by these agencies receive the maximum value for the funds paid, Governor Cuomo is proposing the following reforms beginning in 2012 - 13: • At least 85 percent of every public dollar will be spent on direct services, not administration.

«We are being overrun by scruffy signs, bossy bollards, patchwork paving and railed off roads, wasting taxpayers» money that could be better spent on fixing potholes or keeping council tax down.

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

We must start by enacting term limits and we need independent enforcement to ensure that every dollar that taxpayers send to Albany is being spent appropriately.»

The Suffolk County Republican Committee works hard to advance the interests of taxpayers by reigning in out - of - control spending at the state level and lowering taxes in New York, which is already the highest taxed state in the nation thanks to the policies of politicians like Andrew Cuomo and Charles Schumer.

Joined by local fire chiefs and nonprofit service providers, Martins stood on the grounds of the county fire academy in Old Bethpage and said the state - appointed Nassau Interim Finance Authority «owes the county taxpayers an apology» for spending up to $ 150,000 on a consultant's report listing $ 87 million in potential cuts.

Hall spokesman Patrick McGarrity said: «Our democracy is weakened by candidates who spend millions of their own dollars trying to buy elections and then force their radical ideas on people like letting corporate polluters like BP off the hook — sticking taxpayers with the bill.»

Opening arguments began this week in the federal corruption trial of Pedro Espada, Jr., and his son Pedro Gautier Espada, who are accused of using the Soundview Healthcare Network as «their own taxpayer - funded piggy bank» by funneling more than $ 500,000 from the organization and spending it on cars, spa treatments, and other personal luxuries.

And the 150 full - time representatives he identified are complemented by thousands more who spend varying degrees of the time that taxpayers are paying their salaries supporting the activities of their unions.

Taxpayers will be forced to hand over nearly # 200bn to contractors under private finance deals for at least 25 years, according to a report by Whitehall's spending watchdog.

The Taxpayers» Alliance's report, Council Spending Uncovered, reviews spending by local authorities in all corners of the UK and identifies a number of spending areas which could be Spending Uncovered, reviews spending by local authorities in all corners of the UK and identifies a number of spending areas which could be spending by local authorities in all corners of the UK and identifies a number of spending areas which could be spending areas which could be reduced.

«We've prevented a crazy 6 per cent rise in the EU budget, we've made sure the EU budget must reflect domestic spending cuts, and we've protected the UK taxpayer from having to bail out EU countries that get themselves into trouble,» he said at a press conference -LSB-...] A 2.9 per cent increase is expected to see Britain's contribution to the EU budget grow by about # 400 million a year.

Reports on the Audit Service's website (www.ghaudit / org) show that by 2014, under President Mahama, over GH cents 5 billion of taxpayers» money spent could not be accounted for and nothing has been done by the Mahama Government to trace and retrieve these funds.»

While Mark has acted as the taxpayers» watchdog and called out wasteful spending and irresponsible actions, he has also lead the charge to make a more efficient county government by pushing for the creation of Erie County's prescription drug discount program and the adoption of electronic payments for vendors saving the County and those that do business with the County time and money.

«Andrew Bridgen MP discovers that Labour spent # 5 million of taxpayers» money on preparations to join the $ uro Main Raab's proposed motion demanding a review of the extradition treaty between the UK and US, is backed by MPs»

Once plagued by pollution, Honeywell and taxpayers have spent a billion dollars to help clean it up.

«We can no longer abide by the Albany status quo that allows for out of control spending and contracting that wastes taxpayer dollars.

In her testimony, Katz said the controversy brought about by these reports illustrated the need for the Queens Library to become more open to the public about how it decides to spend its money, the vast majority of which is made up of taxpayer funds allocated to the Library by the City of New York.

The choice at this election must be presented clearly: Brown doubled the national debt by wastefully spending too much taxpayers» money.

Cuomo said if local governments statewide can cut spending by even three percent, taxpayers could save $ 384 million.

Just received from CCHQ: «Parliamentary Questions, buried by John Prescott and yet to be published in Hansard, have today revealed that Prescott has spent # 645 of taxpayers money on a new sign for his office — replacing the previous «Office of the Deputy Prime Minister» sign with a new «Deputy Prime Minister's Office» sign.

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.

«We spend between # 500 and # 800 per taxpayer on the cost, the direct cost of family breakdown that we all pay for by supporting people who are in difficulty,» Mr Duncan Smith told BBC News 24.

What these Democrats are really saying is they want to force taxpayers to spend as much as $ 200 million a year on political campaigns, which is not surprising since they raised taxes and fees by $ 14 billion the last time they were in the majority, and hurt our ability to create jobs.

Taxpayers will receive the same net benefit, but SOF spending growth appears lower.3 Other substantial changes include shifts in workers from payrolls in the general fund to those paid by capital funds, reclassifying the Sales Tax Asset Receivable Corporation (STARC) funds from a miscellaneous receipt to an offset against spending, and shifting expenses off - budget as shown in Table 3.

An investigation conducted by the Taxpayers» Alliance shows the economic performance of the areas RDAs work in has failed to improve and in some cases even slowed down, despite spending over # 15 billion on the scheme.

The government estate costs the taxpayer an estimated # 6 billion a year, with # 1 billion spent by central government on office property alone.

It will hope to persuade ministers by pointing out the taxpayer spends # 4 billion a year on in - work support for low earners.

There is also good progress being made on cutting «facility time staffing costs» - this is the scandal where staff are paid by the taxpayer by spend their time working as union officials, the «Pilgrims.»

It may shock many readers to learn that more than # 13 billion of taxpayer's money is spent on sickness and incapacity benefits for people of working age, as pointed out by minister for disabled people Mike Penning this week.

«Gov. Cuomo will spend more time traveling to the Virgin Islands than he will surveying the damage from the storm, and this will all be funded by New York's taxpayers.

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.

Turnbull announced new measures and an independent agency to manage and monitor work expenses and adjudicate all claims by the lawmakers, as well as ministers, «to ensure taxpayer funds are properly spent.»

Taxpayers spent nearly $ 650,000 last year to defend Cuomo and his staff during an investigation by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, according to records released by the state comptroller's office.

[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.

One legislative adviser griped, «How many taxpayer dollars have been spent on the Moreland Commission just so they could propose a plan that was virtually identical to the one put forward by Governor Cuomo earlier this year?

In a statement, Megna says «we can no longer abide by the Albany status quo that allows for out of control spending and contracting that wastes taxpayer dollars».

Cuomo's budget would raise total spending by 2.3 %, though state taxpayer supported spending would grow by 1.9 %, the eighth straight year it has been under the governor's self - imposed 2 % cap.

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