Sentences with phrase «supported by taxpayer»

Considering these benefits, many assume the VA loan program is supported by taxpayer dollars.

Others are supported by the taxpayer: legal aid, self - represented and unrepresented.

In conjunction with the Save the Sundarbans protest today at the UN's headquarters in New York City, we're revealing in this EcoWatch exclusive that Friends of the Earth U.S. obtained documents that suggest the U.S. Export - Import Bank, Ex-Im Bank, which is supported by taxpayer dollars, is considering financing the Orion - Khulna coal plant near the Sundarbans in Bangladesh.

I view my job a little like a legislator, supported by the taxpayer, to protect the interests of the taxpayer and to minimize the role of government.

Roy Spencer: «I view my job a little like a legislator, supported by the taxpayer, to protect the interests of the taxpayer and to minimize the role of government.»

Each day an estimated 5,000 to 5,500 dogs are legally euthanized in the United States by kill shelters that are supported by taxpayer money.

Hi Amy - I wish I could offer free services, but my small business is not supported by taxpayers or grant money of any kind.

Currently Nadya Suleman is single, unemployed and has 14 fatherless children that will need to be supported by taxpayers for at least the next 18 years.

• Over the last 10 years, when costs of public education skyrocketed, especially salaries and benefits, the schools were nonetheless generously supported by taxpayers, who believed that funds were critically needed to improve outcomes «for our children.

We do not receive any government funding; we are not supported by taxpayers» dollars.

According to the Wikipedia article on wind power generation in Iowa, the industry is subsidized by a one cent per KwH tax credit, plus property and sales tax breaks for generation facilities and equipment, plus unenumerated but presumably meaningful support by taxpayers of other states in the form of federal subsidies.

How many of these organisations are being supported by the taxpayers the world over?

While it's not free, it's supported by the taxpayers of that country, the question: «Why buy travel medical coverage is health care is free?»

Contra Costa College is a two - year, urban community college supported by the taxpayers of California and many generous donors.

Not exact matches

He says the New Jersey bank would «take money out of Wall Street and put it to work for New Jersey — creating jobs and growing the economy [by] using state deposits to finance local investments... and... support billions of dollars of critical investments in infrastructure, small businesses, and student loans — saving our residents money and returning all profits to the taxpayers.»

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 %.

For examples, condoms are distributed in schools supported by Catholic taxpayers.

Parochial schools are supported by church funds in addition to tuition, not tax dollars, providing in many areas a reasonable alternative for working class and middle class parishioners and removing these millions of students from the public education system paid for by taxpayers.

What this circumlocution means is that government should compel all taxpayers to contribute involuntarily to the support of faith - based nonpublic schools, presumably by means of a device Coons has long favored but coyly refrains from naming: school vouchers.

Paladino's running mate, Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards, expressed «disappointment» that Mahoney had «failed to recognize the tsunami of support Carl Paladino has and is receiving from the people that matter — the taxpayers of the state of New York State who work hard, play by the rules, and expect their leaders to stand up for what is right.»

Mr Hutton insisted the changes, which follow a four - month government - commissioned review by David Henshaw, would ensure value for money for the taxpayer and ensure children were properly supported when their parents split up.

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.

Not only would design - build save taxpayers over $ 113 million and decrease construction time by a crucial two years, but without it, massive trucks would be compelled to travel through Downtown Brooklyn — the City's third largest commercial district — because the BQE would be unable to support their weight.

He has been hailed as a transparency champion by the taxpayers» alliance, and his efforts to make local government more transparent have gained support from some unlikely places.

The aim of the Repositioning Osun for Prosperity (ROPE) initiative is to achieve increased IGR by employing creative means to widen taxpayers base and supporting enforcement action,» The communique stated.

«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.

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

Public financing is supported by Democrats in both chambers, but opposed by Republicans, who question taxpayers funding political activity.

«The goal should be to provide relative stability for taxpayers while accounting for the costs needed to provide services — many of which are required of public schools and supported by their communities.»

Research by Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, found that the wider costs of providing homelessness support would far outweigh the savings to the taxpayer of cutting the benefit.

[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.

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.

STRONGLY SUPPORT THE PROPERTY TAX CAP TO PROTECT TAXPAYERS Westchester is a beautiful place to live and raise a family, but high taxes and increasing costs are making it harder and harder by the day.

'' The agreement includes support for a comprehensive New York Works Agenda that will create thousands of jobs with new investments in New York's infrastructure; passing a fair tax reform plan that achieves the first major restructuring of the tax code in decades, resulting in a tax cut for 4.4 million middle - class New York taxpayers; approving $ 50 million in additional relief for areas devastated by recent floods; and reducing the MTA payroll tax to provide relief for small businesses.»

The city already offers hundreds of different services backed by millions of taxpayer dollars to support women and their businesses.

She added she was «surprised that it's [ERG] being funded by taxpayers especially as it is a single issue organisation and would be of little use to a Conservative MP who doesn't support their views.»

The agreement includes support for a comprehensive New York Works Agenda that will create thousands of jobs with new investments in New York's infrastructure, passing a fair tax reform plan that achieves the first major restructuring of the tax code in decades resulting in a tax cut for 4.4 million middle class New Yorkers taxpayers, approving $ 50 million in additional relief for areas devastated by recent floods, and reducing the MTA payroll tax to provide relief for small businesses.

The Governor's tax freeze, which is supported by 73 percent of all New Yorkers, would hold these governments accountable to making these reforms and helping deliver the relief that taxpayers deserve.»

For the seventh straight year, state taxpayer - supported spending will be capped at 2 %, even while statewide education spending will grow by 4.4 %, or $ 1.1 billion — including $ 386 million for New York City.

Zimet nominated Marx, noting that, although she did not support his bid two years ago, once they began working together she was amazed by his work ethic, his respect for the Town Board, for the residents and how he ended up «doing much more than he signed up for, as we combined Buildings and Grounds with our Highway Department — at great savings to the taxpayers, but much more work for Chris, which he never complained about.

«It's time to correct this imbalance by demanding an end to loopholes that benefit big corporations at the expense of our schools and the property taxpayers who support them.»

The $ 25.6 billion funding agreement, which came in the final hours of extended budget talks in Albany, will see statewide education spending grow by $ 1.1 billion, while taxpayers will continue to see their support for schools capped at 2 percent.

People also continue to support the ending of child benefit for higher rate taxpayers by 62 % to 30 %.

NRG is the largest taxpayer in Chautauqua County and the company's original proposal to repower the station with a combined cycle natural gas system was strongly supported by the city of Dunkirk.

Runner says «California's hard - working families can not afford higher taxes,» a view that is supported by the state's leading taxpayer organization.

Speaking to the Financial Times, Mr Osborne said that a Tory administration would support a new levy on banks — so long as it could be agreed by G20 countries — to protect the taxpayer from the costs of a future crisis.»

Lorsch reviewed the new NIH policy called Grant Support Index (GSI), which aims to more widely distribute taxpayer funding of science by limiting additional grant support for already well - supported principal investiSupport Index (GSI), which aims to more widely distribute taxpayer funding of science by limiting additional grant support for already well - supported principal investisupport for already well - supported principal investigators.

Now, according to a poll just released by Associated Press and the National Opinion Research Center, vouchers that use taxpayer funds for low - income students to attend private schools gathered support from 43 % of the public, with only 31 % opposed.

The reason we have been plagued by these public school wars is that we have compelled all taxpayers to support a single official organ of education.

By 2012 - 13, the total resources flowing into higher education had increased dramatically, with graduates themselves expected to shoulder more than half of the cost of their education (# 7.9 billion versus # 5.9 billion in taxpayer support).