Sentences with phrase «tax dollars for»

Rather than use my «hard - earned» after - tax dollars for the purchase, I used a series of rolling - equity refinances and government tax incentives, plus debt — a formula very similar to my first, $ 18,000 Maui property.

worse part is that I am paying for it in my tax dollars for them..

I took the liberty to clean it all up for ya and I won't even take any of your tax dollars for doing it!

In reality, Dreihaus» support hinged on President Obama agreeing to issue an executive order specifying that insurance plans in the program would NOT use tax dollars for abortion.

If that doesn't sound like advantage enough, consider this: By exchanging a single - source (oil) transportation system for a multisource system that makes greater use of the nation's domestically obtainable fuel sources, America automatically enhances its national security, which in turn reduces the financial burden of having to defend America's sources of imported oil, which in turn frees up billions of tax dollars for more worthy endeavors.

Wasting $ 100 billion in tax dollars for «research» into Carbon endangerment findings, does not require proper science....

From the article: Glenn Schleede, an energy analysts points out that those pushing more tax dollars for energy R&D need to consider the fact that, from 1973 to 2012, the DOE and its predecessors spent $ 154.7 Billion (2012 $) of our tax dollars on «Energy R&D» * and has yet to produce a significant energy technology that is commercially viable (i.e., without tax breaks and / or subsidies).

And outrage is properly growing over the massive failures of wind, solar and biofuel startups whose executives (mostly Obama and Democrat campaign angels) skimmed millions of tax dollars for themselves but let their companies go bankrupt and their employees go on unemployment and welfare rolls.

Most importantly however, officials are telling us that we can continue looking forward to seeing the Chevy Volt make its appearance in November of 2010, and it promises to stick around whether it makes money or not (they can thank our tax dollars for this little piece of good news).

This distinction can get confusing because a local government may contract with a nonprofit that receives tax dollars for animal control services and receives donations for other community services.

That is a whole lot of tax dollars for something that has been proven not to work.

It seems, for now at least, that advocates of using public tax dollars for private schools will wait to fight another day.

Two weeks ago, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) marked «a new era for education in Indiana» when he signed into law one of the most expansive school voucher laws in the country, opening up a huge fund of tax dollars for private schools.

The controversial program provides financial aid through public tax dollars for income - eligible families who want to send their children to private schools, offering $ 7,323 per K - 8 student last school year and rising to about $ 7,500 per student this fall.

«Over time, you will save tax dollars for having a voucher system.

With that increase came tens of millions of state tax dollars for charters, yet despite this substantial investment, charters have failed to live up to the state's mandate for «high standards of student achievement.

But the country is stuck because our tax dollars for education continue to be spent on SBR, not invested in us.

Without significant increases in taxes, we can not use state tax dollars for both public and private schools.

They also worked with community partners to develop a plan for investing Prop 30 tax dollars for our most at - risk students including foster children, special needs students and English language learners.

The union also contends that Broad of «secretly funded groups» that tried to defeat Proposition 30, a state tax initiative that has generated millions of new tax dollars for California public schools.

«It just sets a bad precedent, allowing people to, in this particular area in education, earmark their tax dollars for a specific thing.»

During the reauthorization process, there was a collective effort by NSBA and local school board members to advocate before Members of Congress for a modernized education law that underscores the importance of local governance, protects federal investments in Title I grants for disadvantaged students, and prevents the diversion of public tax dollars for private use.

During this reauthorization process, NSBA has worked closely with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to advocate for a modernized education law that affirms the importance of local governance, protects federal investments in Title I grants for disadvantaged students, and prevents the diversion of public tax dollars for private use.

Spellings: Congress had appropriated federal tax dollars for the Ready to Learn program with the goal of helping to prepare pre-school students for school in an age - appropriate way.

Forty - seven percent of respondents said that they oppose using federal tax dollars for «experiments» requiring that «live embryos... be destroyed in their first week of development.»

Researcher Bill Nowak addressed those opposed to providing tax dollars for politicians and their campaigns.

Make a difference by your attendance and give Assemblyman Zebrowski and his colleagues the boost that they need so that the State of New York does not hand over your tax dollars for this inappropriate project and give encouragement to those in New Square who are also not in favor of this project to voice their concerns within their own community.

Cuomo didn't offer more details about the plan, which would rely on existing federal and state financial aid programs, while adding $ 163 million in state tax dollars for Excelsior Scholarships that pay for tuition costs not covered by the traditional aid programs.

The crooks trip over each other in the mad rush for tax dollars for their campaigns.

Pocketing tax dollars for personal gain is the main reason why many legislators go to Albany.

Washington paid twice with your tax dollars for building the new South Ferry Terminal # 1 New York City Transit subway station.

Each year, Erie County invests over $ 30 million in tax dollars for public works construction projects across the county.

Critics of Sportsman's Park also have questioned the fairness of using tax dollars for the park, which serves a small number of people.

So the fans went after the politicians who agreed about spending public tax dollars for stadium, and BOOM results.

The same as how christians would be up in arms if the government provided tax dollars for some Islamic, or atheistic project.

Show me where he says anything about what Caesar should be using tax dollars for.

You can save after - tax dollars for your kids or nephews, nieces or grandchildren or friends» kids in a 529 plan.

The president is also expected to host governors and mayors at the White House Thursday for a listening session focused on the efficient use of tax dollars for infrastructure projects.

The Postal Service is an independent agency — it gets no tax dollars for its day - to - day operations but is still subject to congressional control.

«For every dollar that would go out in voucher program I would have to cut that exact amount out of the Pardeeville budget, which would impact students, plus increase property taxes dollar for dollar,» Knitt said.

Tax credits are subtracted not from taxable income, but directly from a person's tax liability; they therefore reduce taxes dollar for dollar.

FUTA taxes are in any case de minimus because state unemployment taxes are a credit against federal unemployment taxes dollar for dollar except for a very small minimum per employee FUTA tax (0.6 % of the first $ 7,000 per year of wages for each employee, for a maximum FUTA tax of $ 42 per year per employee in most cases), because state unemployment taxes are almost always higher than federal FUTA taxes.

Not exact matches

Since most entrepreneurs use a flow - through entity, such as a partnership or S corporation for their business, every dollar of deduction actually reduces your personal income tax.

Look for more money to be given to the Canada Revenue Agency to fight offshore tax evasion, an investment that has so far helped the CRA reap millions in extra tax dollars while at the same time achieving the aim of discouraging tax evasion by Canadians.

State pension funds, facing a potential multitrillion - dollar shortfall, find themselves in the center of a four - way battle: Employees and retirees expect to be paid their promised benefits; the pension systems have clear obligations but may not have the resources to pay them; politicians are looking for ways to resolve the underfunding and balance the burden among retirees and workers; and state taxpayers, challenged to provide for their own retirements, resent the additional tax load.

Put another way: For every dollar of corporate income tax disbursed, companies paid an additional $ 1.09 in non-profit type taxes, $ 0.70 in other payments to governments, and $ 3.15 collected from customers and employees, and remitted to governments.

Using Ontario as an example, in 2008 the marginal tax rate (the tax owed on the last dollar of income) was 21.1 percent for the lowest tax bracket (up to $ 40,700 of taxable income) and 46.4 percent for the highest tax bracket (above $ 126,300 of taxable income).

The rising trend for taxes on sweetened drinks has prompted beverage industry giants like PepsiCo and Coca - Cola to spend billions of dollars on advertising and lobbying campaigns against the measures.

Indeed, citizens» satisfaction is related to what they get for their tax dollars, Sachs tells CNBC Make It: «They are happy because these societies are not only prosperous but also with high equality, social trust and honesty of government.

After spending millions of dollars and several years doing research, a company can still fail to bring a product to market — leaving its investors with little to show for their money except disappointment and a tax write - off.