Sentences with phrase «taxpayer billions»

A second time, in 1979, was a back - office glitch that ended up costing taxpayers billions of dollars.

Our prisons are crowded, costing taxpayers billions of dollars.

Nearly doubling the state's investment into the public pension system this year will reduce the fund's long - term debt and save taxpayers billions in the long run.

Everyone knows that politically driven policies are costing taxpayers billions while providing only marginal carbon reductions — but we need leaders who will do something about it!

A broad consensus of studies finds that divorce has serious negative lifelong psychological consequences for children, and costs taxpayers billions of dollars annually.

The government takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac cost American taxpayers billions of dollars.

«These measures have saved New York taxpayers billions — all while increasing school funding by 35 percent to a record $ 27 billion this year.»

But the Cuomo administration counters by saying the caps have saved taxpayers billions in additional taxes since they were enacted.

Cuomo's office has released a chart showing that proposed tax credits in the state budget will save taxpayers billions over the next four years.

It's all about getting a cut of the money, in the name of public safety and uniformity but often enough the big builders get a pass, pay their fees and then get away with all kinds of shenanigans costing cities and ultimately taxpayers billions.

And it drew criticism from some conservatives who called it a risky move that could cost taxpayers billions if construction costs spiral, electricity demand sags and utilities default.

A non-partisan federal watchdog says climate change is already costing U.S. taxpayers billions of dollars each year, with those costs expected to rise as devastating storms, floods, wildfires and droughts become more frequent in the coming decades.

As has been well documented from multiple public sources over recent years, the establishment elites of power and wealth continue to easily waste taxpayer billions on questionable politically correct energy sources, instead of focusing those dollars for the basic research needed to make green energy a viable self - standing possibility.

He helped push through legislation that killed Michigan's «Producer Pay» legislation, a move that will cost Michigan Taxpayers a billion dollars over 20 years.

The provision is the latest installment of the ethanol subsidy, a handout that has cost American taxpayers billions of dollars during the last three decades, with little to show for it.

The «Yes on 61» campaign argues that Prop 61 would exploit the state's «bulk - purchasing power to secure lower prices for prescription drugs, saving taxpayers billions of dollars.»

This bill rights an egregious injustice that would have cost New York taxpayers billions.»

Government investment in failed energy technologies has cost American taxpayers billions of dollars, the latest of which have been in solar manufacturers such as Solyndra and electricity storage technology, Beacon Power.

Forbes describes some of the past green - jobs fiascos promoted by the Obama Administration that cost taxpayers billions while creating no lasting jobs:

But with this latest report determining that a limited program would probably end up saving taxpayers billions, it may prove difficult for Republicans to maintain their opposition.

-- The Mormon ti - the empire is tax exempt as are all Christian «religions» and evangelical non-profits costing the taxpayers billions a year in tax revenue.

The proposed law's goal is to «reduce unnecessary divorce, avoid serious lifelong consequences for children, and save taxpayers billions of dollars.»

«Our report shows how alcohol takes up a disproportionate share of emergency service time, costing taxpayers billions of pounds each year.

The state faces an over $ 4.4 billion budget gap, as well as funding cuts and policy changes from Washington that could cost New York and some of its taxpayers billions of dollars.

The previous one cost taxpayers billions.

A fiscal watchdog group is questioning the state's century - old prevailing wage law for construction workers, saying it unnecessarily costs taxpayers billions of dollars a year in added expenses for big road, bridge and other projects.

«While the Governor himself was operating a pay - to - play government to line his campaign coffers, his top aide followed his boss» model to line his own pockets, both costing taxpayers billions.

He called on the governor to replace his appointees to the MTA board «to take charge of a transit system that is out of control, quite possibly corrupt, and costing taxpayers billions of dollars.»

The state faces a more than $ 4.4 billion budget gap, as well as funding cuts and policy changes from Washington that could cost New York and some of its taxpayers billions of dollars.

«There is an economic rationale for taxes when consumption of the good imposes negative externalities, and obesity costs taxpayers billions each year in medical care costs in the U.S.,» Cawley said.

A report from Berkeley economists finds the low - wage fast food jobs are costing taxpayer billions of dollars in public assistance — everything from food stamps to Medicaid.

And early this month a study of 10,000 teachers by the nonprofit TNTP said that teacher workshops and training that cost taxpayers billions of dollars each year is largely a waste (although some critics took issue with the methodology of the study).

I would stop the chaotic and expensive academy and free schools projects that have cost the taxpayer billions, much of it wasted on management and brokers» fees.

The failed No Child Left Behind Act based on standardization and high - stake testing has cost taxpayers billions and delivered zero in terms of return on investment... unless of course you are a publishing company.

What about Pearson, AIR and all those vendors with their expensive data - manipulated criterion referenced tests, prep and remediation that cost taxpayers billions?

Meanwhile, about 1 in 5 students never graduates from high school; 2 out of 3 who do graduate are not ready for college; among those who go to college, 1 in 4 needs to retake high school classes at their own expense; and 40 percent of college students do not finish within six years, costing parents, students and taxpayers billions.

The Collection Agency Contractor System Costs Taxpayers Billions and Sets Up Conflicts The Department of Education estimates that in 2014, taxpayers and student loan borrowers will pay over $ 1 billion in commissions to private student loan debt collectors, growing to over $ 2 billion by 2016.

BRANT, beware, you are being conned to join in the Wynne - lose game that costs taxpayers billions and keeps power rates in Ontario at an unprecedented high!

Ending crony corporatist deal - making, power grabbing, and enrichment schemes would ensure that The Billionaire's Club and its government and industry allies no longer have access to taxpayer billions, no longer have a stranglehold on our energy and economy, and no longer get still richer on the backs of American workers, taxpayers, and consumers.

This policy came from a study that only cost the taxpayers a billion dollars - cheap.

In 2014, 55 House Republicans inveighed against a government subsidy which «has not only cost taxpayers billions, but has caused significant price distortions in wholesale electricity markets.»

The proposed law's goal is to «reduce unnecessary divorce, avoid serious lifelong consequences for children, and save taxpayers billions of dollars.»

In a petty and fiscally stupid gambit aimed at undermining one of the more effective family planning ideas in a generation, the GOP - controlled Congress has gone gunning for Title X — a $ 286 million grant program that has saved taxpayers billions of dollars.

«That was a catalyst for the savings and loans crisis that cost taxpayers billions.»