Sentences with phrase «taxpayer dollars for»

But Mitchell doesn't have to explain how, for example, he used $ 630,696 of taxpayer dollars for staff development, as reported on his 2012 Form 990.

In Monday's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article entitled «Special - needs vouchers cost districts $ 2.4 million in aid,» we learned that a Wisconsin voucher school is gaming current school funding rules to receive a larger chunk of taxpayer dollars for students with special needs:

Unchecked charter - school operators are exploiting South Florida's public school system, collecting taxpayer dollars for schools that quickly shut down.

«K12 and its schools misled parents and the State of California by claiming taxpayer dollars for questionable student attendance, misstating student success and parent satisfaction and loading nonprofit charities with debt,» Harris said in a statement.

Along with 529's, vouchers and ESA's that use taxpayer dollars for private and parochial schools, we also have another tactic to help the wealthy with scholarship granting organizations (SGO's).

They worry expanding taxpayer dollars for private schools won't address bullying and will hurt public schools.

But it is a different story for philanthropies such as Gates Foundation, which doesn't use any taxpayer dollars for its operations.

«I don't think that solves the problem because you're still using taxpayer dollars for private education and I don't think there's a way to get around that,» said McColl.

A voucher (sometimes called a «scholarship») is a handout of taxpayer dollars for private school tuition: The government writes a check for tuition at a private school.

A bill to prohibit state taxpayer dollars for painful dog and cat research recently passed the General Assembly.

«Despite overwhelming public opposition, Uniland has successfully won taxpayer dollars for a project that was always going to happen.

School board members Carl Paladino and Larry Quinn say the company made too much a profit while managing the more than $ 1 - billion in taxpayer dollars for the project.

The probes represent an intense focus on how millions of taxpayer dollars for cleanup were spent on Long Island.

«I didn't want to use taxpayer dollars for this and so there was a precedent for other elected officials before me who used resources the same way that I did,» he said.

«To restore the public trust, we need a real investigation into this troubling pattern of abusing taxpayer dollars for political gain.»

In April, Meeks turned over documents related to his house, as well as records related to his sponsorship of taxpayer dollars for various nonprofit organizations based in Queens.

The energy savings generated by these efficiency improvements to state - owned buildings will not only repay the state's initial investment in a few years, but will continue to save millions of taxpayer dollars for years to come.»

If he using the campaign funds to pay for housing in Albany, that is exactly what Vlasto said he was doing — using the campaign money rather than taxpayer dollars for his per - diem.

John Flanagan and his Albany cronies have sold out Long Island public schools and have cut a deal with high finance charter school operators to exchange millions in taxpayer dollars for campaign cash for Chris McGrath,» said Democratic Senate Campaign Committee spokesman Mike Murphy.

These documents show that an entire strategy was developed by the B.C. Liberals based on using taxpayer dollars for their own partisan purposes.

Right off the bat, Rep. Bill Flores (R) asserts that he is «working hard to ensure that every taxpayer dollar for education is invested wisely.»

Not exact matches

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.

In his string of tweets, Trump argued that Amazon was costing taxpayers «billions of dollars» for using the Post Office as its «delivery boy.»

The tax credits are attractive because they provide a dollar - for - dollar reduction in a taxpayer's state income tax.

A trillion - dollar tax cut, for example, leaves more cash in the accounts of taxpayers — the basic idea behind the Bush tax cuts.

It creates an unfair advantage for the lumber industry, says Ali, which leads to «loss of innovation, loss of competitiveness, and... [the public] is not getting the best possible product they should be getting for their taxpayer dollars.»

Even worse, the cost of carrying these well organized groups is very much understated: nearly all the public - sector pension plans are underfunded by hundreds of billions of dollars and taxpayers are on the hook for the difference.

As secretary, Price criticized the Medicaid health program for low - income people, saying it doesn't deliver results commensurate with the hundreds of billions of dollars taxpayers spend on it.

«For decades, the failed War on Drugs has locked up millions of nonviolent drug offenders — especially for marijuana - related offenses — at an incredible cost of lost human potential, torn apart families and communities, and taxpayer dollars,» Booker wrote in a Facebook poFor decades, the failed War on Drugs has locked up millions of nonviolent drug offenders — especially for marijuana - related offenses — at an incredible cost of lost human potential, torn apart families and communities, and taxpayer dollars,» Booker wrote in a Facebook pofor marijuana - related offenses — at an incredible cost of lost human potential, torn apart families and communities, and taxpayer dollars,» Booker wrote in a Facebook post.

This production generates billions of dollars in revenue for state and local governments and the U.S. taxpayer, while supporting hundreds of thousands of jobs.

Each and every dollar must go further to achieve value for taxpayers» hard - earned money.

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.»

A taxpayer who receives virtual currency as payment for goods or services must, in computing gross income, include the fair market value of the virtual currency, measured in U.S. dollars, as of the date that the virtual currency was received.

«Given the substantial amounts of taxpayer dollars that will be invested in Puerto Rico for rebuilding after Hurricane Maria, these findings raise grave concerns about PREPA's ability to competently negotiate, manage, and implement critical infrastructure projects without significant independent oversight,» they wrote in a memo Monday to committee chair Rep. Rob Bishop (R - UT).

Tom Price, Trump's pick to head Health and Human Services, resigned after reports surfaced that he had used private planes for travel that cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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.»

Basically, Mr. Flaherty is looking for suggestions on how to «strengthen our economy in the face of global economic threats»; with «cost - neutral or low cost measures», focusing on «more efficient and effective spending» that builds on the «government's belief of respecting taxpayers» dollars» and «encourages private sector growth and leadership».

The election is off and running paid for by taxpayer dollars.

Cruz's public defenders said he should continue to be represented at taxpayer expense because he likely does not have the assets to pay a private lawyer for what will rapidly balloon into a multi-million dollar case.

If her government had spent the last three years negotiating on aboriginal title with First Nations — rather than spending millions of taxpayers» dollars fighting a losing battle against the Tsilhqot» in — there would today be more opportunity and benefits for First Nations and greater certainty for investors and workers on where and how LNG related pipelines and plants will proceed.

He truly needs to enter a high school class with his calculator to see that 37 + Students is the new 27 class size that was suggested in the million dollar commission taxpayers paid for!

But if the state issued a dollar - for - dollar state tax credit for charitable contributions made to, say, the state's general infrastructure fund, the first $ 6,000 donated, though reducing state tax liability by $ 6,000, does nothing to lower federal taxes owed because the taxpayer would still take the standard deduction.

A decade - old, 18 - story, taxpayer - funded hotel in the village of Lombard is headed for bankruptcy, proving to be a misguided investment of taxpayer dollars.

The U.S. government paid these obligations at 100 cents on the dollar, despite AIG being insolvent at the time and requiring a $ 185 billion taxpayer bailout itself for making casino - like bets with the big banks.

The U.S. taxpayer has since been put on the hook for hundreds of billions of dollars of losses that should have been borne by private parties.

Why couldn't the Fed and Treasury do for Lehman what they did with other Wall Street investment firms and stock brokers: let it reclassify itself as a bank so it could pawn off its junk mortgages at the Fed's discount window for 100 cents on the dollar, sticking taxpayers with the loss?

SPRINGFIELD - A new bill from State Senator Tom Cullerton (D - Villa Park) would make taxpayer dollars off limits for the purpose of purchasing silence regarding allegations and investigations of sexual harassment.

In March, he was criticized for allowing AIG to pay out $ 165 million in bonuses to the same employees who caused the firm's $ 170 billion bailout with taxpayer dollars.

A taste: Declaring the age of paternalism over, President Bush said Thursday the United States demands clear results for the billions of taxpayer dollars it sends to Africa.

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.