Sentences with phrase «taxpayer dollars on»

Yesterday's bill would slash evidence - based sex education, choosing instead to waste taxpayer dollars on harmful abstinence - only programs.

Also, as an aside, one also has to wonder why DOJ officials felt the need to spend taxpayer dollars on LexisNexis searches when they could have relied on Google for free.

«Cities and states are spending hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on bottled water, and that's not to mention what's spent to deal with all the plastic bottles that are thrown out,» said Leslie Samuelrich of Corporate Accountability International.

Keystone XL) financed privately is «not a jobs plan», but spending $ 50 billion in taxpayer dollars on bridges is «putting people immediately to work.»

To be sure, there were some great ideas in the unwieldy report, but there were also many awful ideas, foremost among them being the President's proposal to waste taxpayer dollars on the FreedomCar initiative, a dead - end hydrogen fuel technology.

«After dragging its feet for over a decade and wasting taxpayer dollars on an incomplete shelter, Barbour County's mere claim that it will open an animal shelter is not enough,» says Animal Legal Defense Fund Executive Director Stephen Wells.

In the meantime, the «new» CFPB was spending millions and millions of TAXPAYER dollars on their digs and furnishings.

Getting the law involved adds expense, it is more hassle for everyone, it adds risk, and it spends my taxpayer dollars on your private dispute.

KIPP has also been criticized for manipulating their network schools» graduation and college matriculation rates, using millions of taxpayer dollars on exorbitant administrator salaries, excessive travel and hospitality expenses, and non-transparency in terms of disclosure requirements.

The waste of billions of taxpayer dollars on testing, test security, test shredding, intrusive data systems and test - score teaching ratings is a violation of the public trust.

Meanwhile, despite the fact that many «reformers»» policies have spectacularly failed, prompted massive scandals and / or offered no actual proof of success, an elite media that typically amplifies — rather than challenges — power and money loyally casts «reformers»» systematic pillaging of public education as laudable courage (the most recent example of this is Time magazine's cover cheering on wildly unpopular Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel after he cited budget austerity to justify the largest mass school closing in American history — all while he is also proposing to spend $ 100 million of taxpayer dollars on a new private sports stadium).

That is why most states and the federal government choose to spend taxpayer dollars on «targeted» preschool programs open only to low - income families.

Congress should instead focus on fixing the real problems in student lending rather than wasting taxpayer dollars on borrowers who need help the least.

«Former state Sen. Malcolm Smith — who faces federal corruption charges in a trial that starts Monday — blew tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars on a self - promotional newsletter marking the end of his 14 - year career.The four - page mailer — filled with 36 pictures of Smith with the heading «accomplishments» repeated across the top — landed in the mailboxes of 123,000 voters in southeast Queens in the days between Christmas and New Year's.»

Lastly, it appears that Rep. Maurice Hinchey believes that his constituent tax dollars should be provided to organizations that are fully capable of running as private businesses, would prefer not to fully fund the military (and thus troops), would prefer children in D.C. receive substandard educations, and waste taxpayer dollars on programs that are ineffective, burdensome, and widely viewed (by politicians of both Parites) as a complete mistake.

Assemblywoman Addie Jenne, a Democrat from Watertown, asked why Start Up was rebranded after the Cuomo Administration spent nearly $ 50 million taxpayer dollars on advertising the program.

«It is just more of the same from someone who is attempting to distract from the fact that he is accused of racism and has already spent hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on failed lawsuits.»

In a sign that she continues to know how to make news, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon has gone after rival Andrew Cuomo for showering taxpayer dollars on the industry that helped make her a star.

«We don't believe that we should be spending taxpayer dollars on people that are here illegally while other kids are saddled with student loans.»

When asked whether she would prosecute county legislators for the misuse of taxpayer dollars on official mailers before Election Day, Murray said there were «issues far more important that should be focused on.»

The New York Works Task Force is touring the state explaining how it's trying to better spend taxpayer dollars on infrastructure programs, and looking for suggestions on how to do it.

«This governor spent tens of millions of taxpayer dollars on a controversial weather detection system,» Lawrence added.

Singas spokesman Brendan Brosh said the ethics board response was «no surprise» because the board «has ignored repeated calls to take action to stop politicians from wasting millions of taxpayer dollars on self - promotional political mailings.»

This weekend, they revealed how state legislators spend millions of taxpayer dollars on...

Schneiderman's critics accuse him of wasting taxpayer dollars on publicly funded lawsuits and investigations for political purposes.

This is a fight to see which of them can be more out - of - touch with Hudson Valley families and work hand - in - hand with Mayor de Blasio and the New York City special interests who want to use our hard - earned taxpayer dollars on political campaigns and to give free college tuition to illegal immigrants.»

Between 2009 and 2014, Colorado state mining officials spent $ 12.3 million taxpayer dollars on mine - reclamation work.

Thus I would contend that there is no need to spend another taxpayer dollar on new research studies until we have extracted the few grains of gold buried in the heap of excrement called Climate Science.

Not exact matches

But disbursing taxpayer money is messy, and a quick scan of the companies that received the most small - business dollars in Virginia reveals an anomaly: No. 4 on the list, according to procurement consultant Eagle Eye, is the $ 24 billion behemoth General Dynamics (NYSE: GD).

State Department spokeswoman Marie Harf called the committee a «waste of time and taxpayer dollars» on Monday, but said the department would cooperate.

Just as critically, banks were on the verge of collapse, and were bailed out with billions of dollars in taxpayer money.

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.

Two members of Congress on Wednesday accused big drugmaker Mylan of «bilking taxpayers out of millions of dollars» by underpaying Medicaid in rebates owed on sales of the lifesaving device, as they vowed to recoup that money.

FORTUNE — U.S. and UK taxpayers looking to spend some extra dollars on behalf of corporations during the holidays (and into next year) will be pleased to know that Hewlett - Packard's bungled acquisition of software firm Autonomy has made that possible.

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 post.

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.»

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

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».

If you are an accrual basis taxpayer that is not eligible to or does not elect to determine the amount realized using the spot rate on the settlement date, you will recognize foreign currency gain or loss to the extent of any difference between the U.S. dollar amount realized on the date of sale or disposition and the U.S. dollar value of the currency received at the spot rate on the settlement date.

However, if the ordinary shares or ADSs are treated as traded on an «established securities market» and you are either a cash basis taxpayer or an accrual basis taxpayer that has made a special election (which must be applied consistently from year to year and can not be changed without the consent of the IRS), you will determine the U.S. dollar value of the amount realized in a non U.S. dollar currency by translating the amount received at the spot rate of exchange on the settlement date of the sale.

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.

As the JCT states, it reflects the «dollar benefit to taxpayers from being able to claim the mortgage interest deduction on a tax return.»

But the two sources said he made the request in a call initiated by VA Press Secretary Curt Cashour on Feb. 15, the day after the release of an inspector general's report that concluded Shulkin had misused taxpayer dollars during a European trip last year.

«People can see that Christy Clark thinks that putting government political ads on television is a good use of taxpayer dollars.

As North American taxpayers take a look at the gleaming new models on display at Detroit's auto show this week, they might well ask themselves just why they poured billions of dollars into saving GM and Chrysler when no one else would.

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.

Each of those four banks also have an outsized presence on Wall Street; each of them received taxpayer bailouts during the 2008 crash; each received secret, below - market interest rate loans from the Federal Reserve during the crisis; and three of them (JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citibank) are currently holding tens of trillions of dollars in derivatives within the insured banking subsidiary — meaning there would be a forced taxpayer bailout if the derivatives blew up the bank.

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?