Sentences with phrase «taxpayer expense over»

In December 2000, the total wind energy capacity installed worldwide was just 17,300 MW óachieved with significant government subsidies and incentives at taxpayer expense over the past 20 years.

(Republicans were not amused when the governor identified only one new fee when asked about it in a budget briefing for reporters last week, arguing that the changes could result in billions in taxpayer expense over several years.

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The discussion over the government's role is often conflated with the history, performance and expense - to - taxpayers of Fannie and Freddie.

The ouster of Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin, who has been mired in scandal over his charging taxpayers for luxury travel expenses and the infighting among his senior aides, had been widely expected and was made official at 5:31 p.m. by presidential tweet.

When the issue about the Ten Commandments comes up in court, it usually is over a set that was installed decades earlier, usually at private expense — no taxpayer money involved.

Labour MP John Mann, who made the formal complaint over Mrs Miller's expenses, said accepting the cash would be a «further insult» to taxpayers.

If it is extreme to speak out against a government take - over of our best - in - the - world health care system, 2 / 3rd's of our automobile industry, and subsidization of a high - risk banking and mortgage system at the expense of small businesses and taxpayers, than I fully support the «extremism» of Dr. Nan Hayworth..

24 hours after the Derek Conway report was published David Cameron took decisive action against the disgraced MP and he has kept up the momentum over the last week with welcome requirements for greater openness from his frontbenchers with regard to their taxpayer - funded expenses.

Since Friday 8 May, when the Daily Telegraph began naming and shaming MPs over their extravagant expense claims, 28 MPs have agreed to repay more than # 146,430.27 to taxpayers.

Martin, the Commons Speaker who is being forced out over his handling of the MPs» expenses scandal, claimed # 56 a month from taxpayers for window cleaning and grass cutting at his second home.

As Governor Malloy sits on top of one of the largest unfunded state and teacher pension systems in the country, an unfunded liability that will cost Connecticut taxpayers more than $ 20 billion to resolve over the next two decades, leave it to back room politics of the Malloy administration to wheel and deal a way for Steven Adamowski to boost his pension at taxpayer expense.

Now we learn the local RSC has told Dove Family Trust to hand over its schools to another MAT (presumably at taxpayer expense).

The majority of expenses to run such programs are covered by Chicago taxpayers, not the Department of Defense, totaling over $ 9 million.

Taxpayers with AGI of $ 15,000 or less can claim 35 % of qualified expenses up to $ 3,000 for one dependent child and $ 6,000 for 2, while taxpayers with AGI over $ 43,000 are limitedTaxpayers with AGI of $ 15,000 or less can claim 35 % of qualified expenses up to $ 3,000 for one dependent child and $ 6,000 for 2, while taxpayers with AGI over $ 43,000 are limitedtaxpayers with AGI over $ 43,000 are limited to 20 %.

These expenses are based on those the IRS would allow a taxpayer who wishes to pay back taxes over time.

This is available to all taxpayers, applies to a wide range of medical expenses, applies only to expenses over 10 % of AGI, is an itemized deduction, is reported on Schedule A with the rest of the itemized deductions, and thus can only be taken if you itemize deductions.

Reduced expense to taxpayers: Each year, metro Atlanta animal controls spend over 15 million taxpayer dollars dealing with the consequences of animal overpopulation.

«It has become painfully obvious over the past few years that ALEC is corporate lobby front group masquerading as a charity — at taxpayer expense,» said Arn Pearson, general counsel at CMD.

First, a switch to palm oil would be extremely expensive, costing an additional 16.5 million pounds (US$ 21.4 million) over the next decade, which is not seen as achieving «value for money for taxpayers,» who would bear the burden of the expense.

Single taxpayers, on the other hand, would see a tax benefit of more than $ 600 over the standard deduction (for $ 7K in interest expense), although the net tax savings would only be about $ 150 for a payer in the 25 percent tax bracket.