"Taxpayer money" refers to the money that individuals and businesses pay to the government in the form of taxes.
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But raising the cost of pollution can actually
save taxpayers money in the long run — and I'll explain how in a minute.
One series of charges says he traded $ 500,000
in taxpayer money for more than $ 3 million in private gain.
It found that 77 % of charter schools
use taxpayer money for questionable financial practices.
Lawmakers yesterday introduced a proposal to make scientific papers funded
with taxpayer money available for free on the Internet.
But he opposes
wasting taxpayer money on vouchers for parents who already send their kids to private school and don't need a subsidy.
One solution: a new law that would provide
taxpayer money for kids to attend private schools.
If traditional public - school systems work by spending someone else's money on someone else's children, taxpayer - funded vouchers allow parents to spend
taxpayer money on their own children.
The efforts of the task force will improve the services offered by state agencies, and
spend taxpayer money more efficiently.
This would save
taxpayers money by reducing the amount of court time spent dealing with children or financial issues relating to divorce.
A politician starts a nonprofit and then pumps
taxpayer money into it, with the cash often landing in the pockets of friends or family at the charity.
Despite lower operating costs, the online companies collect nearly as
much taxpayer money in some states as brick - and - mortar charter schools.
Many voucher schools are permitted to
take taxpayer money without implementing any requirements for teacher qualifications, testing, or achievement.
If they are going to
give taxpayer money to faith groups, then those groups should not be allowed to discriminate against any taxpayer as far as employment or services.
They also created a new policy that uses
state taxpayer money to reimburse businesses for the increase in wages for teen workers.
These tests are administered to all schools that receive funding from the government — if a school
gets taxpayer money, the students have to complete the test.
You know I'd care less about people complaining about
taxpayer money going to the poor if income was actually determined by work.
Lawmakers debated placing sanctions on poorly performing public and private schools that
receive taxpayer money, but those measures were not adopted.
The district's bus garage is a hub for these joint efforts that save
taxpayers money while continuing to serve children and families.
But the law also ensures that
American taxpayer money isn't used for buying weapons or equipment that will end up in the hands of children forced to fight in conflicts around the globe.
Meanwhile, state education officials feel that the controversial form of education hasn't been vetted enough to warrant
taxpayer money flowing through to a company with mixed reviews.
Under vouchers, the state
sends taxpayer money directly to the schools and parents do not have access to it.
She said such audits are also a waste of
taxpayer money since the city is already eager to hire women and minorities.
If that is how they spend
taxpayer money down there, then please don't send any of mine that way.
Keep these displays private, and keep
taxpayers money out of it, and you will hear no complaints.
Perhaps we could
provide taxpayers money for some cutting edge emissions reduction companies rather than from failing banks and auto companies.
And now they're complaining about
losing taxpayer money to support their particular, or peculiar, view of the cosmos?
Why have all the hard work and
taxpayer money failed to meet the national goals set by the past eight presidents?
Public schools, in contrast, get
taxpayer money no matter what, and require seemingly endless political, bureaucratic, and legal combat to hopefully — just hopefully — get improvements made.
People get fired for doing that all the time so if you are religious, it is ok to waste
taxpayers money instead of doing your job.
But he says it's simply meant to help consolidate portions of state government and save
taxpayer money quickly.
Public schools, on the other hand, must spend
taxpayer money according to strict laws that require public oversight, transparency, and accountability.
To ensure the most effective investments, states must more efficiently
track taxpayer money supporting specific programs.
This scheme will
use taxpayer money in the form of tax credits for corporations and wealthy donors who make contributions to state - sponsored voucher scholarship programs.
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