Sentences with phrase «taxpayers money instead»

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.

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Why would the government do it for Canada's largest military purchase, a $ 16 - billion purchase, instead of trying to save taxpayers» money and ensuring industrial benefits for Canadians?

«With money getting so tight in government, the only way to go is to pool resources and share facilities so the taxpayers only pay $ 1 instead of $ 3 for the same services.»

Mr Osborne blamed Mr Brown for not saving money during the boom times, and he expressed anger at the use of taxpayer's money towards collapsing banks, but he didn't say what he would have done instead.

He added: «I believe the most positive first step of a new minister of the environment would be to end the squandering of the taxpayer's money on the current hopeless botch of a badger cull, and invest instead in the BACVI - the first real positive step towards eradication of the disease.»

This has been in an effort to show just how much taxpayer money is being used to pay for staffers who are supposed to inform the public, but in this case, are concealing information instead.

With public financing of campaigns WE would allot a finite amount of money which could only come from the taxpayers instead of corporate donors thus they would automatically be working for the voters only which would beholden them to the public automatically forcing them to do our will versus others.

Instead of paying property taxes, taxpayers would instead give the money to a charitable fund set up for their local schools and goverInstead of paying property taxes, taxpayers would instead give the money to a charitable fund set up for their local schools and goverinstead give the money to a charitable fund set up for their local schools and governments.

A smaller legislature, with commonsense districts instead of jigsaw puzzle gerrymandered ones, will be able to better represent the people — all the while saving money for taxpayers.

To the Editor, Instead of throwing away $ 225M in taxpayer money, Cuomo could save a couple thousand jobs at Remington, Savage and other arms makers at no cost to the taxpayer by ridding us of the SAFE Act.

«They want to focus on Washington instead of the fact that she supported the use of taxpayer money to cover up sexual harassment and abuse in the State Assembly, she approved of seating Hiram Monserrate in the State Senate even though he slashed his girlfriend in the face and caused a wound so deep it required 20 stitches to close and she wrote the law that sent $ 373 million in Westchester's state school aid to New York City.»

Changing withholding tables would result in taxpayers getting more money back in their paychecks immediately, instead of receiving a larger income tax refund.

Public financing by itself does nothing to rein in the rampant corruption in Albany, and instead provides yet another pot of taxpayer money for the Albany elite to game and loot.

Instead of spending taxpayer money on projects to help his community, Ruben Wills betrayed the public trust by stealing tens of thousands for himself — and he'll now pay the price,» Schneiderman said.

«Instead of taking a stand on this common sense issue like a real leader, Larkin is wasting taxpayer money on a poll about it,» Broge said, attaching a copy of a December mailing from Larkin that posed 25 questions.

He said it was an «outrage» that banks which had been bailed out by taxpayers were now «hoarding» money instead of using it to lend to businesses and households.

«Instead of spending taxpayer money on projects to help his community, Ruben Wills betrayed the public trust by stealing tens of thousands for himself — and he'll now pay the price.»

DiNapoli said the conviction would «stand as a warning for those who attempt to cheat taxpayers and instead use the money for their personal benefit.»

Tory MP Philip Davies said it was «unjustifiable» to spend taxpayers» money overseas instead of here

Instead, prosecutors said, Mr. Wills used taxpayer money to buy a Louis Vuitton handbag, a Wii console and a three - pack of underwear, among other purchases.

Opponents argued the proposal would use state taxpayer money to help families not following immigration laws instead of helping struggling taxpayers afford college.

Instead, a cap of # 10,000 a donor was recommended by the committee, with an extra # 23m of taxpayers» money, to be shared between parties.

The best thing about corn ethanol is that taxpayer money is being misspent in the Middle West instead of the Middle East.

Federal research agencies have an obligation to explain to American taxpayers why their money is being used on such research instead of on more worthy projects.»

I don't see the point of wasting taxpayers» money for nothing other than for someone to see OK I'll abide and play by the rules, instead of paying dearly for breaking these rules.

Those families would have saved the taxpayer money by paying their own education bill, but as they are eligible for a voucher, they can attend the private school at public expense instead.

«Since this program saves taxpayers money and the legislature will need to appropriate more funding to return these students to the local public schools, which will lead to increase costs to the local district; the legislature should instead provide the funding for the scholarship program to allow parents to choose schools they believe will best educate their children,» Duplessis added.

Instead of sending federal taxpayer money to private schools, Congress should invest these dollars in the public schools that serve all students regardless of gender, disability, economic status, or educational achievement.

They are instead, parallel school systems — each necessitating separate layers of bureaucracy and oversight and each siphoning money out of the taxpayer supported school system.

Instead, let us put on our taxpayer hats and talk about money.

Instead of setting aside money for future retirees, political leaders opted to defer their responsibilities, borrowing against the next generation of public school students and taxpayers.

With a neovoucher system, however, the taxpayer never pays (all or most of) the taxes, which are forgiven through the tax credit when the taxpayer instead pays the money to a private non-profit (often called a «school tuition organization» or STO).

NCPE believes that instead of sending federal taxpayer money to private schools, these funds should be invested in the public schools.

Instead, taxpayers should make sure to use this money for unreimbursed medical expenses like eyeglasses, prescription medications, medical equipment or copays.

If income up to $ 5,000 is taxed 2 % for married and single taxpayers, married taxpayers would pay more because there is the likelihood and potential for two people to earn money instead of one, resulting in a higher tax rate.

That too can be done by the private sector, instead of «wasting taxpayer money,» says Nick Loris at the Heritage Foundation — the group behind many of these cuts.

We need to sustainability proof the future EU budget and make it serve the public good, promote social inclusion and strengthen European values, instead of wasting taxpayers» money on dirty fossil fuel investments, harmful and outdated farming practices, and large scale infrastructure projects that damage our health, destroy our environment, and jeopardise the safety and prosperity of our children.

Instead of keeping the taxpayers» money, why not distribute it in order to fund micro generation projects that will actually make a difference, rather than these massive developments that rely on fossil fuel plant to be constantly spinning as a backup.

Instead they are wasting taxpayer money and protecting their big polluter allies by trying again to block the enormous health and safety protections that will be delivered by the Clean Power Plan, and keep our country from acting on climate change.

Instead of financing improvements to schools and hospitals, taxpayer money originally designated for schools and hospitals will be siphoned off and given to businesses that successfully lobby for «carbon credits».

In other words, if taxpayer had been able to keep the money instead of it going to subsidies, the taxpayers would have spent the money and they spending would have created jobs.

Instead, we read that you spent taxpayer money to fly halfway around the world to do something really really important at the COP15 fiasco.

If Cruz stands to receive money from the estates of his late parents, Scherer would most likely require that he hire a private attorney instead of being represented by the taxpayer - funded public defender's office.

These ideological attacks on women do not save taxpayers money, and will instead undermine the positive impact of U.S. programs overseas.

So instead of using this cookie cutter solution, wasting billions of taxpayer's money and traumatizing the children through custody battles, says Ludmer, «As a society, we need to say to these families, «Stop.