Sentences with phrase «taxpayers pay»

Overall, taxpayers pay for only 25 percent of the pension fund's benefits, with investment income (69 percent) and pension contributions from active judges (8 percent) paying for the rest, she said.

Taxpayers pay for the justice system which provides employment for judges and lawyers, but those same taxpayers can not afford lawyer services and must use the courts without lawyers.

Taxpayers pay for judges» salaries, court staff, security and everything related to courthouses.

Alternative Minimum Tax Exemptions The Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) was designed to ensure that wealthy Americans don't avoid paying their share of federal income tax: taxpayers pay whichever amount is more, their regular tax or the AMT amount.

In the City of Toronto, Councillor Gord Perks complained that almost half of the garbage that the city picked up in its parks was Tim Horton's stuff, and it was time to stop having taxpayers pay for what should be a producer responsibility.

Taxpayers pay for bailout or cleanup programs made necessary by this flawed cycle.

Taxpayers pay about $ 800 million in damages to nuclear companies every year the government does not act, according to an estimate of legal judgments done by NEI.

An editorial at Investors Business Daily put it this way: «Taxpayers pay for this research, which is being used to justify massive new federal spending and regulation.

Now, taxpayers pay for special trucks to pick up our little piles, giant separating facilities to separate the plastic bottles from the aluminum cans and the styrofoam clamshells, meanwhile hoping that someone will come and buy the stuff from them to downcycle it into something else.

These innocent animals pay the cost with their lives and taxpayers pay the cost with tax dollars that could (and should) be used to meet other needs.

This excerpt from The Humane Society of the United States, 2009, «Indiana Taxpayers Pay for Puppy Mills,» adds credence and clarifies the link between taxpayers and P. M..

Subsidized student loans make taxpayers pay more, it's true.

The Top 5 % of taxpayers pay 50 % of all taxes.

«In all provinces, taxpayers pay half as much tax on capital gains than interest income, so that suggests holding bonds and GICs in your RRSP and stocks in non-registered accounts makes sense,» explains Jason Heath is a CFP with Objective Financial Partners.

Taxpayers pay either the regular tax or the alternative minimum tax, whichever is greater.

Meanwhile, the bottom 75 % of all taxpayers pay only 12 % of all taxes.

Some of the tax programs available help taxpayers pay off their balance over time.

After federal income tax deductions, Connecticut's wealthiest taxpayers pay an average of 5.5 percent for their income in state and local taxes, compared to 10.5 percent for middle - class families and more than 11.0 percent for the state's poor.

Until that happens, all eyes in the state are on how taxpayers pay for schools.

Norwich spends $ 16,622 per student and its taxpayers pay nearly 43 cents of every dollar in the city's education budget (amounting to $ 6,747 per student).

New Haven spends $ 18,091 per student and its taxpayers pay nearly 28 cents of every dollar in the city's education budget (amounting to $ 4,213 per student).

New London spends $ 16,753 per student and its taxpayers pay nearly 30 cents of every dollar in the city's education budget (amounting to $ 4,635 per student).

Windham spends $ 18,372 per student and its taxpayers pay nearly 27 cents of every dollar in the city's education budget (amounting to $ 6,452 per student).

New Britain spends $ 13,391 per student and its taxpayers pay nearly 32 cents of every dollar in the city's education budget (amounting to $ 4,002 per student).

Stamford spends $ 18,570 per student and its taxpayers pay nearly 86 cents of every dollar in the city's education budget (amounting to $ 14,919 per student).

Meriden spends $ 14,018 per student and its taxpayers pay nearly 41 cents of every dollar in the city's education budget (amounting to $ 5,423 per student).

Those people who are certified go into the teacher's retirement system and the taxpayers pay about $ 7,500 a year for each of them to be in that system.

While parents pick the school of their choice in using vouchers, taxpayers pay the bills.

Taxpayers pay out a whopping $ 519 million a year in extra salary payments to teachers who take such courses.

In other words, taxpayers pay twice for the student in the year of the transfer and one and a quarter times for each of the subsequent five years.

Taxpayers pay for only about 10 percent of all K — 12 education spending nationwide, but lawmakers have argued for years that federal requirements are disproportionate to the federal contribution.

The Legislature feels pressure to act, given that the NBA has said it may relocate the team if a new arena isn't built, but some Republicans have spoken out against having taxpayers pay for any part of it.

Having taxpayers pay campaigns» expenses was considered preferable to candidates become indebted to big - money contributors, including state contractors, who have special interests in government decisions.

That contractors» contribution ban was approved by the legislature along with a public financing system under which taxpayers pay for state candidates» campaigns.

Nassau County taxpayers pay the highest property taxes in the country, with a median tax bill of $ 8,478 per household, compared to the nationwide rate of $ 1,917.

«To put that in perspective, 95 percent of every dime taxpayers pay in county property taxes has gone to cover a bill that was always supposed to be paid for by the state,» said Erie County Comptroller Stefan I. Mychajliw.

Still, on average taxpayers pay approximately $ 5,750 per household.

That ban on contractors» money was approved by the legislature along with a public financing system under which taxpayers pay for grants to fund state candidates» campaigns.

«New Yorkers pay some of the highest property taxes in the nation and the EmpireState has the second latest Tax Freedom Day in the United States for when taxpayers pay off all their tax obligations and start pocketing their hard - earned money.

But he also criticized the state's creation of SAM, which allows state leaders to dole out money without ample transparency that state taxpayers pay back, with interest.

«As taxpayers we pay for a police service that puts the public first not profits, and that is why we must continue to vehemently oppose any attempts to turn Surrey and the West Midlands into a test bed for the nation.»

Where it gets muddled in day to day context is that people of course abuse those privileges that taxpayers pay for essentially, which allows the other side to say, see we could have spent the money better.

«The answer is not to have the state of New York hire people who need jobs and have the taxpayers pay,» Cuomo said.

Syracuse taxpayers pay the PR consultant $ 84,000 a year to work part time, 10 hours a week, framing Miner's message.

Make the taxpayers pay.

Public officials who are convicted of public corruption should not have taxpayers pay for their retirement.

If its in the case of the U.S. Congress, the taxpayers pay.

When a legislator is forced to resign after being convicted of a corruption crime, New York taxpayers pay their pensions

Unfortunately, the Empire State has the third latest date in the nation for when taxpayers pay off all their tax obligations and start pocketing their hard - earned money to pay for things like mortgage, groceries, car payments, electric bills and college tuition.

Too many governors have let Sheldon Silver be the boss of all NYS and have let Speaker Silver make upstate NY taxpayers pay more than their fair share to so he can keep his position of power.