Sentences with phrase «than taxpayer dollars»
If he using the campaign funds to pay for housing in Albany, that is exactly what Vlasto said he was doing — using the campaign money rather than taxpayer dollars for his per - diem.
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«Since... 2011 we have created more than 512,000 private - sector jobs, implemented pro-business tax reform and saved millions of taxpayer dollars by maintaining Georgia's AAA bond rating.»
Because tax rates increase with taxable income, a dollar of deductions generally benefits a high - income taxpayer more than a low - income taxpayer.
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.
Planned Parenthood's 800 clinics receive more than 300 million dollars of taxpayer money annually.
All known factors & risks when the city approved the project and funding plan, and all much less painful than asking taxpayers to fund a billion dollar arena on top of all of these costs.
It also did not mention that Mr. Gore is more than $ 2 million in campaign debt, nor how many more taxpayer dollars will be given him to pay off that debt.
White House adviser Kellyanne Conway cost taxpayers thousands of dollars last year — taking numerous trips across the country on private planes, rather than commercial flights, according to House Democrats.
A Bronx man has pleaded guilty to charges that he embezzled more than half a million dollars from two taxpayer - funded Bronx charities founded by state Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. over an eight - year period, AG Eric Schneiderman announced today.
Allegedly bad behavior in the Legislature is cost taxpayers more than a quarter of a million dollars in October, according to the state comptroller's office.
Last year, Cuomo announced a plan that would have used state funds to pay for college for prison inmates, arguing that the investment would save taxpayer dollars in the long run because incarceration is more expensive than education.
«We're not surprised that the Senate Democrats, who nearly bankrupted this state, would want to force New Yorkers to spend $ 200 million in taxpayer money to fund political campaigns rather than investing those dollars in our schools or providing incentives to help businesses create jobs,» said the spokesman, Scott Reif.
Gov. Deal has overseen three balanced budgets without raising taxes, saved millions of taxpayer dollars by maintaining Georgia's AAA bond rating, and increased our rainy day fund by more than 500 %.
Despite his six - figure income funded by taxpayer dollars, Terry has since 2000 amassed nearly $ 1.2 million in federal liens from the Internal Revenue Service and more than $ 205,000 in state tax warrants.
Albans) has given out more than a million dollars in taxpayer money to more than?
In contrast there are other facilities that house less than 300 inmates, do not own their power plants, do not own their actual buildings (that's right the State leases them for tens of millions of dollars yearly with taxpayers money) on prime NYC real estate and are falling down around the people who work there.
As I have said all along, this challenge from John Katko and his Tea Party allies has no merit and is nothing more than a waste of taxpayer dollars.»
Levitan also said the trips will not be paid for with taxpayer dollars, other than security costs.
Additionally, Cuomo says his budget has a $ 25 billion economic development agenda, funded largely by leveraging billions in private sector investment rather than by taxpayer dollars.
Even when Silver is handing those private investors what will probably be more than a billion dollars in taxpayer money, in the form of subsidies and tax breaks?
The SALT cap also will increase the effective cost of State and local government services at the margin; each new dollar of State and local government spending will cost New York taxpayers more than under previous federal law.
«The idea that taxpayer dollars can't be used for settlements is a real deterrent effect with officials but if right now if they think the government is going to pay if they get sued or if a claim is filed, that's a little different than if its coming out of your own pocket,» Smith said.
Two counties in New York's Hudson Valley will be sharing a legal service that officials say could save the counties» taxpayers more than 300 - thousand dollars a year.
More than a decade after its creation, the agency is still sitting on $ 700 million federal taxpayer dollars yet to be doled out.
I use funds from my campaign account rather than using taxpayer dollars to pay for additional expenses because of my personal commitment to providing the highest quality services to my constituents.»
Since New York taxpayers already send over $ 40 billion more in tax dollars to Washington than we receive back in federal benefits and services, we are not being subsidized by any state.»
The Times Union editorializes in favor of the governor's plan to spend more than $ 7 million — none of it taxpayer dollars — on college prison programs.
Most New York taxpayers are eligible to e-file their personal income tax returns for free, yet more than 70 % still hire a tax preparer to complete the return, which often costs hundreds of dollars per filing.
As a taxpayer, regarding any question about the proper use of taxpayer dollars, I would rather see U.S. railroads and bridges repaired and reservoirs cleansed than see U.S. funds wasted on murderous weaponry and dubious schemes by an artificial entity which would prolong endless conflict and cost millions of lives.
With the recent announcement that the County's sales tax exceeded the anticipated budgeted amount for 2011 by more than $ 14 million, the Caucus reiterated its position using cash on hand was prudent and respectful of taxpayers» dollars.
Schulz, a retired engineer who is not a lawyer, is suing Silver, contending the speaker shouldn't have used taxpayer dollars to pay more than $ 103,000 to women who were allegedly harassed by former Assemblyman Vito Lopez.
«That a body such as the Research Foundation would use taxpayer dollars to cover the salaries of no - show employees infuriates me when thousands of New Yorkers more qualified than Ms. Bruno are out of work,» Stavisky said.
And, although he has never been implicated in a crime, two of his top former associates have: Former Councilman Miguel Martinez is serving in prison for stealing more than $ 100,000 in taxpayer dollars and former Assemblyman Nelson Castro was indicted for perjury and spent his entire Albany tenure as a wire - wearing informant, culminating in his resignation last April.
More so than any other committee, the Finance and Management Committee works to ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent in a responsible and appropriate manner.
Despite having taken more than four hundred thousand dollars in taxpayer - funded government salaries, Claudia Tenney has gotten more done for New York City than her upstate constituents.
The billionaire hedge fund managers who give million - dollar donations to elite private schools and privatized charter systems want new taxpayer - funded subsidies for their private donations — tax breaks even bigger than they get now.
More than 2.6 million New York property taxpayers who receive the School Tax Relief exemption will soon have to re-apply for the benefits as part of a massive state undertaking to root out fraud in the 1.9 billion dollar system.
«Jeff Klein and his fellow Senate Democrats raised taxes on New Yorkers by more than $ 14 billion dollars the last two years, cost the state tens of thousands of jobs, took away billions in property tax relief from homeowners and spent taxpayer money like drunken sailors.»
The state faces a more than $ 4.4 billion budget gap, as well as funding cuts and policy changes from Washington that could cost New York and some of its taxpayers billions of dollars.
«We're not surprised that the Senate Democrats, who nearly bankrupted this state, would want to force New Yorkers to spend $ 200 million in taxpayer money to fund political campaigns rather than investing those dollars in our schools or providing incentives to help businesses create jobs,» said GOP spokesman Scott Reif.
School board members Carl Paladino and Larry Quinn say the company made too much a profit while managing the more than $ 1 - billion in taxpayer dollars for the project.
The launch also marked a small victory for the politicians of New Mexico who created Spaceport America in 2004 with more than $ 200 million in taxpayer dollars as part of an ambitious plan to capitalize on new technology and stimulate economic growth.
It declares that Obama «has stopped the Keystone XL Pipeline» and «has wasted billions of taxpayers» dollars by subsidizing favored companies like Solyndra, which generated bankruptcies rather than kilowatts.»
«Rather than inject politics into this process, our discussion today should instead concentrate on how to safeguard the often unexpected process of discovery inherent in scientific inquiry, while ensuring that federal dollars spent on research remains completely and fully accountable taxpayers.»
More than 2,900 Michigan doctors have joined a growing organization that seeks to improve the health and health care of Michiganders covered by Medicare — while also saving taxpayer dollars.
This reversion cost the taxpayers only two million dollars, just a little more than the original Food Pyramid which has been around since 1992, and cost the taxpayers 1.4 million inflation - adjusted dollars.
Moreover, the program has been found to save taxpayers tens of millions of dollars every year because the private sector educates students more economically than does the public sector.
Congress should instead focus on fixing the real problems in student lending rather than wasting taxpayer dollars on borrowers who need help the least.
«Rather than using taxpayer dollars to provide vouchers to a few, we must focus our resources and efforts on concrete reforms that make our public schools better for all of the District's schoolchildren.»
By suggesting paying superior teachers more for their efforts, the report acknowledges that some teachers are better than others, thus destroying the union's notion that all teachers are worthy of our love, admiration and scarce taxpayer dollars.