Sentences with phrase «vast portion of the money»

«We've asked for manpower, and we've asked for overtime and we've asked for vehicles, and now they want to take a vast portion of the money in our budget an drake us come back every time we need to buy toilet paper for the inmates,» Walsh said.

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The vast majority of the money he made in his partnership was made from a handful of well - selected investments that he made a large portion of his portfolio (the famous example of course being American Express in the early 60's, when he put 40 % of his assets into that stock).

The government often serves as the mediator in this transaction by taxing the rich, and then running the money through a vast array of bureaucracies until eventually, a small portion of what was given finally makes it to the nameless masses of poor people, many of whom do not even need the aid, are taking advantage of the system, or could otherwise work but choose not to.