Sentences with phrase «with more taxpayer money»

However, this carnage is being covered up by self - serving and / or politically motivated government agencies, wind industry lobbyists, environmental groups and ornithologists, under a pile of misleading studies paid for with more taxpayer money.

Not exact matches

«The premier's pet project has already wasted $ 5.2 million in taxpayer's money with more legal bills and consultants» fees piling up every day.

Plans filed by the Hollywood Park Land Co. — a development group that includes St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke — call for a stadium that would be built with probably more than $ 1 billion in private money, but which would eventually recoup tens of millions from Inglewood taxpayers once it opens.

We need term limits to ensure New York families have the benefit of representation with fresh eyes and fresh ideas, and we must come up with more ways to deter and punish corruption, and put more money back in taxpayers» wallets.»

Labour MP John Mann also hardened his position over the funeral, as more left - wingers started expressing their discomfort with the perceived «canonisation» of the former PM and the use of taxpayers» money for the funeral.

But as is the Dems recklessly spend money on useless / worthless expenses and then come back to hit the taxpayer with more taxes.

The Professor's out - of - state — much less out - of - district — fundraising doesn't begin or end with California: the ardent Iranian Nuclear Deal and taxpayer - paid campaign proponent has also raised more money out of New England than out of New York.

I think that what that amounts to is that they're building a good foundation with the budget in dealing with the so - called» 5 - billion dollar surplus,» more better said $ 5 billion of taxpayer's money.»

Schumer says he and other members of Congress are battling for the federal government to help local governments and taxpayers deal with aging water and sewer lines by making more money available.

While Mark has acted as the taxpayers» watchdog and called out wasteful spending and irresponsible actions, he has also lead the charge to make a more efficient county government by pushing for the creation of Erie County's prescription drug discount program and the adoption of electronic payments for vendors saving the County and those that do business with the County time and money.

Donald Trump and Paul Ryan's proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act would have ripped out a big chunk of money from Medicaid and also transferred more of those costs to New York State and New York City taxpayers with the so - called «Buffalo Bribe».

«These officials laundered more than $ 2 million in taxpayer money through a complex bid - rigging scheme and thought they could get away with it.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, who once spent taxpayer money so he could go horseback riding with Vice President Pence, racked up more than $ 14,000 on government helicopters this summer.

The new energy minister has today reiterated his support for building more nuclear power stations, but insisted it would not be done with taxpayers» money.

Its remit would be to hunt for more savings in departments and find taxpayer value for money - with the authority that only the Treasury can carry.»

«I had a decision to make, whether to use per diems, taxpayer money, to use like every elected official with the exception of the governor, uses in Albany or use funds, my private campaign funds before making a more permanent decision down the road,» Duffy said.

Now, New York taxpayers are poised for a big victory when federal tax reform provides them with more money in their pockets and better economic opportunity.

The facts of this case are clear: the ex-banker tasked with cutting Britain's biggest peacetime Budget deficit handed more than # 40,000 of taxpayers» money to his boyfriend, despite parliamentary rules banning MPs from paying rent to partners.

«For a government official though, it shows he's more concerned with having a «Deluxe VIP Interior» than saving taxpayers» money.»

This would come in three parts: a contract with the unemployed («we will work with you but you must work with us»); a contract with the most vulnerable («this government and this party doesn't regard caring for the needy as a burden»); and a contract with the taxpayer (money will only go to those who deserve it, and there will be «no more spend and waste»).

I have proposed the consolidation of purchasing functions with the County of Rockland which is more that we can do to save the taxpayers» money doing the types of things that have been done in other parts of the State.

The President now wants more money to fund more pet projects, when it is clear that his administration has not been responsible with the taxpayer dollars that have already been spent.»

While I absolutely agree that too much of our taxpayers» money is spent on stuff that isn't making our schools better, I couldn't disagree more with what Peterson identifies as fat.

Furthermore, Warren expressed skepticism about DeVos» ability to oversee for - profit colleges, noting that «the very policies you have spent decades advocating for in elementary and secondary education — more free taxpayer money for private and for - profit education operators with virtually no strings attached — are the exact policies that have caused so many problems and harmed so many students in higher education.»

If they can succeed with more money, convince the taxpayers.

«LA Unified probably gets more taxpayer money than any other entity in the state, I'm willing to bet, and yet it's fine with us that they do whatever they want with it and we're just supposed to throw the money at them?»

After controlling for variables such as students» socio - economic status, we found that independent public charter schools (and non-instrumentalities) are much more efficient with taxpayer money.

«Now we have clear evidence that we're paying for excellence,» he says, «so when you come to the table at the statehouse or with taxpayers, I think it's a much more palatable conversation to say we need more money.»

Our state is a leader in funding private school vouchers and charter schools with taxpayer money to the detriment of the more than 90 percent of Hoosier kids attending public schools.»

The goal, Superintendent Tom Boasberg said, is to be more upfront with taxpayers about how Denver Public Schools spends its money.

Do they stand with Connecticut's students, teachers, parents, public school advocates and taxpayers or will they continue to turn our public schools into little more than testing factories and money pits for an industry that is gorging itself on scarce taxpayer funds while undermining the role of teachers, parents and the local control of public education.

Assembly Education Committee chairman Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt, R - Fond du Lac, said in theory, the accounts provide parents with more flexibility because the money doesn't just have to be spent on private school tuition like in the state's taxpayer - funded school voucher program.

Reclaiming this time and money will put more money in the taxpayers» pockets and give them more time with their families.

Because it is a monopoly, government brings inefficiency and stagnation to most things it runs; government agencies pursue the inflation of their budgets rather than the service of their customers; pressure groups form an unholy alliance with agencies to extract more money from taxpayers for their members.

Since they are neither privately or publicly held and funded with taxpayer money they have been the slowest to react to the need for more stringent mortgage underwriting guidelines to lessen the chance of future defaults on each mortgage they issue.

And if they lose, well again, their mistakes are paid with other people's money (i.e. taxpayers) and more often than not the executives not only keep their jobs but still end up with enormous bonuses.

«In fact the very policies you have spent decades advocating for in elementary and secondary education — more free taxpayer money for private and for - profit education operators with virtually no strings attached — are the exact policies that have caused so many problems and harmed so many students in higher education.»

the idea that your credit score will drop has little bearing on «how badly you will hurt» when your interest rates, as a good, and honest payer, are «jacked up» to the sky... and your rate goes from 8 % to 19.9 % or higher fulfilling the banks lust for more profits off your back and the backs of other good, long - time reliable customers... these immoral acts, taking our TARP money from the taxpayers are payback for «your loyalty»... your credit score will recover... paying «usuary rates» just to keep «their card» and now their fees just to have their card even though you carry no balance is blackmail... close their cards and never do business with them ever again... slime...

Some taxpayers who filed complaints with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) reported that, after signing up with some of these companies and paying thousands of dollars in upfront fees, the companies took even more of their money by making unauthorized charges to their credit cards or withdrawals from their bank accounts.

Why is it that our taxpayer dollars are spent killing adoptable animals while breeders continue to breed puppies and an entire, money - making industry exists to bring more companion animals onto a planet already overcrowded with companion animals?

More than seven years later, the initiative has been quietly suspended amid problems with some of the equipment — and acknowledgements by city officials that taxpayers will probably lose money on the deal and never realize the energy savings that Daley touted, the Better Government Association has learned.

Both groups are broadly inclined away from conspiracy theories, with the exception being the only positive assent to the conspiracy theory that — «The claim that the climate is changing due to emissions from fossil fuels is a hoax perpetrated by corrupt scientists who wish to spend more taxpayer money on climate research».

If I am given a steady supply of money from taxpayers I am sure that I can tinker with my model so that in I can produce even more precise predictions for the next decade - in about 12 years» time.

That way we can stop wasting billions in taxpayers money on pseudo science and get on with more important things.

I'm find myself little concerned with patriotic hubris, bozo money calculations, taxpayer subsidies, and hidden costs since my current gasoline powered vehicle has all that and more as part of its limited charm.

The UK tried that earlier with the PV grants system in the Low Carbon Building programme — but the level of demand for grants was such that it overwhelmed the relatively small scheme, and there were limits to how much more taxpayers money the government felt it could provide.

Meanwhile, these four types of damage caused by the problem are getting worse: (1) to the population in that there are many thousands of people whose lives have been damaged for lack of legal services; (2) to the courts in that they are being clogged, as judges have warned, by high percentages of self - represented litigants, because their cases move much more slowly than those that have lawyers; (3) to the legal profession in that it is shrinking and is predicted to have a very negative future of contracting and of law firms failing; and, (4) to legal aid organizations because it is politically very unwise for governments to fund them better with taxpayers» money, to enable them to provide free legal services to more poor people, while the majority of the taxpayers can not obtain legal services for themselves at reasonable cost.

But because the unaffordable legal services problem now means that the majority of Canada's taxpayers must deal with their legal problems without lawyers to help them, it's now politically very ill - advised for any government to take more of their tax money to provide more free legal services to poor people, even though it's the law societies» decades - long inaction that has caused the problem.

Well, I'm told that when it comes to the NHS, ministers plan to do that with taxpayers» money, with a pay deal for NHS staff in England that could mean more than # 4bn over the next three years.

How long will it take taxpayers to teach government simply to give us the money — or let us keep more of the money — and we'll decide what to do with it.