Sentences with phrase «with taxpayer dollars»

Although funded with taxpayer dollars, they operate free from many of the laws and regulations that govern traditional public schools.

If scientists are not going to present information objectively, honestly, and completely when working on studies paid with taxpayers dollars — we should not be paying them.

Lots and lots of hypotheses where proven and exploited with no taxpayer dollars at all.

Our nation does not pay for abortions with taxpayer dollars.

I'm happy to let schools stay open so long as they demonstrate solid outcomes for kids and basic financial responsibility with taxpayer dollars.

Public charter schools, which are funded with taxpayer dollars, are exempt from implementing the new teacher contract system.

The program «merely subsidizes private schools with taxpayer dollars that could be going to public schools,» Sean Johnson, the Maryland State Education Association's legislative director, told The Baltimore Sun.

Common sense: If you stop and think about it, shouldn't all food assistance programs (i.e., paid for with taxpayer dollars), at the very least, comply with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which is supposed to be based on the latest nutrition science?

Reporters on Sunday morning pressed Harper to square that fact with his statements about how his party was most responsible with taxpayer dollars.

Skelos ups the ante in the public campaign finance debate with a TU OpEd, calling funding political aspirations with taxpayer dollars a «terrible idea.»

«When spending is out of control, it covers up embezzlement ad theft and hides what is really happening with taxpayer dollars,» said Garcia.

A reader forwarded this vintage Carl Paladino moment that occurred during last night's Buffalo Common Council meeting at which the topic of debate was a proposed Bass Pro waterfront development that would be heavily subsidized with taxpayer dollars.

Former Westchester County Executive Andy Spano was more frugal with taxpayer dollars during his final year in office.

«Join us as we expose the constant rotating door keeping parents in Family Court with taxpayer dollars with no resolve,» read a flyer urging participation.

«What we are doing in the DOE's labs is communicated to more people, which in turn helps universities and communities learn more about the DOE and its national labs, which then helps the American taxpayer understand what we're doing with their taxpayer dollars,» says Slowing.

In March, he was criticized for allowing AIG to pay out $ 165 million in bonuses to the same employees who caused the firm's $ 170 billion bailout with taxpayer dollars.

However to privelege one belief system above another is not; this would include the display of religious icons / symbols on public property maintained with taxpayer dollars.

President Obama seems likely to change the government's policy on the subject soon, and begin for the first time to support embryo - destructive research with taxpayer dollars.

It is important to note that under Speaker Sheldon Silver's bill, (1) receiving public funds depends on the candidate's ability to raise money from numerous small donors, so only donations up to $ 250 are matched with taxpayer dollars and that (2) candidates are limited to a maximum amount of public funds ($ 400,000 for Senate candidates and $ 200,000 for Assembly candidates in the general election race).

The idea behind Connecticut's public campaign financing system was that replacing major amounts of special interest money in the election process with taxpayer dollars would cut down on influence peddling and state corruption.

«We are deeply skeptical that providing politicians with taxpayer dollars to finance their campaigns is a solution to the recent scandals.

Silver presides over the heavy Democrat majority in the Assembly and has come under criticism in recent months by members of both his own party and the Republicans for what Katz called his actions «in covering the sexual improprieties of Assemblyman Vito Lopez with taxpayer dollars by means of the «Miscellaneous Contractual Services» account.»

«It is as if Rockland County residents are subsidizing FIT with our taxpayer dollars,» Legislator Ilan Schoenberger explained.

«These guys know what they're doing and they're careful with taxpayer dollars,» Quigley said.

In the case of CIRM, the agency is involved in an unprecedented, $ 6 billion (including interest) experiment with taxpayer dollars that could have a major impact on science, which makes it all the more important that agency be critically examined.

«We've tried to be extremely efficient with taxpayer dollars,» said Atkinson.

But Athlos Academy's location has all the trappings of a traditional schoolhouse, and Cunningham said the state's Procurement Code was not intended to let a private company build its own public school, reimbursed with taxpayer dollars.

States with ESAs (Arizona, Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee) provide parents with a debit card that has been pre-loaded with taxpayer dollars that that would have otherwise been spent educating a child in a public school.

Before the Act was passed, the federal government backstopped the loans made by private lenders under the FFEL program with taxpayer dollars.

Range Fuels failure raises the question: How much risk should the government take with taxpayer dollars?

«Since entering the Oval Office, President Obama has pushed an agenda to make American energy more expensive by restricting access to affordable, reliable energy and propping up expensive sources with taxpayer dollars.

The City Council wants to bring bike share to every neighborhood within the next four years, with taxpayer dollars making that goal a reality.

Charter schools are still public schools funded with taxpayer dollars.

But let's assume that you don't like the idea of teaching creationism in schools with taxpayer dollars, full stop.

Critics, though, question those numbers along with the multibillion - dollar corporate incentives paid with taxpayer dollars.

«This report was paid for with taxpayer dollars and the public has the right to know about who participated in this snow job,» Chris Lehane, Airbnb's head of global policy, said in a statement.

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.»

The proposal to fund political aspirations with taxpayer dollars has majority support from every region of the state, as well as from Democrats and independents and plurality support from Republicans.

«We need to look internally to see what is actually happening with the taxpayer dollars,» Morinello said.

«At the same time, I believe in being frugal with taxpayer dollars.»

I find it absolutely disgusting that we have loans at 6.8 %, yet banks and auto companies are getting bailed out with taxpayers dollars with a.75 % interest rate.

Good detective work Anthony; I don't know how you find the time to do all the work that Hansen, Schmidt et al should be doing with their taxpayer dollars!

«I would venture to say that a lot of the facilities damaged in Harvey have been rebuilt at least once, if not twice, with taxpayer dollars,» Larson said.

What people don't realize is that we all, nationwide, pay for «what's cheapest» with our taxpayer dollars.

The mayor rejected the idea that paying his secretary both with taxpayer dollars and his own cash is a conflict.

Levitan also said the trips will not be paid for with taxpayer dollars, other than security costs.

The duo characterized their proposal as a «grand bargain» that would silence the concerns of detractors — mainly, the Senate Republicans — that a public campaign finance system would be too expensive and should not be funded with taxpayer dollars.

An organized crime venture controlled by the communists, trial lawyers and unions that is funded with taxpayer dollars.

Cuomo backs a system of public financing with a matching contribution that is not necessarily paid with taxpayer dollars, but an off - budget revenue source.