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Why did Chief Guerra and Ojeda take over six months to fill a vacant position? This is poor management, and a waste of taxpayer resources and should be unacceptable.

Christopher Steele

Citizens Against Government Waste would probably say that it would be a waste to waste our taxpayer money on a deputy for waste.

Jen Bluestein

We went into the prescription business because we wanted to help people lower the cost of their prescription drugs. There is no cost to the taxpayer or the county. People can save a lot of money.

Susan Tolchin

They recognize it costs money. They see it as badly spending taxpayer money.

Mark Muchow

Since the 2004 Jobs Act, the requirements are a little tighter. Now, the taxpayer must hold the acquired property for five years, in addition to living in it as his personal residence for at least two years.

Stephen Wayner

This investment is a win-win. Teachers' salaries are increased, student achievement is improved and the taxpayer gets a good deal.

Glenna Fletcher

It's very good news for Oracle and for the taxpayer.

Bob Wynne

If the object is to spend less on defense, we would be wise to make sure that we are not spending U.S. taxpayer dollars to arm our potential opponents.

Christopher Cox

[Outsourcing collections can be more cost-effective, especially when dealing with debtors is a private firm's core competency. Relying on an outsourcer also provides a central location for the collection of all debts.] A taxpayer that might owe taxes, court fines and child support is now going to get just one contact into their home instead of three or four, ... It cuts down on any confusion.

Mike Reynolds

This is what the city had wanted all along, which was to get the two residents to do what every other taxpayer does. File their tax returns in a timely fashion and pay taxes owed.

Tom Carroll

Obviously these are funds that are very much needed. We really appreciate the county's careful spending of taxpayer dollars.

Jeff Warner

We wholeheartedly support keeping taxpayer information confidential.

Tom Ochsenschlager

We know that the people of San Francisco don't have an appetite for taxpayer-backed debt.

Lisa Lang

The money the president wants to borrow for Iraq will come directly out of the American taxpayer wallets in the form of Medicare and Social Security receipts that's your money.

Robert C. Byrd

It's unacceptable. It's immoral and it's a colossal waste of taxpayer dollars and would be far more expensive to implement than anyone knows.

Michael Ramos

There is a part of this that means we're good stewards of the taxpayer dollar.

Hannah Vick

In fact, it's more dangerous to fly in space in America now than it was earlier. It certainly is more expensive...more difficult, ... We've been relying on our taxpayer-funded research organization, Na Say, excuse me, NASA.

Burt Rutan

This is not a bailout, ... This is not taxpayer money. This is providing the company the flexibility they need to meet their obligations and therefore protect the taxpayers.

Tom Price

I suspect that there will be some mix of taxpayer subsidy and increase in premiums that attempts to partially recoup the losses.

Douglas Elliott

We are very pleased with the state's response to the inappropriate use of taxpayer dollars to support discriminatory and religious teachings in public schools. Students deserve facts, not sexism, in their sex ed classes.

Steven Brown

This governor is spending $80 million of taxpayer money on an election that voters resoundingly have said is unnecessary. That is the most important figure. The rest is campaign rhetoric.

Gale Kaufman

As President, I will end once and for all the use of taxpayer funds to promote the National Endowment for the Arts and other programs that subsidize amoral and degrading activities.

Gary Bauer

These orbs are the destinations of the real Star Trek. And they can be explored with excellent cameras at the modest cost of $5 per taxpayer per year.

Geoffrey Marcy

It's a distinct possibility that the local taxpayer will get overwhelmed by the number of referendums.

John Ashley

The poor taxpayer may wipe his shoes on a $3 doormat when he goes home, but not the Navy. It is, damn the cost, full feet ahead on a doormat you would be ashamed to get muddy.

William Proxmire

That attack is laughable, given that this mayor is sending every New York homeowner a $400 taxpayer-funded [rebate] check with his name on it right before Election Day.

Steve Sigmund

The RAL must be repaid even if the taxpayer's refund is denied, smaller than expected or frozen. If the taxpayer cannot pay back the RAL, the lender may send the account to a debt collector, which will likely show up on the taxpayer's credit report.

Gail Cunningham

These lawsuits are a waste of taxpayer dollars.

Lloyd Chapman

I think it's a major step forward for the American taxpayer.

William Roth

We're putting a total of almost 15 billion dollars of US money into the Iraqi security forces. Obviously we have an obligation to the US taxpayer to ensure that that money is correctly used.

James Jeffrey

This isn't fair to the taxpayer. They need to sit down now and provide a plan that allows us to know what this is going to cost. Already, they've bonded $4 million on this, and it looks like they could need much more. We at least need to know if this going to go back to the taxpayers for a vote, ... I wanted to bring it up for discussion, we at least owe the taxpayers that much.

Charles O'brien

Picking a class of taxpayer and saying, `You get to pay for this,' that's unconstitutional.

John Long

They opened up a dialogue. Economic incentives like this are very hard to sell to this Legislature. There needs to be a legitimate and sound cost-benefit analysis before taxpayer dollars are committed to a sports franchise.

Kathy Mears

Congress has a responsibility to make sure our taxpayer dollars are being spent responsibly and effectively, and at the same time, that our men and women in uniform have everything they need to carry out the War on Terror.

Larry Craig

We're very fortunate to have gotten about $50,000 every year in block grants. Any time we're able to get any kind of grant, we're reducing the burden on the local taxpayer.

Ralph Esposito

The bridge commission has become a prime example of unethical behavior and cronyism. The individuals we have put forth are all capable of serving as a watchdog to protect the interests of the people and ensure that taxpayer money is not wasted on patronage no-bid contracts.

Gary Karr

I really want all of the complexities of the two bonds, and how each impacts the taxpayer, to be really clear to us. When we make that decision [about ballot language] I don't want it to be based on the vote we think we can get, I want it to be based on facts, because we were so close with the two-thirds bond [Measure K]. There are a lot of factors that we have to really closely study.

Linda Clark

I think it's pathetic our taxpayer dollars are being used to fund a campaign of fear. English will remain our national language, and not even the clicking of Pat Buchanan's heels will stop that.

Art Torres

We are pleased that the government has agreed to stop using taxpayer dollars to fund the Silver Ring Thing's religious activities. The ACLU supports the right of Silver Ring Thing to offer religious programming, but it may not do so using government funds.

Julie Sternberg

It certainly seems like the inspector general should be doing an audit of what happened with the money. Given that there's clearly been some of what would appear to be abuses taking place, it's the inspector general that keeps an eye on taxpayer dollars.

Beth Daley

The taxpayer is required to substantiate on their own both legally and through documentation that they actually incurred the expenses they claimed they did, ... If you told your tax preparer you took a large charitable donation and just pulled that number out of the air, the tax preparer isn't going to be able to help you. You have to be responsible for your claims.

Frederick Daily

It's clearly an abuse of taxpayer money and it's a program that needs to be thoroughly reviewed. Obviously, FEMA has spent a large portion of their resources in other parts of the country, the Gulf Coast region in particular. So it's not surprising this problem exists elsewhere.

Drew Hammill

In-state tuition is a benefit for citizens. These students would be getting a taxpayer benefit at the expense of citizens.

Susan Tully

When I see that waterfront project as a taxpayer, I'm worried. But as an economist, I'm even more worried because I see capital being wasted in an economy where it will be very scarce reasonably soon. And that has something to do with how fast you can expect the (Japanese) economy to grow.

Robert Feldman

If a taxpayer files electronically, he'll get his refund almost as fast as he would with a RAL, and he'll often get it without paying any fees or interest.

Gail Cunningham

The Legislature passed a law that says local governments cannot prohibit a methadone clinic. We could have gone to court, and we would have lost. It was a waste of taxpayer money.

Marc Boldt

Agencies should be able to accept bids from any company that can provide the desired product or service. Government earns the best value for taxpayer dollars through a competitive, transparent, and accountable bidding process.

Tom Schatz

We recognize that both counties have strained budgets. He brings with him a background in economics, a background in finance. The key here is to find other sources of revenue so the burden on the taxpayer is reduced and the airport grows in exciting new ways. And to let the community see how essential the services are that many don't see every day.

Gene Cisewski

The public's got a right to know what's being done in the name of the taxpayer and the people of NSW.

Peter Debnam

Non-compliance amounts to a tax of about $2,000 on every taxpayer.

Len Burman

It was never intended to be a refinancing bonanza. It was never intended to be a windfall for graduates who have already benefited from the taxpayer subsidies of the Stafford program.

Tom Joyce

When you can streamline operations and lower the cost to the taxpayer through technology, you're going a long way toward open government.

Jerry Caddel

Literally the most trivial thing gets charged to the taxpayer, (and) things that the average person would never think of trying to buy, like a $70 steak.

Howard Hampton

As a local taxpayer, I understand the continued concerns toward increased local and state taxes, but with the state assuming only 37 percent of public education costs when it should be closer to 50 percent, we have no place left to turn than to the local taxpayer to make up the difference.

Larry Sullivan

I've not been supportive of this effort - because I don't think we ought to use taxpayer dollars to promote basically a private-sector business that makes lots of money to encourage them to come into the state.

Steve Landes

For example, children not related to the taxpayer who live with both the taxpayer and a parent will generally not qualify as a dependent for the taxpayer.

Mark Steber

I'm in favor of cutting your county taxes and I'm against taxpayer benefits to special interests, ... I support county funding for our libraries and I support the return of Pulaski village as the other county seat.

David Waters

If I'm not paying enough property taxes, then someone else is paying too much. This is about taxpayer fairness.

Karl Berron

Montana and the federal government are in a taxpayer-subsidized killing frenzy.

Dan Brister

The GAO study revealed that one recipient even used CDSOA money to pay off a home mortgage, further exposing this flawed law as a taxpayer-financed slush fund for a few lucky recipients.

Jim Ramstad

More compensation won't make any of us serve any harder, so in terms of the taxpayer getting more for their dollar, it just won't make a difference.

Steve Turley

I waited patiently. I'm a taxpayer. I deserve to speak.

Michael Tierney

To me, this is not a question of efficiency. The real goal is not to squeeze every last dollar out of assessors, though there may be money saved. The real money at stake is taxpayer money.

Karl Berron

A lot of people say, 'This is a waste of taxpayer money,' ... But we've allowed a lot of economic development along the coast, and that's a big economic impact.

Jeff Warren

Every time you cut programs, you take away a person who has a vested interest in high taxes and you put him on the tax rolls and make him a taxpayer. A farmer on subsidies is part welfare bum, whereas a free-market farmer is a small businessman with a gun.

Grover Norquist

Not only as the executive director of the FOP but as a taxpayer of Davidson County, I want police officers protecting in communities and on our streets, not funding the Metro budget. I think it is time to call this a failed experiment and move on to something that is going to keep us safe ? safe in homes, safe in neighborhoods and safe on the highways.

P. Brocklin Parks

Most people don't know the ACLU receives taxpayer dollars when they challenge our values and heritage. The American Legion aims to make sure Americans not only learn about it, but also learn how they can take action to stop it once and for all.

Tom Bock

That is not the best use of taxpayer funds.

John Marburger

The burden of proof is on the taxpayer. So, it's up to you to provide records of things you say you've bought, or things along those lines.

Michael Gutter

I don't think this is the most effective way of dealing with the situation, ... The much more cost-effective way for the American taxpayer and socially effective way for the evacuees is to use the existing HUD voucher program.

Ronald Utt

We haven't moved very far from where we were. But we did try to help a little bit on the money side, knowing we were competing with governments. We'll never be cheaper than taxpayer money, but I think we've been incredibly generous.

Anita Mitchell

For the first time there are limits on the government money. All the cost overruns are on the teams. That's a cap. I call it taxpayer protection. After the three-eighths cent tax, everything else is on the team.

Albert Reiderer

I have a major problem as a taxpayer. I think we should have a right to review where our tax dollars are going.

Suzanne Matarese

We try to make sure we are spending taxpayer dollars wisely. We have a board who wants to be fiscally responsible.

Mary Bach

It's a philosophical difference that Ray and I have about whether the Palo Verde rewards should have gone back to the ratepayer or should it be applied to the city to be used to lower electric costs in providing taxpayer services.

John Cook

These are our taxpayer dollars and they're being spent to push an initiative and it very well could have been illegal in this case.

Ned Wigglesworth

Senator Proxmire leaves behind an unparalleled legacy as a defender of the American taxpayer and one of the hardest working senators in U.S. history.

Russ Feingold

I think Patrick is a fine young man, rooted in principles of limited government and standing up for the taxpayer.

Bill Dix

It's coming from the American taxpayer.

Al Hubbard

From my point of view any kind of mistreatment of one taxpayer or one employee is one too many.

Charles Rossotti

There is a large taxpayer expense when homeless people are poured out on the streets. Right now, they are in a shelter where we don't have to pay the costs for police, the costs for hospitals or the costs for incarceration.

Jim Madaffer

On this anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision that forced abortion upon all 50 states, ALL is launching an aggressive nationwide campaign to stop every dollar of Planned Parenthood taxpayer funding at the local, state and national levels.

David Bereit

The taxpayer paid between $5000 and $10,000 to help him elude capture ? what a disgrace ? no one forced him to get the tattoo.

David Garrett

The primary reason I did it is because the university, in my opinion, has been under a lot of pressure by the people who are responsible for this. If giving up those two days, which costs me about $650, (allays) concerns that I'm wasting taxpayer dollars, then I'll gladly give it up.

Kent Kelso

If we don't move forward, we're going to waste taxpayer dollars.

Dennis Rosa

As a taxpayer, I think it's the right thing to do - if he can get the right people to do it. I've always said that a skillful customer increases everybody's chances for success.

Sidney Fuchs

The current bills are cleaner, more taxpayer-friendly. There's no fooling around with the complexity of a cap on how much you can defer.

Bill Bates

The IRS has worked closely with my office to devise procedures that strike the proper balance between combating suspected tax fraud and protecting taxpayer rights, particularly the rights of honest taxpayers whose refunds are frozen in error.

Nina Olson

So there is a bookkeeping way to say that I am not using the Social Security cash flow, but the overall effect on the taxpayer and the economy is the same. The government is borrowing additional net money.

Dallas Salisbury

It was a good expenditure of taxpayer revenues. I feel a lot has been garnered with this. A lot of the proof in the pudding will be when we start seeing results roll in.

Norm Johnson

This jail thing is not going to go away, ... I can think of a lot more places where wed rather spend taxpayer money, but this jail thing is not going to go away. Its only going to get worse.

John Carter

We work for the citizens of this community, and I believe in being accountable for the taxpayer money we spend.

Del Horton

As a taxpayer, a native of Canyon County and a citizen of this United States, I seek to serve my community.

Carol Mitchell

A taxpayer that might owe taxes, court fines and child support is now going to get just one contact into their home instead of three or four. It cuts down on any confusion.

Mike Reynolds

That is a bargain for the U.S. taxpayer.

James Lambright

We think [Baker's proposal] would not have the same accountability and transparency for the American taxpayer that the normal appropriations process would.

Allan Hubbard

The survey sent out with taxpayer dollars has many parents scared about their children's future. The threats include increasing class size to maximum levels, the addition of portable trailers for children, and the very hollow threat of year-round schools.

Brent Ibata

The president, just as any other American, deserves a legal defense against personal lawsuits not related to his office, ... But the costs of that defense should be borne by him and not the taxpayer.

Ben Nighthorse Campbell

That they made no motion is just shocking. I think Olin could have even lived with a denial. The regional board (staff) wasted a lot of time and effort and taxpayer money to prepare a resolution ... and Olin wasted a lot of time and effort addressing this.

Patrick Mcclure

Taxpayer money shouldn't be spent on horoscopes, if the top military brass want their horoscopes done they should pay for it like everyone else.

Rodney Hide

As a parent and a taxpayer, this dollar amount is too big to ignore.

Barbara Hartford

[The marches] have focused the American people's attention on people marching in the streets and waving Mexican flags ... who may not be grateful for the taxpayer-subsidized benefits they're getting and who are jumping in line ahead of those who are doing it legally. There is a quiet rage building.

Connie Hair

Since the Roe vs. Wade decision, Planned Parenthood has aborted more than three million innocent American children, and scarred countless women for a lifetime. Six states have already blocked Planned Parenthood taxpayer funding, and American Life League is working to build on this momentum and achieve similar results in the remaining 44 states.

David Bereit

We represent the taxpayer and they don't want the school to change. Yet everything is increasing, including education. Well, taxes also need to be increased ... I think you need to form a referendum committee right away to begin gauging feelings about this.

Gene Duffy

We have not done any work on the Miami River for over 40 years and after the ice storm last year, this is a small price to pay for the future well being of our citizens and the economy of this community. This project will reduce outlays of FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and other taxpayer dollars that go to rehabilitate an area after it has become flooded.

Bob Stoll

Family benefits are expensive, so it costs the taxpayer. There's also a concern putting the services in this role of trying to take care of families will dilute their effort of fighting wars and keeping the nation safe.

Cindy Williams

I would have waited a few months, and see what was going to happen and see if maybe the taxpayer could have a reduction in property tax and maybe be more amenable to spending money.

Donna Williams

People see good things have started happening and we'll continue to push it forward. I'm a taxpayer and I want to see the same.

Gretchen Warner

It's like pouring money down a sieve. Why are they wasting taxpayer money like this?

Vernell Spring Lundberg

I should be watching an execution. I shouldn't be watching this. It's a waste of taxpayer money. This is a cold-blooded killer. He ruined two families. (His execution) would be the happiest day in my life.

Richard Hayes

I feel that's a total abuse of taxpayer funds.

Terri Morrison

While our nation faces many challenges that must be met regarding homeland security and our military readiness, it is imperative that we live within our means and wisely spend taxpayer dollars.

Michael Crapo

It's very irresponsible of legislators to invite costly litigation on something that they spent hard earned taxpayer dollars on just a few days ago.

Beth Wilson

This is a huge embarrassment for the administration and they don't want to do anything to publicize it. It's just another example of corruption and fraud that the administration does nothing about and willingly participates in. The Bush administration had people running around lining up contracts for contractors who turned out to be people who stole millions upon millions from the taxpayer.

Alan Grayson

We don't have a significant handle on what's going to be coming to the town. And I see that as a detriment to the taxpayer.

Donald Pitkin

That attack is laughable -- given that this mayor is sending every New York homeowner a $400 taxpayer-funded check with his name on it right before Election Day.

Steve Sigmund

Given the Court of Appeals decision, this is a fair resolution for the American taxpayer.

David Ogden

We need a full accounting of the Bush administration's spending on advertising, PR, and fake news. It's time for Congress to reclaim its constitutional role as a counterweight to the executive branch and permanently cut off funding for covert propaganda. We must ensure that taxpayer money isn't being spent by the White House to secretly manipulate the American public.

Craig Aaron

There is a lot of wisdom at this table and we all bring something good to the table that will allow us to made a decision amongst ourselves without committing taxpayer dollars to do it.

Stan Magee

The continued prohibition against such bargaining will not only hurt seniors but will fleece the American taxpayer.

Ron Pollack

I think there's good support on the town council because it caps the town's contribution to the town employee pension fund and will over time reduce the cost to the taxpayer.

Richard Kehoe

It's a much better deal for the taxpayer and it's really the right thing to do, we feel.

Patrick Fleming

Infuriating and inexcusable, ... He's burning through taxpayer dollars, and Washington Republicans won't make him accountable for the millions he's wasted.

Henry A. Waxman

That's one way to spend taxpayer dollars. Maybe they should call expert witnesses from New Orleans to testify what happens when you don't have proper flood control.

Kurt Harclerode

We're working for a lot of big companies all around the country. What's so important to the IRS is the taxpayer confidentiality, the security issues. We've been very efficient with our major clients to take care of those kinds of issues. ... Our back office stuff was some of the best in the industry.

Tom Penaluna

In how many lives does Love really play a dominant part? The average taxpayer is no more capable of a 'grand passion' than of a grand opera.

Israel Zangwill

It's high time U.S. college administrators, who receive billions in federal and state taxpayer dollars, defend all students against harassment and discrimination. Going to college should involve learning, not getting through being called a Nazi.

Gary Tobin

This is a scary path for all Americans. Here is a government, a feckless federal government, who spent millions of taxpayer dollars to wage an assault on all our constitutional rights.

Pamelyn Ferdin

We try to use our taxpayer dollars where it benefits people the most.

Ronnie Blackmon

The way we've always viewed our role is just giving the average taxpayer an equal voice in the process.

Tim Eyman

You're spending taxpayer dollars, so a reasonable degree of transparency is required. But if someone has an expectation that you would have the same efficiencies as in a private sector supply chain, that's probably not going to happen, because private sector doesn't have to worry about transparency. When it's taxpayer money, additional steps are required.

Brian Mersereau

It's the sign of an incredibly abundant society when we can waste taxpayer money to save rodents.

Jon Caldara

Not only is he putting lives at risk, but he's hurting the American taxpayer right in the pocket.

Donnie Brzuska

It's about time lawmakers sacrifice pork projects that essentially serve as taxpayer-financed re-election advertisements.

Brian M. Riedl

I reminded the board that that's what you do. You save taxpayer money by letting businesses bid on this.

Ronda Storms

We're a watchdog group that has become the eyes and ears of where the tax money is going in Walton County. We spend a lot of time, through volunteer efforts, to analyze budgets, analyze expenditures and try to look at different government programs to see if there's an actual justification of benefit back to the taxpayer.

Robert Nelson

This is a complete raid on the taxpayer dollars. The previous owners should have been responsible for the cleanup; now the City of Dearborn is stuck with the cleanup costs.

Doug Thomas

It's good news for us and we believe it's good news for the taxpayer. There's no stamp required.

Dianne Besunder

These are just some efficient ways without spending a lot of taxpayer money [to reduce energy costs ]. But if you get $ 3 [a gallon ] gasoline, people may say, 'I don't know if I want to live in Benton and drive to work in Little Rock. I may live in Little Rock.' But it's really hard. You're talking about people's lifestyles. It probably will happen gradually.

Claiborne Deming

The people most in need of tax fairness have been targeted for no other reason than that they are low income. There is absolutely no basis for withholding these refunds and to do so constitutes an extraordinary violation of fundamental taxpayer rights and fairness.

David Marzahl

We are never going to ask a taxpayer for personal financial information via e-mail.

Sue Hales

We are a true diverse family that excels. Closing this school would be a waste of taxpayer money. Dickenson is a great school and works and works well.

Carrie Bowcock

We don't think any taxpayer should be in the situation where they could sign away their rights to privacy.

Beth Mcconnell

The part that gripes us is the 'outreach' because it's not unbiased. I think it's inappropriate for a government agency to use taxpayer money to convince people to raise their taxes.

Mike Arnold

To use taxpayers' money to send -- whether it's in the community or outside the community -- to organizations without getting a clear and direct taxpayer benefit, a public benefit, is wrong.

Harvey Bennett

We're government. We do it at taxpayer expense so information is available to the public.

Kelly Chesney

The average homestead is valued at just over $203,000. The average taxpayer living in such a home will pay about $42 a year, ... In the current year, they're paying $771, and it's projected to go to $813.

Christian Smith

We appreciate the work she's done. Furthermore, it does not behoove the taxpayer or library staff to go to such an extent to preserve the computers for porn users in a public place. We feel the most expeditious, fair, solution is to eliminate (pornography) altogether.

Tony Bell

The issue of whether taxpayer money needs, and should, be used for a religion-bashing kind of exhibit like that is a legitimate legal issue to be litigated. Maybe, some day, it will come up to the Supreme Court and we'll see what they might say on an issue like that.

Michael Hess

Essentially, it is a product of increasing competition. The challenge is that the state schools have the advantage of taxpayer support. Private schools have to compete.

David Miller

I'm just like every other voter and taxpayer in the state of Nevada, ... I want to make sure that government does not overburden me as a taxpayer, but I also want to be sure we can fund our schools.

Jim Gibbons

As far as I'm concerned, the Legal Services Corp. (which funds CRLA) had been the cutting edge of the left in America, of liberals in America, to change our society in their image and at a cost to the taxpayer.

Lewis Uhler

The average taxpayer wants their potholes filled, their roads maintained, their sidewalks maintained, and under this deal that just isn't happening.

David Maclean

It reduces the prospects for recovering species, it weakens the scientific foundations for decision-making, and it takes taxpayer dollars away from conservation efforts.

Jamie Rappaport Clark

When [the Act] enacted, taxpayer dollars funding Head Start will go where they are needed most -- to the kids and not to unscrupulous Head Start officials, ... A young person's education is too important to be left in the hands of those that are only out for financial gain.

Ander Crenshaw

I was shocked that he called it pork, as far as I'm concerned (Sulzer) slapped the constituents of the 18th district across the face. I've worked with local officials on both sides of the aisle and on every level, and I've always found a way to (return) taxpayer dollars. We've had a good track record.

Bob Ney

It is important that we put in fiscally responsible pensions. Pensions that are fair to the employee, but that also are fair to the taxpayer.

Keith Richman

Extreme misuse of taxpayer dollars.

Bill Thomas

We scientists typically are good at doing our research, but we're not so good at communicating it to the public -- its relevance and why we should spend taxpayer dollars to fund it.

George Watson

The recovery will be paid for by the federal taxpayer and it will add to the deficit.

Al Hubbard

In essence, it will put the taxpayer in control of future tax increases.

Mary Adams

Our public schools should not sponsor groups that are nothing more than taxpayer subsidized dating services.

Victoria Cobb

We do take this seriously. It's like stealing taxpayer dollars.

Bob Beasley

Here is a government, a feckless federal government, who spent millions of taxpayer dollars to wage an assault on all our constitutional rights.

Pamelyn Ferdin

People sometimes think of a tax refund as forced savings, yet, in reality, the taxpayer has provided a loan to the government without earning any interest. If a refund is substantial, check with the human resources department at work to adjust withholding to better match your tax liability.

Carol Young

We found a significant budget shortfall in Michigan that forced us to make difficult choices. These prisoners can be housed in alternative facilities at a savings to the taxpayer.

Greg Bird

The taxpayer is footing the bill for his failure to reform the public services, and Gordon Brown's lack of fiscal responsibility will damage our ability to compete in the new global economy.

George Osborne

But there are occasions when separate filings make more sense. For example, when one taxpayer has lot of itemized deductions and the other taxpayer has very little income.

Evan Snapper

We are focused on doing what is right for the taxpayer. While many of the issues in the report are in the process of repair, I think it is clear that the elephant in the corner, the legacy of that era, is the extensive retained portfolio which ... in our judgment is something that presents systemic risks.

Emil Henry

My goal is to move forward with the town and ask them to be more open to us when they propose bonding, and to understand the dilemma of the taxpayer. I'd like it to be an organization that has a positive relationship with town government.

Eileen Larkin

In the ideal world, the return should be simple enough for the taxpayer to compute without help. We're never going to get there, but we can move toward it.

E. Martin Davidoff

Three years as a guest of the American taxpayer ... I imagine he's come out with all the zeal he had before, and committed to the cause.

Zachary Abuza