#payer

The GAO just released a report that said 22 percent of federal programs fail to meet their objectives. The truth is we don't know how taxpayer money is spent in Washington, D.C., which is why I think we ought to put every agency budget up on the Internet for everyone to see. ↗

— Carly Fiorina

#budget #every #everyone #fail #federal

Telephones are a virtual necessity - not a luxury - and the revenues collected by this tax flow into the general fund. But this once temporary tax remains and costs American taxpayers, our small businesses and families almost $6 billion dollars a year. ↗

— Mike Fitzpatrick

#american #american taxpayers #billion #businesses #collected

Dozens of America's wealthiest taxpayers - including hedge fund legend Michael Steinhardt, super trial lawyer Guy Saperstein, and Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's fame - have appealed to President Obama not to renew the Bush tax cuts for anyone earning more than $1 million a year. ↗

— Joe Conason

#amp #anyone #appealed #ben #bush

Taxpayers will not stand for - nor should they - the funding of poster sites, leaflets or advertising. What people will support is funding for political education, for training, for party organization. ↗

— Peter Hain

#education #funding #nor #organization #party

I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could. ↗

— Kay Bailey Hutchison

#believed #better #could #ever #i

I do not think our priorities are misplaced when we are looking at creating a whole new class of children from these gay marriages who could end up completely dependent on the State, on the taxpayers - the American people. ↗

— James Inhofe

#american people #children #class #completely #could

But, at the end of the day, we need to represent the taxpayers who have made enormous sacrifices. Many have lost their jobs. Many of them have seen their companies - they don't have a pension - they have seen their companies cut the match for their 401(k). They have seen their health care benefits be shredded. ↗

— John Kasich

#care #companies #cut #day #end

But what shouldn't happen is, you shouldn't have the taxpayers from states that are managing their situations well paying for those states that are not. ↗

— John Thune

#managing #paying #situations #states #taxpayers

I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses. ↗

— Scott Walker

#big government #bosses #empower #government #handful

My problem with public sector union leaders, the bosses, has been they stood in the way of protecting the taxpayer. ↗

— Scott Walker

#bosses #leaders #problem #protecting #public