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It would pay back investors using interest and loan payments from the program — not taxpayer money.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The Journal also reported that the ads were paid for with taxpayer dollars that Congress appropriated to Homeland Security for Customs and Border Protection, an agency that regularly runs ads about immigration policies.
From Slate ● Oct. 1, 2026
The taxpayer money used to fund the ads that started airing last week came from U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
In short, the widowed taxpayer often faces a double whammy: Income often falls while tax rates increase.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026
“Girl, I’m the biggest taxpayer in Sycamore Township and maybe Parke County, and I get the least for my money. Who are you supposed to be?”
From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck
By building a large group trust, officials were able to avoid concerns about disclosing taxpayer’s financial information of taxpayers in the everyday operations of the accounts.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026
And low-income taxpayers or people in financial trouble also could benefit if the cases keep going against the government.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
The so-called Games Agreement laid out a “shared set of values” and called for an operating budget that would be “prudent, realistic, and designed to protect taxpayers by mitigating financial risk.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026
The end result is that victims of crime – and taxpayers, who have to pay for these huge white-collar investigations and trials – are often left with nothing.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
The newspapers said Ernie’s diploma cost taxpayers half a million dollars.
From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals
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