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The public has a right to know what the government is doing in their name with their lives and taxpayer dollars.
From Salon ● Sep. 14, 2026
The protocol foundation was created as a tax-exempt charity during Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration in 2004, and was intended to defray taxpayer costs for the governor’s travel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Congress and the American people deserve transparency with respect to the steps World Vision has taken to ensure taxpayer money is used as intended and not for illegal activity,” Mr. Grassley wrote.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
"At this time, we think it's better value for the taxpayer to take that £20m underspend and invest it into the services that they want to see improvement in," Radford said.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
Even so, just weeks after receiving its first $25 billion taxpayer investment, Citigroup returned to the Treasury to confess that—lo!—the markets still didn’t trust Citigroup to survive.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
“I don’t have unlimited asset forfeiture, so the question is, is this something that the taxpayers are going to be willing to support?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
This would allow taxpayers to fully write off the cost of an investment in the year that it becomes available for use.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
Every year we wait is another year of preventable pain and lost mobility for millions, and another year patients, employers and taxpayers spend paying to replace joints we might have saved.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
There would be no additional cost to taxpayers and no increase in council tax as a result of the scheme, it added.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
“Why did you have to talk to that reporter? Don’t we have enough trouble getting the taxpayers to pay for the schools without articles like this banging around town?! ”
From "Frindle" by Andrew Clements
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