Taxpayer group calls 800 per cent hike in Alta entertaining budget 'betrayal'
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EDMONTON (CP) - An 800 per cent increase in the Alberta legislature's budget for hosting parties, dignitaries and events is a betrayal to taxpayers, says the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
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The budget, which increases defense spending and maintains tax cuts, is certain to be sharply criticized by the Democrats, who control Congress.
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Business & money: Â· Buyout firms blamed for collapse of schemesÂ· Labour donor linked to Â£81m of deficits
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OTTAWA (CP) - An influential Commons committee will advise Finance Minister Ralph Goodale to reject personal income tax cuts in his upcoming budget despite the federal government's substantial surplus, sources told The Canadian Press.
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By The Salt Lake Tribune  Sep. 7--Just because the Utah Senate rebuffed a proposal to fund transit  and road projects through sales tax increases doesn't mean the issue is dead,  say business lobbyists.
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By Stephen Curran, The Tribune, San Luis Obispo, Calif.  Jun. 6--Atascadero officials made a six-figure mistake at homebuilder Kelly Gearhart's expense when they calculated how much the prominent businessman owes the city in unpaid development fees.
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The chairman of the House taxwriting committee said Tuesday he would be willing to link tax breaks for small business to a hike in the minimum wage but that the $8 billion tax package adopted by the Senate was unacceptable.
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By Danielle Sottosanti, The Arizona Daily Star, Tucson  Jun. 7--A proposed large increase in Oro Valley's water-connection fees met with opposition from development and building representatives at a public hearing Wednesday night.
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PAC decries government 'profligacy' MPs and unions have lambasted the government for spending Â£3bn on external advice in areas such as IT.â¦
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The state handed out millions in taxpayer dollars to community groups and local agencies without providing adequate oversight of how the money was spent, a newspaper reported Sunday.
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TREASURER Peter Costello has raised the spectre of a Madrid-like terrorist attack being mounted by al-Qaeda to disrupt the election campaign.
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OTTAWA -- Finance Minister Ralph Goodale says he&#39;s looking at another round of tax cuts after revealing the federal government posted a $9.
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Kensey Nash goes overboard on buybacks.
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The presidential campaign has brought back to the fore the vexing question of how much to tax high-income Americans.
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A proposed $500 million tax  increase to put more police on the streets of Los Angeles has  drawn fire from opponents who say top law-enforcement officials  are trying to scare voters into approving it with commercials  that raise the specter of a suburban crime nightmare.
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Teachers' leaders appear divided over government plans to redistribute the Â£85m of unspent money left in state schools' coffers.
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The chancellor Alistair Darling has been met with a barrage of criticism after he decided to delay announcing changes to capital gains tax (CGT).