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Senator John Kennedy, a Republican, said on CBS News on Sunday that politicians should not spend taxpayer funds on promotional ads.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

The unauthorized access happened after the most damaging leak of taxpayer information in the agency’s history, which had prompted a tightening of internal defenses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Budget: “Our first responsibility is to use taxpayer dollars efficiently while protecting instruction and student services,” he said.

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

“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

These are passed onto consumers or, in the case of New York City and other localities, taxpayers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

Those savings are not small potatoes: The skin substitutes cost taxpayers billions, and the figure has risen dramatically since before the pandemic.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

Easing requirements further would only goose demand and drive up prices, while increasing the risk of future defaults and losses for taxpayers who stand behind most mortgages.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

The nightmare scenario of running over budget and saddling local taxpayers with debt hangs over the organizing committee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

When taxpayers understand that the bill for spraying the town roads should come due only once a generation instead of once a year, they will surely rise up and demand a change of method.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson