taxpayer

Example Sentences

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Now, per this bill, the ballroom would also cost the taxpayer another $1 billion to secure it.

From Slate • May 9, 2026

"Their equivalent colleague sitting right next to them in England is still a basic rate taxpayer."

From BBC • May 5, 2026

Park said the project has been mired in “scandal and litigation” for years and that taxpayer costs are skyrocketing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

A few thousand dollars a year in retirement contributions is a lot cheaper than billing the taxpayer for a nursing home at $9,000 a month.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 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