Most states impose limitations on the authority of the legislature to borrow money, with their objectives being to protect taxpayers and the credit of the state government.

大多数州对立法机关借贷的权力加以限制，其目的是保护纳税人和维护州政府的信誉。

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Taxpayers and withholding agents shall have the right to bring charges against or make exposure of any tax authority or tax official for violation of laws or disciplines.

纳税人、扣缴义务人有权控告和检举税务机关、税务人员的违法违纪行为。

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Or to put it another way, the Treasury, Bank of England and Financial Services Authority, in reforming the banking system to stabilise it and protect taxpayers, may have inadvertently reinforced the market dominance of the UK's Big Five banks.

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John Taylor, president and chief executive of the National Community Reinvestment Coalition, calls the plan a "waste of taxpayers' money" since the Fed has a track record of laxity in enforcing its existing authority.

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The committee also called for the Auditor General to be allowed the "unfettered power" to audit the Financial Services Authority's work, given the billions of pounds of taxpayers' money that was now tied up in the banking system.

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