strings attached

Labor has little patience for those criticisms, citing research which they claim shows their proposal will leave the bulk of doctors better off and accusing them of wanting investment "without strings attached".

However, “if the federal government is going to fund things like education and nutrition, it is better that that funding come with few strings attached, especially when it comes to clashes of values.”

So while police already consume the lion’s share of most municipal budgets, they also enjoy a second funding stream that comes with even fewer strings attached.

But when the community donated the cameras to the Los Angeles Police Foundation — one of several nonprofits that support the Los Angeles Police Department — they sent them with strings attached: The police were only allowed to use them in Cheviot Hills.

Tay said the money from the World Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce was a gift — no strings attached.