11.   Despite the flat trend in participants, actual golf spending has increased the past three years, according to Seidler Companies analysis.

12.   Even though domestic spending has increased this year, there appears to be little evidence of inflationary pressure.

13.   Forecasters say online advertising spending will increase significantly, although at a slower rate, over the next four years.

14.   Government spending will also increase throughout the rest of this year, while the national development banks will start to make more credit available.

15.   Government spending could increase now, in anticipation that the extra tax money would pay down the debt when the economy improves.

16.   In hard times, welfare spending increases automatically with the demand and the need.

17.   In many cases, actual spending will still increase over current spending.

18.   Medicare spending increases as rapidly as advances in technology.

19.   Republicans said it was bad policy to assume that discretionary spending will increase each year at around the rate of inflation.

20.   Simply put, Democrats propose that annual federal spending should increase near or beyond double-digit rates.