1.   These expenses, of course, are taxpayer dollars -- spent because of a myth.

2.   And many said they believed there were better things the state could do with taxpayer dollars.

3.   And poorly informed local financial officers were easy prey for Wall Street firms often peddling risky and wildly inappropriate securities to be bought with taxpayer dollars.

4.   And wrong for a White House counsel to expend taxpayer dollars to sell gullible newsies a two-inch thick conspiracy theory about conspiracy theorists.

5.   As to whether President Clinton will spend taxpayer dollars to prove disparities and protect affirmative-action programs at the federal level, no one knows.

6.   As the commission points out, deferring maintenance now means more taxpayer dollars for capital improvements later on.

7.   At least two federal laws bar career employees from using taxpayer dollars to lobby for or against pending legislation.

8.   Barney Levengood, executive director for the Indianapolis Convention Center and RCA Dome, said one reason for corporate involvement is avoiding the use of taxpayer dollars for improvements.

9.   Because of that vote, he asked, can a private for-profit company be given control of a library system and the taxpayer dollars financing it?

10.   Both Allen and Wilder said the museum should be a private endeavor and not financed primarily by taxpayer dollars.