11.   Few states can afford it without federal funds, and your proposal will meet stiff resistance in Texas for that reason.

12.   Hanley has responded by saying that the state cannot afford the services.

13.   Harshbarger says he would rather pay cash for capital projects when the state can afford it.

14.   He also said the state could not afford the program.

15.   He acknowledged that the root of some of the rage in radical Islamic circles is economic, and that human rights was a luxury some Arab states cannot afford.

16.   If the human services workers are given raises, he said, others would demand similar hikes and the state could not afford it.

17.   Instead, they say, it is about tactics, and whether the state can afford another governor known primarily for tilting at the federal courts.

18.   It is far from clear, in any case, that the state can afford the tax cut.

19.   Opponents contend that the state can ill afford to invest in football teams when communities are clamoring for more schools, roads and social services.

20.   Pataki, a Republican expected to seek re-election next year, insisted the state could afford no more than he first proposed.