31.   She disputed the notion that the federal government can no longer afford to fund the arts and humanities.

32.   So how can the government afford a trillion-dollar tax cut but still cut funding for children?

33.   Taken together, Rubin said, the Republican tax cuts are a massive giveaway the deficit-ridden government can ill afford.

34.   That of course, raises questions about how long the Japanese government can afford to prop up the economy.

35.   The assembly line has all but shut, starved of raw materials that the government can no longer afford to import.

36.   The government cannot afford more, he said.

37.   The government cannot afford those costs, Democrats said, now that the tax cut has consumed most of the projected federal budget surplus.

38.   The government cannot afford to give business interests many more sweetheart deals and needs to command the highest price when it auctions state property.

39.   The government could not afford it, its lawyers admitted.

40.   The government cannot afford to admit the extent of the problem, so they close their eyes.