1.   But you can spend up to that level with impunity.

2.   And Congress still intends to pass a package of tax cuts, tax breaks and new spending to help boost the economy.

3.   And enough new federal education spending to cover college tuition for every high school graduate with a B average or better, and preschool for every toddler.

4.   Billions of dollars have been spent to no avail.

5.   All those millions they spend to campaign in a Weinstein-Spielberg fistfight each year.

6.   All three candidates agreed to limit their spending to those sums.

7.   But analysts do not rule out emergency spending to combat regional conflicts, insurgencies and drug trafficking.

8.   But Montreal may be lucky if enough revenue is redistributed to allow it to spend to the minimum on the cap.

9.   But the new plan shifts the focus from how many hours teachers spend to the quality of programs.

10.   But they tend to agree that Americans cannot forever buoy the economy by spending to the hilt.