1.   A more sensible approach would be to put off the huge tax cuts already enacted until it is clear the state can afford them.

2.   Aguilar replied that states cannot afford to ignore diseases in the undocumented population.

3.   But administration officials as well as Democratic legislators said that in an era of tight budgets, no state can afford to sit out the drive for dollars.

4.   But he has provided only the vaguest information about how the state would afford such a massive reduction in revenues.

5.   But the nonpartisan Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, a business-funded fiscal watchdog, says the state can afford it.

6.   But this state cannot afford to be hypocritical at the expense of those in the field.

7.   By reducing the number of caseloads, the state can afford to provide this level of childcare, Neely said.

8.   Davis has repeatedly said the state cannot afford to offer the lowered tuition, but Thursday he also strove to reach across divisions to focus on education.

9.   Democratic Rep. Henry Rizzo of Kansas City, however, said the state cannot afford to risk losing federal dollars.

10.   During that time, incomes and retail sales grew so rapidly that most states could afford to cut taxes and create reserve funds.