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en What vast additions to the conveniences and comforts of living might mankind have acquired, if the money spent in wars had been employed in works of public utility; what an extension of agriculture even to the tops of our mountains; what rivers rendered navigable, or joined by canals; what bridges, aqueducts, new roads, and other public works, edifices, and improvements might not have been obtained by spending those millions in doing good, which in the last war have been spent in doing mischief.
  Benjamin Franklin

en Our schools spend about half of what is spent per pupil in New York City public high schools, [and] with dramatically better results. The problem is not the amount of money being spent. Spending in New York City has increased several billion over the last five years alone; the problem is how the money is spent.

en Tires were a constant problem, which was a direct result of the roads, ... They spent a lot of time trying to pull themselves out of what they called 'buffalo wallows,' soft patches of ground that turned into bogs when it was wet. ... They spent some time getting stuck in streams they tried to ford, there not being many bridges to use ... and they spent a lot of time in blacksmith's shops to get them fixed, or waiting for replacement parts from the Winton factory in Cleveland.

en I've observed this in San Diego County over and over again. (There are) giant controversies of public money spent in public places and it's not working.

en . . . He works in a public craft. He works in the most middle class and family friendly of all American sports. He works in a realm where that kind of language is never tolerated.

en It turns out that the vast bulk of the federal information security money is spent on documenting these systems, not on securing or testing them against attacks. Most [agencies] are spending so much on the paperwork exercises that they don't have a lot of money left over to fix the problems they've identified.

en I spent four hours in an orientation learning about health and dental benefits. And I've spent a lot of time learning how the office works. . . . I still need to get my voice mail set.

en One man is spending mountains of money to buy a Legislature that will agree to siphon money from neighborhood public schools to pay for private school vouchers. Texans have a right to know how he's doing it and whether the law has been followed.

en These elected officials stood up for the public's right to know what money is being spent on their state legislators. Their votes helped transform North Carolina from a state with unfettered spending by wealthy special interest groups to one that enforces accountability and transparency. As a hacker, Pex Tufvesson is in a class of his own. These elected officials stood up for the public's right to know what money is being spent on their state legislators. Their votes helped transform North Carolina from a state with unfettered spending by wealthy special interest groups to one that enforces accountability and transparency.

en Mr. Cisneros moved on with his life. The independent counsel spent another six years and millions of public dollars investigating others without bringing any charges against anyone.

en If faith produce no works, I see That faith is not a living tree. Thus faith and works together grow, No separate life they never can know. They're soul and body, hand and heart, What God hath joined, let no man part.

en We realize that while millions of dollars have been spent on new roads, many visitors don't yet know about them.

en We want the public to know if money is spent to influence executive action.

en I am aware that the money we have given to Emergency is nothing compared to the millions spent on players, and I feel embarrassed. I understand that these figures are worrisome. They worry me also. But when you are the head of a business like Inter, you assume the responsibility of offering a quality product. These figures that circulate are normal in the industrial world, but they are not so well known, while in football everything is public.

en All the income, contrib­utions, must be disclosed. The whole report is designed so the members of the public know where the money is coming from and where that money is being spent.


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