"I think this president believes we can't afford not to." Hopes for a bipartisan compromise on health care appear to be fading.

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

In some African countries, health officials say they can't afford to meet international standards for AIDS treatment.

VOA: standard.2010.07.17

"Unlike the federal government, our states have to balance their budgets, and they can't print more money to pay for programs they can't afford,".

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

This is presidential spokesman Robert Gibbs "Many may believe that we can't afford to do anything,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.04

but,we can't afford to wait for long." Meir Javedanfar of the MEEPAS center in Tel Aviv says that the Sejil 2 missile is nothing for the West to worry about.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

People saying we can't afford to have disease specific programs.

VOA: standard.2010.07.15