On Jan. 31, Soros called for more Federal stimulus, but only if spent on programs that paid for themselves, such as infrastructure and education, to improve the economy.
However the measure has come under fire from penal reformers who claim the money spent locking up offenders would be more effective in cutting crime if spent on crime prevention measures.
If we spent that same money on providing coverage to the uninsured population, and if we focus on chronic conditions and opportunities that exist relative to care, we could spend less money in three years on American health care than we do now to cover everyone.
The world, he says, would be better off if economists spent more time in the field.
Who cares if she spent hours in an egg before the most recent Grammy Awards?
If wisely spent, that would do more to reduce the state's troubles than any mere negotiation.
You would be too if you spent your life integrating data, writing apps and testing security protocols.
"She is an extraordinary person, and if you spent five minutes with her, you'd see it, " he said.
Those people could be at work if they spent the money as it was legally intended to be spent.
If you spent any time in Detroit in the 1970s through the 1990s, you discovered how insular it was.
While maintaining his innocence, he says he does not clearly remember even if Knox spent the night with him.
If he did it wrong, it would remain wrong even if he spent his leisure hours rescuing orphans from burning buildings.
If he spent two months or six weeks of his full income, including his royal stipend, the sum would be a lot more.
It didn't matter if your liver was damaged by nightly alcohol binges or if you spent your free time jogging and avoiding fatty foods.
That is, if she spent more time trying to work cooperatively, she might be able to achieve more with less effort, and far less aggravation.
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Their lawyer Dali Mpofu said it would take a month to interview all his clients, even if he spent an hour with each of them.
These are smart people, and if they spent some time with it, they would sift out the nonsense and probably come up with a good solution.
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Once you're a New Yorker, and especially if you spent your professional time here, you have a very, very different sense of the rest of the world.
He may be right to argue that America would be a better place if it spent more on its crumbling bridges and on health care for the poor.
One has to wonder how much smaller that number would be if it spent more time saying "yes" to those who come calling in their time of need.
"If I spent my time getting angry about the things people do, then I can't do what I effectively do here, " Thompson said as he gestured toward the pulpit.
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That operating system didn't support multiple processors, meaning most Mac users were unable to take advantage of the second chip if they spent the money for a two-chip system.
Businesspeople are among the most vocal in their calls for government deficits to be cut, but if firms spent more, and hired new workers, deficits would fall of their own accord.
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My wife often jokes that if I spent the same amount of time on my career as I spend on the school we could afford to send all our children to Eton.
By offering free wi-fi, or a better breakfast, or other enhanced services, they market themselves to repeat customers more effectively than if they spent all the money on more billboards and image-building ads.
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It must be said that his powers of initiative, in this respect, are not great, and if he spent half as much time filling in job applications as he does wandering the city under feathery falls of snow, he would be earning serious money within days.
And will it be money well spent if the government's goal is fuel efficiency and less pollution?
If the states spent more, that had to be paid by each state itself.
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Think about it: what would happen if the government spent zero but still collected taxes?
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