Could what's being described as a prudent investment turn out to be an intolerable burden?

BBC: Archive

"They claimed it would place an intolerable burden on local taxpayers, " he said.

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However, a risk-based levy might prove an intolerable burden for an already-troubled bank.

ECONOMIST: The problems of insuring against systemic risk

Unlike our dissenting colleagues, we do not consider this a remarkable or intolerable burden to impose on the business community.

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Annabel Goldie, in her last first minister's questions as Scottish Conservative Leader, said the government's renewables and international investment policy had put an "intolerable burden" on the Scottish economy.

BBC: First minister's questions

Without action, the accumulated weight of that structural deficit, of ever-increasing debt, will hobble our economy, it will cloud our future, and it will saddle every child in America with an intolerable burden.

WHITEHOUSE: Encouraging Long-Term Fiscal Responsibility and Reform

Parallels with Latin America are quite inappropriate here: The debt of Russia and the other states has not yet reached the point where even repaying the interest becomes an intolerable financial burden.

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