The organization advised massive spending to bridge the gap, but Global Witness says more spending will not solve the problem.

VOA: standard.2009.10.20

The obesity crisis means more spending on healthcare.

VOA: standard.2010.07.02

"And they will see President Obama's higher taxes, more spending,more debt, more government intervention in our economy,in the banks, in the auto industry, in health care and in energy as largely responsible for that lack of job creation,"

VOA: standard.2009.12.15

Ireland's bank bailout and government spending have expanded this year's deficit to more than thirty percent of gross domestic product.

VOA: special.2010.11.26

House Republican leader John Boehner dismissed the emergency jobs measure as more wasteful spending aimed at pleasing the Democrats' traditional union allies.

VOA: special.2010.08.12

More than one hundred Democrats in the House of Representatives voted against an emergency spending measure.

VOA: special.2010.07.31

Some residents had been spending more than one hundred hours a week at their hospitals.

VOA: special.2010.07.13

"I don't want to spend more than twenty dollars for a backpack." Consumer spending is seventy percent of the economic activity in the United States.

VOA: special.2009.08.21

Some residents were spending more than one hundred hours a week at their hospitals.

VOA: special.2009.06.02

He considered spending more than one thousand dollars for an electric milking machine.

VOA: special.2010.07.20

It cuts more than thirty-eight billion dollars in non-defense spending.

VOA: special.2011.04.16

It was spending more than it had.

VOA: special.2009.02.05

President Obama favors major government spending to spur growth, while many European leaders want more emphasis on regulatory reform.

VOA: standard.2009.03.31

Nevertheless,rising confidence is a welcome sign, as consumer spending accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S.economic activity.

VOA: standard.2009.08.25

Freedman says spending more money now to help the public defender's office may ensure the courts can process cases right the first time.

VOA: standard.2009.05.22

"It focuses on helping small businesses create jobs, not spending more taxpayer dollars to expand government."

VOA: standard.2009.10.03

The president's top economic advisor, Christina Romer,defended the administration's proposed spending blueprint, arguing that future economic growth will be more vibrant than the CBO assumes.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

People who live in some of the world's most economically important cities are spending more and more of their work day getting to and from work.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

Russia too is spending more, puchasing some of its equipment from other countries.

VOA: standard.2010.07.23

Consumer spending accounts for more than two-thirds of U.S.economic activity.

VOA: standard.2009.11.01

As Congress grapples with still uncompleted fiscal year 2010 defense spending legislation, containing more than $100 billion for Afghanistan and Iraq, divergent views have also been heard from other congressional Democrats.

VOA: standard.2009.10.15

"We have about three million international visitors a year. The difference is they make up about seventeen percent of our spending because they stay a little bit longer, they spend a little bit more."

VOA: standard.2010.05.04