Congress could not agree on how much money to spend on the Indians.

VOA: special.2010.04.01

the stuff that you have to spend money to get is usually not that worthwhile.

你要花钱买的东西通常不值。

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But I'm not one to spend a whole bunch of money

但我不会花一大把钱

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He did not like to spend money.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

"We are able to do these transplants locally. We have got the expertise in this country and the only thing that we needed to do is to publicize and tell them, 'Yes,you do not have to spend all the money and go outside there, leave the comfort of your country and the beloved ones to have the transplants outside there - we can do it here."

VOA: standard.2010.05.30

to say 'get real.' What is dangerous is to commit "This is extraordinary, to spend a whole lot of money that we might not have on a system that most certainly won't help when the world is changing, when we're facing new threats, where now more and more military experts are saying there are different alternatives."

VOA: standard.2010.04.30