"The states consider themselves, in general, to be horribly besieged budgetarily and aren't talking about anything to reduce revenue from any source, " observes the Tax Foundation's William Ahern.

FORBES: State Gas Tax Guzzlers

And we can't -- and we don't have the resources -- manpower or budgetarily -- to be the primary -- to be primarily responsible for the security of Afghanistan.

WHITEHOUSE: Press Briefing

Since USACE was already budgetarily hard-pressed to maintain the very valuable lock and dam infrastructure and no third party would build a network for a single application, we went back to the drawing board.

WHITEHOUSE: A Rising Tide Lifts All Ships