The military expenditures of each of the nations mentioned increased in each of the five-year periods under review. During the entire interval from 1881 to 1905 Great Britain's outlay for her army increased fourfold, that of the United States was tripled, Russia's was doubled, that of Germany increased 35 per cent., that of France about 15 per cent., and that of Japan nearly 500 per cent. If we compare the expenditures of these nations upon their armies with their total expenditures for all the twenty-five years ending with 1905, the proportion rose as follows:英文原著 · 《Anarchism and Other Essays》
In order to estimate the amount of the public charges of a people two preliminaries are indispensable: it is necessary, in the first place, to know the wealth of that people; and in the second, to learn what portion of that wealth is devoted to the expenditure of the State. To show the amount of taxation without showing the resources which are destined to meet the demand, is to undertake a futile labor; for it is not the expenditure, but the relation of the expenditure to the revenue, which it is desirable to know.英文原著 · 《Democracy In America-1》
In all communities citizens divisible into three classes - Habits of each of these classes in the direction of public finances - Why public expenditure must tend to increase when the people governs - What renders the extravagance of a democracy less to be feared in America - Public expenditure under a democracy.英文原著 · 《Democracy In America-1》
In countries in which the poor *e should be exclusively invested with the power of making the laws no great economy of public expenditure ought to be expected: that expenditure will always be considerable; either because the taxes do not weigh upon those who levy them, or because they are levied in such a manner as not to weigh upon those classes. In other words, the government of the democracy is the only one under which the power which lays on taxes escapes the payment of them.英文原著 · 《Democracy In America-1》
Many attempts have recently been made in France to compare the public expenditure of that country with the expenditure of the United States; all these attempts have, however, been unattended by success, and a few words will suffice to show that they could not have had a satisfactory result.英文原著 · 《Democracy In America-1》
Wherever the poor direct public affairs and dispose of the national resources, it appears certain that, as they profit by the expenditure of the State, they are apt to augment that expenditure.英文原著 · 《Democracy In America-1》
What material could withstand the heat expended from that mammoth sphere?美剧 · 《Billions》
True, Max and I shared lodging to husband our expenditures, and true, too, we showered together one night when the tank broke down and the hot water was scarce, but other than those mild inconveniences, the fact-finding mission went as fine as the print at the bottom of a contract, and we're close a美剧 · 《Bojack Horseman》
I see no large upcoming expenditures Unless they develop an affordable technology To fuse my skeleton with adamantium like Wolverine.美剧 · 《The Big Bang Theory》
Tuesday -- "Capital expenditures meeting delayed. Will be late." - Thursday -- - Iz, there are things about my job -- Right.美剧 · 《The Good Doctor》