But Citigroup analyst John Lawson believes the market has already priced in the increasing expense of raw materials, and that Michelin should be able to incorporate them with price hikes.

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And he likely would have been flummoxed by the ever-increasing expense of higher education: The cost of a four-year private college rose 4.2 percent between the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years, according to the College Board's Trends In College Pricing.

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These programs weigh on economic growth for federal spending always and everywhere increasing at the certain expense of the private sector.

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In all of these cases, Gingrich was profiting, at taxpayer expense, by increasing the size of government.

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Before increasing the consumption tax, government personnel expense should be cut by 20 percent.

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The federal mandate transformed a voluntary expense into a compulsory one, increasing demand exponentially.

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Instead they have been used to bail out risk-takers who took very bad risks, increasing our collective debt and deficits at the expense of long-term productive economic capacity.

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Our marketing efforts would be crucial to raise the bar with the goal of increasing awareness more broadly while not incurring significantly higher expense.

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Sales and marketing expenses moved in the reverse direction of revenues, increasing 10%, while general, administrative and technology expense was up 24%.

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