McCain's Convenient Untruth

Higher tax rates mean a lower budget deficit. According to the Tax Policy Center, over the course of a decade Obama's plan would result in a national debt $1.2 trillion smaller than you would get under McCain's plan. Less government borrowing ultimately means lower interest rates and more private investment. This positive effect may well outweigh the blow to growth and jobs from weaker work incentives. Full Story »

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Mike LaBonte
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by Mike LaBonte - Oct. 1, 2008

This has evidence for most claims, but not for key ones like "careful academic postmortems ...", for example.

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