'Economists For McCain' Trash McCain's New Mortgage Plan

In interviews with the Huffington Post, roughly a dozen of McCain's economist supporters said they disagreed with the Senator's recent proposal -- for the government to buy distressed mortgages at face value from banks and renegotiate them with homeowners. Several viewed it as a gimmick, driven mostly by political circumstance. Only one pro-McCain economist spoke up in favor of the plan. Full Story »

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by Kelly Garrett - Oct. 10, 2008

Provides a sizable list of criticisms leveled by economists at McCain's economic plan. It isn't clear how representative these views are -- it's implied that these opinions are shared by most economists, but it's not clear how this was determined.

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