The journal of the rich white right presents a biased evaluation of tax plans. The article ignores that we all dislike paying taxes, but there can be a public benefit from public expenditures, and a negative public effect from deficits and selling the country to China and the Emirates. Passing debt along to grandchildren or depending upon rampant inflation to devalue debts does not seem ethical.

Carney has done his homework on the Obama tax plan. However, he falls down on doing an equivalent vetting of McCain's proposal. Nor does he show a larger context of how either would affect the economy as a whole or the spending plans either candidate proposes. Overall, I've read better comparisons and analysis--especially the ones that quote reputable experts.

The Wall Street Journal offers a highly informative summary on Barack Obama and John McCain's proposed tax policies, with the caveat that their difference is as wide as we've seen in a presidential election. This story appears in today's opinion section of the Journal, but it's closer to a news analysis. It takes Obama to task more than it does McCain, but I don't see a lot of editorializing. It carries more of an implicit warning that if Obama wins, you will be taxed more.