While both presidential candidates enter the campaign’s final week promising to be the better fiscal steward, each has outlined tax and spending proposals that would make annual budget deficits worse, analysts say, with Senator John McCain likely to create a deeper hole than Senator Barack Obama would. Full Story »
Posted by Chris Finnie
A fair comparison of McCain and Obama's overall spending projections for the Federal government. The article lays out these issues with nuance, but is still quite accessible. Relies on multiple non-partisan sources.
Very solid article with precise statistics and experts quoted in comparing what Obama and McCain spending would be as president. Excellent context, helpful to see comparison side-by-side throughout the piece and to look at historic campaign promises and their actual follow-throughs. Informative.
Nothing surprising. Both candidates have long accused each other of not explaining how they're going to pay for their proposals. Turns out they were both right. No voter, I imagine, will be amazed by this news. Still, Calmes has done a good job of fairly laying out the promises and realities of each man.
I loved the quote from Leon Panetta about Bill Clinton discovering when he got into office that the money wasn't there for the things he'd planned.
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