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Fuzzy math on the campaign trail
money.cnn.com — The candidates say they will pay for their proposals by raising revenue and cutting spending. Here are just a few of the accounting flaws in their platforms.
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- CaptainAmerica1, on 05/06/2008, -1/+6Liberal Democrats never have been good at explaining how they were going to pay for all the programs they want to impose.
You can "stick it to the rich" and to corporations only so often. Pretty soon, there won't be any incentive at all to succeed in America.
Who's going to provide jobs if there aren't any small businesses or corporations...the Government?
For those of you who say "yes" to that question...just look at Cuba. In 2000, 76% of employment in Cuba was in the government sector. Do we really want a Cuba-style socialist economy? - brad3378, on 05/07/2008, -0/+2Well this pretty much explains why they would rather bicker about an 18 cent gas tax.
They obviously don't want you to know about the bigger problems. Such as where they're going to come up with the money to pay for their programs.
I wonder what it would take to get any of the candidates to acknowledge the fact that the average American pays more for just the interest on the national debt than an entire year's worth of gasoline?
If any of the remaining candidates wants a chance of earning my vote, they need to quit dreaming and start listening to this guy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Walker_%28U. ...
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