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“Compassionate Conservatism” Redux?

June 4, 2008 by Average Gay Joe

NTUF‘s third round of “costing out” the candidates’ platforms since January 29 found that Clinton would increase yearly federal spending by $289.6 billion, compared to Sen. Obama’s (D-IL) $343.9 billion — both significantly higher totals from the last update on March 3. NTUF also released an update for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), the presumptive Republican nominee, who would swell annual federal outlays by $68.5 billion — almost 10 times the amount he was backing in January.

Inside the Beltway Logic:  vote for McCain and he’ll “cut” $221.1 – $275.4 billion in new annual federal outlays! Swell.

But wait, it gets better:

NTUF’s latest analyses include cost calculations based on hard data for 363 proposals that would affect the federal budget — more than half of which have unknown fiscal effects.

So this is just a ‘best guess’ then and we’re about to repeat the whole MediCare Prescription Drug boondoggle that President Bush strong-armed the GOP into. Oh just lovely. Lord, save us from our politicians…

h/t – QandO

— John (Average Gay Joe)

Filed Under: 2008 Elections, 2008 Presidential Politics, National Politics, Where W went wrong Tagged With: Fiscal Insanity

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