Please also be sure to note the smallish links in that article for the long-term tax proposals of both Obama and McCain.
http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/issues/economy.html Regarding the specifics for Obama: "Senator Obama would extend the Bush tax cuts for people making under $250,000 a year, but would repeal them for people in the top two marginal tax brackets before their scheduled expiration two years from now. He would provide new tax breaks for homeowners who do not itemize deductions and for saving, college costs and new farmers. And he would change the alternative minimum tax so it does not affect the middle class. To raise revenues, in addition to repealing the top tier of the Bush tax cuts, Mr. Obama would raise taxes on capital gains and dividends. His big-ticket spending item, at more than $100 billion a year, is his plan for universal health care coverage. He also proposes increases for education, infrastructure, research, foreign aid and the military." You may or may not agree with them, but those are specific proposals. Cheers, Judah On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 3:33 PM, Judah McAuley <ju...@wiredotter.com> wrote: > Yes, he did. Though in 2008, the focus was more on arresting the > freefall of the economy rather than a longer-term budget plan. But he > put out the details of his plan for a stimulus package, his proposal > for the Affordable Care Act, expansion of the EIC, investment dollars > for clean technology, etc. > > Both Obama and McCain were much more detailed in their proposals in > 2008 than Romney is in 2012. Here's the NYT rundown of the competing > proposals in 2008: > > http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/issues/economy.html > > Cheers, > Judah > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:356171 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
