It's not that The Washington Post is wrong to point out that the Democrats have proposed a lot of spending without offering up much in the way of new revenues. But after spending a whole editorial castigating the Democrats' for fiscal irresponsibility and even providing readers with a helpful chart that tracks the outlays, it's a bit weird for the Post to just toss in a to-be-sure, "the Republican's proposals for new tax cuts dwarf the Democrats' plans." That, of course, is also true. From the point of the federal government's balance sheet. there's not a dime's worth of difference between a dollar spent on health care, on a fighter plan, or on a tax cut. McCain's tax cuts -- which include the extension of the Bush tax cut and the repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax, neither of which are included on CAP's cool McCain thermometer -- dwarf the spending plans of the Democrats before you even look into his programs (or his war agenda). But that's rarely mentioned, because the media doesn't really view tax cuts as spending in the way they view new social programs as spending. So you'll get a whole editorial on those naughty Democrats with their ambitious agendas and an ass-covering sentence on McCain's plan to drive the government into bankruptcy. Charming.Speaking of McCain -- and the remarkable free pass he's been getting -- today marks the first day of TAP's McCain week, in which we'll be exploring a new facet of his exciting and innovative agenda for the country each day. The first piece goes up in a few hours, and I'll say more on it then. SPENDING IS SPENDING.
It's not that The Washington Post is wrong to point out that the Democrats have proposed a lot of spending without offering up much in the way of new revenues. But after spending a whole editorial castigating the Democrats' for fiscal irresponsibility and even providing readers with a helpful chart that tracks the outlays, it's a bit weird for the Post to just toss in a to-be-sure, "the Republican's proposals for new tax cuts dwarf the Democrats' plans." That, of course, is also true. From the point of the federal government's balance sheet. there's not a dime's worth of difference between a dollar spent on health care, on a fighter plan, or on a tax cut. McCain's tax cuts -- which include the extension of the Bush tax cut and the repeal of the Alternative Minimum Tax, neither of which are included on CAP's cool McCain thermometer -- dwarf the spending plans of the Democrats before you even look into his programs (or his war agenda). But that's rarely mentioned, because the media doesn't really view tax cuts as spending in the way they view new social programs as spending. So you'll get a whole editorial on those naughty Democrats with their ambitious agendas and an ass-covering sentence on McCain's plan to drive the government into bankruptcy. Charming.Speaking of McCain -- and the remarkable free pass he's been getting -- today marks the first day of TAP's McCain week, in which we'll be exploring a new facet of his exciting and innovative agenda for the country each day. The first piece goes up in a few hours, and I'll say more on it then. 
