johnmccain.com - 10/11/2008
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Economists Statement on Barack Obama's Risky Economic Proposals 100 Economists Warn That With Current Weak Financial Conditions Barack Obama's Proposals Run A High Risk Of Throwing The US Into A Deep Recession ARLINGTON, VA -- Today, McCain-Palin 2008 released the following statement signed by ...
johnmccain.com - 10/8/2008
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Homeownership Resurgence Plan John McCain will direct his
Treasury Secretary to implement an American Homeownership Resurgence Plan...
(McCain Resurgence Plan) to keep families in their homes, avoid foreclosures, save failing neighborhoods, stabilize ...
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McCain-Palin 2008
elections.foxnews.com - 10/14/2008
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Barack Obama told a tax-burdened plumber over the
weekend that his economic philosophy is to "spread the...
wealth around" -- a comment that may only draw fire from riled-up John McCain supporters who have taken to calling Obama a "socialist" at the ...
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Obama to Plumber: My Plan Will 'Spread the Wealth ...
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Do Economists Count?
Cato @ Liberty —
... of National Review for making a big deal out of a statement by 100 economists (or maybe it’s only 90) warning about the dangers of Barack Obama’s plans to raise taxes and restrict international trade. Robinson may have gone a bit far in calling the statement “The Booming of the Big Guns.” As Chait says, 100 economists isn’t all that many. After all, 200 economists warned against the Wall Street bailout, and you see how much good that did. ...
Economists Against Obama
Greg Mankiw's Blog —
A list recently released by the McCain campaign. It includes five Harvard professors. Some blog readers may ask, why didn't I sign? I am not particularly fond of Obama's proposed tax hikes or his apparent retreat from free trade. (See this article of mine.) But I thought the statement in the group letter that "his proposals run a high risk of throwing the economy into a deep recession" was a tad too hyperbolic for my tastes.
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