He's like the wizard of oz  

yeah I read the article. I also know what Obama has been promising to do and he won't do ANY of it with a TRILLION DOLLAR DEFICIT.

I can do math, can't you?

He can't do everything he wants to do while cutting taxes. Hell, he won't be able to do ANYTHING he wants to do by cutting taxes. He only promises BIGGER GOVERNMENT.

Bigger government means more money. Case in point: the 700 billion dollar GOVERNMENT BAILOUT.

And those tax hikes on the "rich"? Who do you think business pass on their taxes to? That's right; the consumer and employee; that 95% Obama claims he wants to save.

When Carter raised taxes on the oil companies they cut production but then maybe you don't remember the 70's.

Cutting SPENDING, which is what McCain promises to do, is the ONLY way out of this mess. When your bank account is empty do you run out and spend more money? Because that's what Obama has been planning to do.

I think smart reasoned people not blinded by the hype can see clearly what this article is saying.

Hey, hey!!! Easy tiger! No need to get all riled up!

This is how I look at it, which I consider rather unblinded...
We've spent the past 8 years giving tax cuts to corporations. They even got tax credits to outsource our jobs. What good did it do? Our unemployment is high, prices on just about everything is high.

Thanks but no thanks. I'm ready for "trickle up economics".

Don't take it so personal and get bent out of shape, we don't have to agree.

Well said but I do think that the recent crisis is going to impact on the spending plans of both the candidates. I suspect there is going to be very little money around for the candidate's priorities the way this economy is going. If Obama carries out his promise to reduce taxes on those lower down the income scale, which I agree with, and increases tax on the wealthy to pay for this, that's fine with me (I notice that McCain's income tax plans are the reverse of this, giving the most to the wealthiest and the least to the poorest, even if the table in the Washington post does not present the full picture as it does not take other taxes into account, which I would like to hear more about). But both he and McCain will probably have to ensure that any tax proposals they carry out are fiscally neutral, ie do not make our current budget deficit any worse.

Indeed, I suspect that whoever gets elected will have to make some very painful budgetary decisions, and those decisions are likely to involve spending cuts and tax hikes to try to prevent the budget deficit from ballooning as revenues fall and welfare spending rises (eg unemployment benefits) as the US economy enters recession. But don't expect either candidate to say this prior to polling day, as this will be a guaranteed vote loser with the US electorate.

On top of the bailout, Obama promises a TRILLION DOLLARS IN NEW SPENDING.

Where is this money going to come from?

You REALLY think he will even be able to cut taxes much less provide healthcare?

He is not going to bring any change. In fact, he is part of the problem.

You are aware of Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs? If not, you may want to take the time to read up: Hilary and Obama received more money from those firms than ANY OTHER CANDIDATE. In fact, Obama was a lawyer suing banks for not making bad loans to people who couldn't afford to pay them back.

Obama is an empty suit making empty promises.

Wake up.