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thinkprogress.org - 9/6/2008

Kyl: McCain’s earmark pledge is ‘more symbolic than it is signficant.’

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Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has claimed that he can cut up to $100 billion in earmark spending, a major tenet of his plan to balance the budget. The Wonk Room has noted , however, that McCain’s budget numbers do not add up . In a Tuesday event at the RNC, a host noted that the total cost of ...

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J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles — ... Think Progress: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has claimed that he can cut up to $100 billion in earmark spending, a major tenet of his plan to balance the budget. The Wonk Room has noted, however, that McCain’s budget numbers do not add up. In a Tuesday event at the RNC, a host noted that the total cost of earmarks pales in comparison to the war in Iraq, Social Security, and health care spending. Sen. Jon Kyl (R-AZ) admitted that the earmark pledge is in reality just “symbolic”: ...