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Greenspan: Country Can’t Afford John McCain’s Massive Unpaid-For Tax Cuts
Think Progress — On Bloomberg Television this weekend, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan told host Al Hunt that the country can’t afford John McCain’s massive $3.3 trillion tax cuts without corresponding spending reductions: HUNT: John McCain’s proposed $3.3 trillion of tax cuts in two terms. Can the nation afford tax cuts of that magnitude? GREENSPAN: Unless we cut spending, no. … I’m not in favor of financing tax cuts with borrowed money. Watch it: After endorsing Bush’s massive tax ...

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The Reaction — by Capt. Fogg "I'm not in favor of financing tax cuts with borrowed money," said the man, and the man isn't a farleftliberal weenie with McCain derangement syndrome. It's Alan Greenspan talking about the tax plans of Lyin' John McCain who likes to brag that he knows nothing about economics so that the proletarian snobs he panders to will think he's a regular guy who keeps a fridge full of Budweiser in all 9 houses - and on the jet. Of course Joe Sixpack and Mary Mooseburger are happy to tell you he'll cut spending to offset ...

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