After many shifts in rhetoric, John McCain gave yet another “major policy address” on the economy yesterday in Pittsburg Wisconsin
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Again and again, McCain has shifted his rhetoric. Although it was billed as a major economic address, Senator McCain’s speech yesterday didn’t answer the important questions.
“He says he’d close corporate loopholes, but doesn’t say how. He says he’d end corporate welfare, but doesn’t say how. And he says he’ll make Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthiest permanent, but doesn’t say how he’ll pay for it.”
The Washington Post noted yesterday that McCain’s “proposals together would cost trillions of dollars to implement and add to the growing budget deficits, a fact that (he) did not address in his speech.” (Washington Post, 4/15/08)
“Instead of offering solutions, McCain offers a third Bush term of reckless fiscal policies that are hurting our country and would put us further into debt,” Wineke said. “
