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SEN. JOHN McCain says that President McCain would balance the federal budget by 2013. The plan is not credible. The Congressional Budget Office projects a deficit of $443 billion in 2013 if President Bush's tax cuts are extended, as Mr. McCain wants. But Mr. McCain is proposing far more tax cuts.

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    JoseMadre3 months ago

    If we limited the Federal budget to its constitutional requirements, the budget would be balanced this year, the DEBT would be gone in less than 20 years, and the Income Tax could be eliminated thereafter. Of course, this would require that the mooches earn their own keep.

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      Beau78903 months ago

      Yes. It would also require the government to stop building and maintaining roads, bridges, water purification, food safety inspections, and several hundred other things that even you couldn't even imagine living without.

      And even so, McCain's economic plan would pay down the debt much slower than Obama's.

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