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DEMOCRATS WOULD RAISE SPENDINGDid any of you have doubts on this? Posted by Vox at January 20, 2004 10:02 AM | politics
The National Taxpayers Union Foundation has calculated that all of the Democratic hopefuls for president would worsen the federal budget by billions of dollars.The Washington, D.C., organization systematically added up each of the Democratic contenders' agendas using campaign and third-party sources, such as the Congressional Budget Office.
The group finds the agenda of any candidates, if enacted in full, would raise annual federal spending by a minimum of $170 billion -- by Joe Lieberman -- and as much as $1.33 trillion -- by Al Sharpton.
John Kerry would raise spending by $265 billion, John Edwards by $199 billion, Howard Dean by $223 billion and Wesley Clark $220 billion.
If the Bush tax cut is repealed it would not offset the additional spending proposed, the report says.