What the economists didn't sign

[Hope And Change]

July 07, 2008
Categories: http://dyn.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/index.cfm/category/JohnMcCain">John McCain

What the economists didn't sign

This morning, the McCain campaign http://johnmccain.com/Informing/News/PressReleases/Read.aspx?guid=c90681b9-5dfe-4de4-8057-ceedb30c228d">sent out a press release: OVER 300 ECONOMISTS SIGN STATEMENT IN SUPPORT OF JOHN MCCAIN'S ECONOMIC PLAN.

The statement leaves out two big chunks of McCain's economic argument: the gas tax holiday and his http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0708/11553.html">promise to balance the budget by the end of his first term -- there's literally nothing in the release that mentions the deficit or national debt.


By Avi Zenilman 09:51 AM


http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0708/What_the_economists_didnt_sign.html#comments">Link

[whistle]

1. Is there a list of the 300 economists along with their credentials

[Tempest]

3. Probably similar to the anti-global warming scientists

Most likely a bunch of people with no economic credentials.

[DJ13]

2. No economist worth a damn should have signed any of it

Continuing the Bush tax breaks on the wealthy should have disqualified McSame's tax plan for any economist, regardless of political persuasion.

[northernlights]

4. and how many economists didn't sign it?

300 isn't all that many in the overall scheme of things.

And without knowing who the heck they are? I'm not impressed.

[whistle]

5. At least 100,000 right

[jody]

6. Balancing the budget is a prerequisite to reducing the national debt. That's obvious. n/t