Debate: So apparently McCain doesn't know Jack ...

[Final-Fan]

Kasz216 said:

Final-Fan said:
But how much would McCain actually cut costs? How much would Obama actually raise them? If you have no idea, please don't make numbers up. (And no, I don't really know either.)

How much would Obama raise them?  1 Trillion in healthcare costs over those 10 years alone.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/04/opinion/04krugman.html

That gets you back to even if McCain doesn't cut spending at all... or close to it anyway.

Of course McCain has a healthcare plan too but Obama's plans generally outspend Mccain's in most areas.

Actually, Obama is still $200 billion ahead plus whatever McCain spends on health care. 

It's a good start, though.  We're making progress.  On the other hand, it's hard to say how much of this will materialize -- aside from the well-known fickeness of campaign promises (on all sides), there's the fact that the economic meltdown and bailout is going to push some stuff on the back burner no matter how sincerely it was originally promised (February in the case of the health care thing).  A few days ago , if not before, Obama said as much. 

I appreciate your effort but I think we need to decide whether the spending comparisons can actually be done in detail.  I'm sorry if I have asked the impossible.  I should have considered this first. 

(P.S.  On a totally unrelated note, did you look at who was getting the bulk of the tax cuts?)