If you care about how much your government spends

From the Institute for Policy Innovation

Number 162
October 8, 2008

Who’s the Big Spender: Obama or McCain?

The Institute for Policy Innovation’s Dr. Merrill Matthews says just look at their Senate records

The National Taxpayers Union Foundation recently looked at the spending records of presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain.

During the first session of the 110th Congress:

• John McCain sponsored or cosponsored 22 bills, which would have increased federal spending by $8 billion annually.

• Barack Obama, by contrast, sponsored or cosponsored 114 bills, increasing federal spending $75 billion annually. And vice presidential candidate Joe Biden wasn’t far behind.

That’s a little more than $9 of government spending for Obama for every $1 for McCain.

So when someone tells you there isn’t a dime’s worth of difference between the two candidates, tell that concerned voter there’s a big difference—at least $67 billion just last year.