John Kerry has already promise to spend $1,699,282,000,000 of your money!


Cost of Campaign Promises

Campaign Proposals: Estimate, $1,699,282,000,000
Near-Universal Health Care Coverage, $895 Billion
Real Deal For Education, $200 Billion
Mandatory Funding For Veterans Health Care, $164.66 Billion
Fully Fund Head Start, $57.46 Billion
Aid To States, $50 Billion
College Opportunity Tax Credits, $50 Billion
Temporarily Increase Number Of Active-Duty Troops By 40,000, $48 Billion
Tax Breaks For Small Businesses, Manufacturing Companies And Workers, And Technology Firms, $40 Billion
National Service Plan, $35 Billion
Allow Full Concurrent Receipt To Disabled Veterans, $24.844 Billion
Increase Spending For Homeland Security, $20 Billion
Create An Energy Trust, $20 Billion
Extend Unemployment Benefits, $17.538 Billion
Build High-Speed Rail, $16.86 Billion
Increase Federal Pell Grant Funding, $16 Billion

Increase Funding For Child Development Block Grant, $11 Billion
Give Funding To Auto Industry For Energy-Efficient Vehicles, $10 Billion
Double Funding For GEAR UP, $2.98 Billion
Extend Amount Of Time Military Families Can Stay In Housing After Family Member Killed-In-Action, Make Family Separation Allowance Permanent, Increase Death Gratuity, $1.5 Billion
Increase Funding For Superfund, $1.38 Billion
Ensure Conservation Reserve Program Has Adequate Funding, $774 Million
Pass The American Dream Act, $726 Million
Expand Family And Medical Leave Act, $400 Million
Extend Hate Crimes Legislation, $110 Million
Enact Employment Non-Discrimination Act, $22 Million
Increase Minimum Wage, $16 Million
Ensure Equal Pay For Women, $12 Million




My$tery Cost$

Spending Promised but Costs Unknown:
Reverse Department Of Labor Inclusion Of Military Training In Criteria For Employees Who May Be Exempted From Overtime Pay: COST UNKNOWN.
Allow Military Families Penalty-Free Withdrawals From IRAs For Expenses Associated With Deployment: COST UNKNOWN.
Reimburse Families Forced To Pay For Body Armor: COST UNKNOWN.
Protect Funding For Impact Aid, Funding For Department Of Defense Schools: COST UNKNOWN.
Make Permanent Extension Of TRICARE To Unemployed Or Uninsured Reservists: COST UNKNOWN.
Accelerate Construction Of New Military Housing By Offering Incentives To Developers: COST UNKNOWN.
Implement Standards Found In Military’s Child Care System To Improve Workforce Quality: COST UNKNOWN.
Expand Youthbuild And Other Job Training Programs: COST UNKNOWN.
Train Health Professionals, School Administrators And Parents About Preventing Obesity: COST UNKNOWN.

Allow For Medicaid To Pay For Alternatives To Nursing Homes: COST UNKNOWN.
Support Caregivers Who Pay For Bulk Of Long-Term Care: COST UNKNOWN.
Expand TRIO Funding: COST UNKNOWN.
Give "I Have A Dream" Scholarships: COST UNKNOWN.
Restore Benefits To Legal Immigrants: COST UNKNOWN.
Expedite Naturalization Process For Legal Permanent Residents Serving In Armed Forces: COST UNKNOWN.
Offer Low- And No- Interest Loans To Facilitate Bus Companies’ Purchase New Handicapped- Accessible Busses: COST UNKNOWN.
Encourage DOT-Funded Startup Grantees To Exceed ADA Obligations: COST UNKNOWN.
Increase Funding For Project ACTION: COST UNKNOWN.
Create White House Director Of Family Economic Security Office: COST UNKNOWN.
Increase NASA Research Funding: COST UNKNOWN.
Increase National Science Foundation Research Funding: COST UNKNOWN.
Increase Department Of Energy Research Funding: COST UNKNOWN.

Restore And Double Funding For Manufacturing Extension Partnership: COST UNKNOWN.
Provide Dislocated Workers With Up To $4,000 In Job Training: COST UNKNOWN.
Eliminate Capital Gains Tax On Investments In Technology Companies: COST UNKNOWN.
Expand Earned Income Tax Credit: COST UNKNOWN.
Allow Small Businesses To Defer Up To $250,000 In Taxes: COST UNKNOWN.
Expand Loans For Small Businesses: COST UNKNOWN.
Increase Venture Capital Investments: COST UNKNOWN.
Create A SBA Office Of Manufacturing: COST UNKNOWN.
Fully Fund Land And Water Conservation Fund: COST UNKNOWN.
Adequately Fund Urban Park And Recreation Recovery Program: COST UNKNOWN.
Provide Adequate Funding For Endangered Species Act: COST UNKNOWN.
Create A Toxics Task Force At EPA: COST UNKNOWN.
Insist The EPA And USDA Work Together With States To Enforce Environmental Protection Laws: COST UNKNOWN.

Remove Cap On Section 8 Vouchers Entirely And Expand Cap In Interim: COST UNKNOWN.
Establish An Affordable Housing Trust Fund: COST UNKNOWN.
New Funding Faith-Based Charities: COST UNKNOWN.
Increase Funding For Drug Treatment Programs: COST UNKNOWN.
Ban Corporate Packer Ownership Of Livestock: COST UNKNOWN.
Restructuring The Environmental Quality Incentive Program To Ensure It Benefits Family Farmers: COST UNKNOWN.
Protect Independent Farmers From Discriminatory Pricing: COST UNKNOWN.
Create A Greater Federal Role In Equitably Financing Long-Term Services: COST UNKNOWN.
Enhance Coverage For Employed Medicare Beneficiaries With Disabilities: COST UNKNOWN.
Modernize Medicare Benefits To Include Inpatient And Community Rehabilitation Services, Community Transition Services, Mental Health Parity, Durable Medical Equipment, And Skilled Home Health Service: COST UNKNOWN.


John Kerry's Tax Plan

Tax Plan: $658 Billion Over 10 Years!
Raising taxes on the top income bracket: $477 billion over 10 years.
Returning the Death tax: $135 billion over 10 years.
Closing corporate loopholes: $46 billion over 10 years.



John Kerry has a $1,041,282,000,000 tax gap!

$1,699,282,000,000
- $658,000,000,000
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$1,041,282,000,000




http://www.gop.com/BigSpender/default.asp

It's obvious that the deficit will go out of control if this big spender gets in and raises taxes and spending. Cutting taxes further to increase the economy, while cutting spending, not raising it, is the way to go.

Actually he's just promising things in order to gain votes.

Almost every politician who runs for Presidency or some other position does the exact same thing.

You don't know how someone will actually spend until they get into office..

I have a job and am comfortable paying taxes.

Yes, and as long as we have a president giving his buddies tax breaks while INCREASING spending, our deficit is climbing.

Hope you enjoy retiring with no social security.

So he's lying then?

That's great.

Tax breaks increase revenue to the government, thus lowering the deficit if spending is frozen or cut.

Bush has a plan to fix Social Security, but the Democrats seem to want it to fail.

Wait a minute... Tax breaks INCREASE revenue to the government? I thought MORE taxes increased revenue to the government.

Please explain.

Yes, tax cuts increase revenue every time.

Let's see what President John F. Kennedy had to say:


Kennedy understood that cutting the burden on business and individuals increases economic activity, thus putting more money into the federal coffers.

Reagan cut taxes, and revenues to the Treasury doubled from $500 billion to over $1 trillion during his two terms.

Democrats use taxes as a class warfare tool, so they can't afford to help the country, and have their main weapon taken away.

I'm sure Bush will only cost us about $25 or so. It's not like he ever spends money. In fact, I think the war with Iraq was free.

Bush has proposed to cut spending next year to bring the deficit down, John Kerry has proposed $1.7 trillion dollars in new spending. That's 19 times what the Iraq War cost.

"Proposed" being the operative word. I proposed to be a football player when I was young, and it didn't quite work out.

This is just the same tired Republicans vs. Democrats debate we've had a billion times. Doesn't even matter who the candidates are anymore; just matters who they're affiliated with.

We'll see about the cutting spending. If the neo-cons decide to go after Syria, Iran, etc., yada yada, then spending will increase.

To "propose" something is to wish it to happen.

Kerry has proposed spending 19 times what the war in Iraq cost, so if spending is your issue, you must be a Bush man.

We'll see.

Further, I'd like to see where the GOP got its data.

Increase Minimum Wage, $16 Million
??

How does that cost $16 million in federal dollars? And has Kerry proposed spending $16 million for it, or is that an empty figure?

It would cost at least that much to print up the new rule books and send them out.