"Advisers to Mr. Obama say they want to use the economic crisis as an opportunity to act on many of the issues he emphasized in his campaign, including cutting taxes for lower- and middle-class workers, addressing neglected public infrastructure projects like roads and schools, and creating “green jobs” through business incentives for energy alternatives and environmentally friendly technologies." -NYT (Italics my own)
Yes. I'm not a huge proponent of lots of government spending but Obama seems to want to spend it on the right things - at least in the short term (In the long term I have about an equal chance of voting republican in the next few elections as I do Democrat - we'll see where we are in four to eight years. By no means am I staunch partisan.). Infrastructure is the best use of tax dollars and energy alternatives are the best investment our country can make for our future. I didn't get the impression that McCain would have as strong programs for such things. This same article mentions that he might let the bush tax cuts expire on their own instead of cutting them short, which should make the more conservative among us at least a little bit happier.
Cheers!
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