"We spend a staggering amount of money on health care — over $2-trillion and almost twice as much as any other country per person."
John McCain on Monday, April 28th, 2008 in a campaign stop at Miami children’s hospital >>Details
Barack Obama "wants to nearly double the capital gains tax" increasing taxes on "mutual funds, 401(k)s" for "policemen, firemen, nurses."
John McCain on Sunday, April 20th, 2008 in in an interview on "This Week." >>Details
"(Romney's) record was that he raised taxes by $730-million."
John McCain on Wednesday, January 30th, 2008 in a debate in Simi Valley, Calif. >>Details
Hillary Clinton wants to "wave the white flag of surrender and set a date for withdrawal."
John McCain on Thursday, January 24th, 2008 in a debate in Boca Raton. >>Details
"Congress just passed another huge, pork-filled spending bill. The Democrats allowed less than a day to read all 3,400 pages and stuffed it with nearly 10,000 earmarks costing about $10-billion dollars."
John McCain on Saturday, January 12th, 2008 in a speech to the Americans for Prosperity Michigan summit in Livonia, Mich. >>Details
"Our tax code is so complicated it extracts $140 billion in extra tax preparation costs every year - one thousand dollars for every American family."
John McCain on Friday, September 28th, 2007 in a speech to the Hispanic Business Expo in Detroit. >>Details
"Earmarked dollars have doubled just since 2000, and more than tripled in the last 10 years."
John McCain on Monday, October 8th, 2007 in a campaign Web site. >>Details
"A lot of people don't know that 50,000 Americans now make their living off eBay."
John McCain on Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 in Dearborn, Mich. >>Details
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