

"More people without health care since George Bush took office; more children in poverty since George Bush took office."
Barack Obama on Friday, April 18th, 2008 in a campaign speech in Williamsport, Pa. >>Details

"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

"My friend, we have increased the size of government by some 40 percent just in the last few years."
John McCain on Sunday, April 20th, 2008 in a television interview. >>Details

A gas tax holiday "would at best provide 30 cents a day for three months for a grand total of $28."
Barack Obama on Monday, May 5th, 2008 in a television interview >>Details

"If you are driving on average in America this summer, you'll save — according to Department of Energy figures — about $70."
Hillary Clinton on Sunday, May 4th, 2008 in Indianapolis >>Details

There are prototype cars that get between 100 and 150 miles per gallon and "we could have those cars in your garages in a couple of years."
Hillary Clinton on Friday, May 2nd, 2008 in a speech at a Democratic Party dinner >>Details

Tax rates were significantly higher "in the '40s, the '50s, and the '60s."
Hillary Clinton on Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 in South Bend, Ind. >>Details

Every family health insurance policy has "a $900 hidden tax" to subsidize health care costs of the uninsured.
Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 in South Bend, Ind. >>Details

"A year ago, in March 2007, I called for immediate action to address abuses in the subprime market, and I laid out detailed concrete proposals for how to do so."
Hillary Clinton on Monday, March 24th, 2008 in a speech at the University of Pennsylvania. >>Details

McCain says the price of a gas tax "holiday" would be about the same as "a Bridge to Nowhere (or) another pork barrel project."
John McCain on Thursday, April 24th, 2008 in an interview on the Fox News Channel. >>Details

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