Both Clinton and Obama's health care plans will cost billions and both will be subsidized with massive tax hikes on families.
http://www.gop.com/spendometer.htm
Sen. Clinton's Health Care Plan Would Cost $110 Billion Per Year, Multiplied By 4 Years (One White House Term) = $440 Billion.
"Clinton's price tag is $110 billion a year, but analysts say her
[health care] plan will cost a lot more than that." (Donald Lambro,
Op-Ed, "Health Care Nightmare," The Washington Times,
9/24/07)
Sen. Clinton Has Proposed 401(k) For All Americans, Funded In
Part By The Government At A Cost Of Up To $25 Billion Per Year,
Multiplied By 4 Years = $100 Billion. "Sen. Clinton unveiled
her second-biggest proposal of the campaign so far - after health care
-- a plan to make 401(k) retirement savings plans available to all
Americans. ... Clinton's ‘American Retirement Accounts' would cost
about $20 to 25 billion each year, Clinton's advisors said yesterday."
(Marcella Bombardieri, "Clinton
Targeting Middle Class," The Boston Globe, 10/9/07)
Sen. Clinton's Baby Bond Proposal Would Give $5,000 To Each Of
The 4 Million Babies Born In The U.S. Each Year, Totaling $20 Billion
Per Year, Multiplied By 4 Years = $80 Billion. "Democratic
presidential candidate Sen. Clinton Rodham Clinton said ... that every
child born in the United States should get a $5,000 ‘baby bond' from
the government ... Approximately 4 million babies are born each year in
the United States." (Devlin Barrett, "Clinton: $5,000 For Every U.S.
Baby," The Associated Press, 9/28/07)
http://www.gop.com/obamaspendometer.htm
Obama's Health Care Plan Will Cost Up To $65 Billion A Year; Equal To $260 Billion Over Four Years.
"[Obama] campaign officials estimated that the net cost of the plan to
the federal government would be $50 billion to $65 billion a year, when
fully phased in, and said the revenues from rolling back the tax cuts
were enough to cover it." (Robin Toner and Patrick Healy, "Obama Calls
For Wider And Less Costly Health Care Coverage," The New York Times, 5/30/07)
