http://tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=express&s=cohn101104
summary:
1. bush's economic plan is about $1 trillion more expensive (because of the hidden cost of social security privatization).
2. kerry's plan explicitly states that, if the numbers don't add up over the next few years due to the state of the economy, spending programs will be cut.
3. the next president will probably face a republican-controlled (or dominated) congress. if it's bush, we'll get more of the spending sprees of the last four years; if it's kerry, we'll probably get responsible compromise more like the late 90s.
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