Sweet promises and the sour taste of fiscal reality

Boston Globe - by Derrick Z. Jackson - Sep. 16, 2008 (Opinion)
With federal support for domestic programs run into the ground by Bush, it seems implausible that Obama can right the fiscal ship by taxing only corporations and the top 5 percent of Americans. His pledge is not as bizarre as Bush urging Americans to display post-9/11 patriotism by getting on planes to Disney World, but it does steer into the arena of illusion, that all will be well with 95 percent of the people not called to sacrifice.

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