Obama Should Do A Daily Show Style Commercial Of McCain/Bush Promoting Tax Cuts and Small Government

[Median Democrat]

Just do a side by side commerical of them promoting the same policies, small government, and tax cuts, then ask are you better off now, then you were 8 years ago?

My crticism is that most of the MSM is covering the election as a tax cut battle, which works in McCain's favor, if it seems like this election is about who gets the biggest tax cut. McCain gives the biggest tax cuts to huge companies. He wins. Instead, I would like to see Obama comparing McCain's tax cut and small government rhetoric to Bush.

Obama should make the point about taxes, but also show that unlike McCain/Bush, he does not believe that tax cuts are a cure all.

Here is Bush earlier this year crediting his tax policy for our current economy:

http://time-blog.com/curious_capitalist/2008/03/george_bush_on_how_tax_cuts_ha.html

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And I want to thank you very much for supporting the tax cuts plans that had good effect on small businesses all across the United States during that period of time. I think when people take a look back at this moment in our economic history, they'll recognize tax cuts work. They have made a difference.

And this is what we're doing again. We've entered another period of difficult times. I am confident in the long term for the United States' economy. I know we're resilient. I know we're entrepreneurial. I know we'll withstand these times. I want to thank you for supporting the economic stimulus package that we passed, which provides strong incentives for small businesses to expand and will put money into the pockets of the people who earned it.

Secretary Paulson has assured me -- he's a "can-do" guy -- that the checks will be coming into the mail in the second week of May. The other thing I do want to assure you of is that if Congress tries to raise taxes, I'm going to veto it. We don't need tax increases. (Applause.)

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Other Bush quotes: "His (Kerry's) policies of tax and spend — of expanding government rather than expanding opportunity — are the policies of the past. We are on the path to the future — and we are not turning back."

"The best way to encourage economic vitality and growth is to let people keep their own money.When you spend your own money, somebody's got to manufacture that which you're spending it on. You see, more money in the private sector circulating makes it more likely that our economy will grow. And, incredibly enough, some want to take away part of those tax cuts. They've been reading the wrong textbook. You don't raise somebody's taxes in the middle of a recession. You trust people with their own money. And, by the way, that money isn't the government's money; it's the people's money." -- George W. Bush rallies the troops in Alaska on 2/16/02