Expensive Promises

Have you ever thought about adding up all the Dem Prez candidate fiscal promises?

Yeah, I know. It's an intimidating thought and a daunting task. The fear of the hours it would take have kept me from doing it, but today USA Today bites off the big pieces and asks the question: Who's going to pay for all this.

First, Hillary's promises:

• Health care overhaul ($110 billion annually)
• Energy proposals ($150 billion over 10 years)
• New "GI Bill" education and housing assistance to veterans ($5 billion annually)
• Universal pre-K education program ($7 billion annually)
• Economic stimulus, including housing and heating assistance ($110 billion, presumably one-time)

That's $137 billion in new government expense annually and a $110 billion one-time stimulus program -- and those are just the high-profile programs that, if elected, Clinton would ask a Democratic candidate to pass.

Over at Obamarama, he's got the following new big hand-outs lined up:

• Health care overhaul (up to $65 billion annually)
• Additional health care spending ($40 billion annually)
• "Making Work Pay" refundable tax credit to offset Social Security tax ($62 billion annually)
• $4,000 tuition tax credit ($6 billion annually)
• K-12 education spending ($18 billion annually)
• Doubling budget for basic science ($6 billion annually)

That's $197 billion in new spending programs for Mr. Happy's top programs, which proves it costs $60 billion more a year to be a completely out-of-touch Democratic televangelist than it cost to be a typical tax-and-spend Democrat.