<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for McCain economics]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by GreyFlcn http://www.grist.org/article/mccain-economics/ Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:01:19 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/mccain-economics/1 The logic

I'm not entirely sure I get the Iraq bit. Is the Obama campaign now trying to cast Iraq as some sort of pampered welfare recipient? I know it now has an oil surplus, but it's not exactly like they're sitting pretty over there.

Yeah, but the argument is "Why are we spending $10 billion a month on Iraq, when they got a $79 billion dollar oil surplus".

-David Ahlport

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I'm not entirely sure I get the Iraq bit. Is the Obama campaign now trying to cast Iraq as some sort of pampered welfare recipient? I know it now has an oil surplus, but it's not exactly like they're sitting pretty over there.

Yeah, but the argument is "Why are we spending $10 billion a month on Iraq, when they got a $79 billion dollar oil surplus".

-David Ahlport

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