According to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, each
candidate's spending promises would add $200 billion to already record
deficits every year. And this week, both campaigns called for another
$50 [billion] to $60 billion to jumpstart the sputtering economy.
The Committee's president Maya MacGuineas says that extra stimulus might be necessary.
Maya MacGuineas: It's not the time to say we need to roll up our sleeves and balance the budget right away.
Because,
MacGuineas says, we face a real economic challenge. But in the… more