"The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem." - Milton Friedman

One of the key issues being ignored by the mainstream media is that the National Taxpayers Union Foundation published data which shows that Bob Barr will decrease federal spending by $201 billion dollars. According to their data, John McCain the big-spending "maverick" will increase federal spending by $92 billion and Barack Obama will add $293 billion of "change" to the federal budget.

http://www.ntu.org/pdf/P080925Barr_SpendingAnalysis.pdf

http://www.ntu.org/pdf/P080925_McCainAgendaCostUpdate.pdf

http://www.ntu.org/pdf/P080925_ObamaAgendaCostUpdate.pdf