"Taxes are too high. He wants to raise them. His tax increases are the fine print in his economic plan, and let me be specific."

"The Democratic nominee for president supports plans to raise income taxes ... raise payroll taxes ... raise investment income taxes ... raise the death tax ... raise business taxes ... and increase the tax burden on the American people by hundreds of billions of dollars."

-- Sarah Palin, September 3, 2008

The link above goes to the St. Petersburg Times "Truth-O-Meter" which tries to refute Palin's assertion the same way most of the MSM does...by repeating Barack Obama's claims as opposed to actually running any numbers.

The Honeymoon must be close to being over because even CNN is beginning to run the numbers:

The U.S. government has been spending a great deal more than it has been taking in, and it is on track to do so well beyond the next 10 years. It has been borrowing money to make all that spending possible and it has to pay the money back with interest. How, you ask? By borrowing more.

The solution is straightforward if unpleasant: Shy of finding a fairy willing to leave trillions under Uncle Sam's pillow, lawmakers will have to raise taxes and cut spending.

So.....I ask again. How is that Hope and Change thing working out for you, Obamatons?