October 14, 2008 11:35AM 

# No More Big Spenders 

By [David Boaz](https://www.cato.org/people/david-boaz) 

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On the campaign trail, [reports MSNBC](http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/12/1537565.aspx), Sarah Palin is telling audiences Barack Obama would raise taxes and expand the federal government. Her punch line:

> “America, we just cannot afford another big spender in the White House.”

That’s [for sure](https://www.cato.org/2007/07/26/trillion-dollar-man/).

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